Homemade Theremin

By Miss Cellania in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on Oct 31, 2008 at 8:22 am


(YouTube link)

This guy recreated the effect of a theremin by manipulating the feedback of two walkie-talkies. Now if he could just learn a tune! Warning: You may want to turn the sound down a bit. -Thanks, Clyde Langer!


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  1. Thomas
    Oct 31st, 2008 at 8:58 am

    I used to do the same thing back in the day with nextel. Just grab two phones, and two-way each other.
    It was… um… beautiful.

  2. krango
    Oct 31st, 2008 at 10:41 am

    Dang– I wish they’d had youtube 15 years ago when I used to do this… and yes, it’s not that easy to get anything other than 5 or so useable tones from 2 walkie talkies. That’s what made Leon Theremin such a genius!

  3. cooties
    Oct 31st, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Anyone who doesn’t know what a ‘theremin’ is (like me) can find more from ThereminWorld

    http://www.thereminworld.com/article.asp?id=17

  4. mikos
    Oct 31st, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    Oooookkkkk…. that was slightly retarded…

  5. Ali S.
    Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    Neat. However, it doesn’t beat the cat playing with the theremin video. ;) Oh, and I really should have taken heed of the warning to put down my sound. *ouch*

  6. -=stereofect=-
    Oct 31st, 2008 at 11:54 pm

    Haha… I often use the same trick during my circuit bent sets, ‘cept I have a mic set up between them to capture the sound and then patch the result through my various FX pedals for a huge, distortedly harsh wash of digital hardcore sound. It freaks out all the Shroom heads in the crowd…

    Cheers..!!


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