"Theremin Hero" First ever attempt - The Portal song (Still Alive) on Theremin.

[pfctink]

I really want to play Theremin Hero, how do you do it?

[ZeeeeSean]

It sounded so sad when you left. D:

[bratli96]

Sheldon Cooper?

[Syl50O5]

You know you spelled GLaDOS wrong in desc?

It means: Genetic Life-form and Disk Operating System.

But anyway, nice man ;p

[conquerearth]

@Syl50O5 fixed it, thanks

[michaelbarber42]

Awesome

[amnizu]

this has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen

[OXAPanthera]

This is hilarious.

[MohamedDerProlet]

This Video is so "Big Bang Theory"-Style!

Just and awesome idea with great execution!

[PeeingMyOwnBlood]

Loving your T-Shirt! HL2 all the way!

[yellowflash90]

32 people aren't Still Alive

[headlump]

SOMEONE GIVE THIS DUDE OVER 9000 INTERNETS!

[marracute]

Pause the video at 0:04

LOL

[im18nowyay666]

@marracute :) lol

[Fengatsu]

you are awesome

[notzify]

Simply amazing

[SlightlyRotated]

It looks like you're awkwwardly jacking off two dicks at once.

[supdenfoosukka]

nope



[clockwork1994]

epic win :) the theromin rocks out loud!!!!!

[Thenin10doh]

he is so fucking proo so he dosent have to look at the screen =O

[blackwulfgod]

This video was a triumph. Earth, make a note here 'HUGE SUCCESS' :D

mmm cake :D amazing. loved these for a while but never really thought bout getting one. i might do now to cheat on rockband :D

[jedimomg]

Best. Instrument. Evar.

[MrSakajoao]

very cool man, enjoyed it very much

[RiverGalicia]

I LOVE YOU!

[esmee1234ful]

got me singing horibly at 0:00 XD kewl vid dude

[ElephantHannibal]

I value your performance as an artist, but this instrument is seriously fucked up.

[kevthekid41]

@Crzypuppy1 it came out on Tuesday, 4 days ago

[Crzypuppy1]

That's pretty kewl! Can't wait till portal 2 comes... Nice shirt btw

[someone2121996]

i'm new to this type of... game ? whatever...

what is that thing ? why is he shaking his hands like a mad man ?

[moonlightshadow8503]

@someone2121996 the theremin (the instrument he's playing) needs an amplifier or headphones so you can hear the sound, so what he's doing is using the headset he has and sticking the mic from the rock band set and since rock band doesn't actually register words, just the pitches of the voice, you can essentially use the theremin to simulate the voice and if pitch is right, rock band will OK it and add to the combo.....if you want to kno what a theremin is exactly tho, wiki it up, its damn cool

[TheMagicatt]

Some of my favorite things in this video. Theremins? Rockband? PORTAL?

I'm not sure what kind of theremin I should get. I really don't want to have to construct it though, any suggestions?

[Noobyownz]

LOL at the end :D

[DrNomNomProductions]

Lol portal music with half life shirt :D

[CDRandom]

Absolutely completely beast, man.

[Scaralancer]

Pitch should be a bit deeper, and a little less smooth. Tone should also be a bit more gruff., and a bit..... older...... also, you sound a little unsure? if that makes any sense. I was expecting a parody, or a hack job, was pleasantly surprised. Thought I'd add some constructive criticism.... not that it matters, it's not like this is actually going anywhere.

[babaloo666]

Mad sick dude! What kind of theremin you got?

[conquerearth]

@babaloo666 moog etherwave standard

[kursula100]

that is funny

[3Dawlz7]

greatest idea ever....

[3Dawlz7]

you are the coolest man EVER

[SageofChess]

Great... thanks to you I am now blind out of sheer awesomeness...

[wolfman42793]

WTF, this is so creepy.

[1nothingmater]

thats just epic O.O

[felinoel]

Wow, this idea is perfect for practicing!

[Plainace]

ok, so this is amazing O_o

[Fyrwe]

HL2 ftw

[linkluver88]

hot

[nickdominator]

you kinda look like the dude from sorcerer's apprentice

[GreatSirZachary]

it sounds like someone humming the song

[adammccormick95]

This should be Theremin Band or Rock Theremin

[AnthonyDavid94]

Lol, I thought that was the Aphex Twin logo xD

[queasyweasel]

Hah, I can't even get that high of a score on expert when I SING it, let alone play a theremin into it XD Awesome-sauce

[TheGibbySG]

The only reason that I'm laughing right now is out of sheer amazement/jealousy.

That kicked ass. Good job. Nice Half-Life shirt, too.

[NoNameNerds]

haha... the companion cube would have loved it!

[SIDisTHE]

great job dude. i love it

[JakeDubya]

Are you left handed? if not, you should switch hands.

[Legiticism]

You always look stoned when you play that thing

[conquerearth]

@MrSeisus its a moog etherwave standard

[slarer345]

lol at 0:04 ure face,

[KennyPowers101]

While i totally appreciate what you were trying to accomplish, you kind of look like youre wacking it to a shadow puppet show.

[MrRodrigez]

am i the only one to notice he tried to make Alyx Vance from HL2 for his vocalist? xD

[joinchoir]

Didn't see anyone mention this in the comments. Did you see that your video was mentioned on G4 The Feed in a piece on Still Alive videos. You were given an honorable mention at the bottom. Really enjoy this video. Thanks for making it.

[conquerearth]

@joinchoir Thanks joinchoir, the heads up is much appreciated. I'm honoured to be on the same list as the likes of your video. Were you involved in the production?.. if so, great work, the video is excellent.

[TheSeptet]

Rock Band - $50

Theremin - $300

Making the most awesome video on Youtube - Priceless

There are some games nothing can make better.

For everything else there's Portal.

[Storiann]

How is he making the sound?

[shadowario]

28 People are butthurt because the cake is a lie.

[mikmaqsniper117]

its the old kinect!!

[Xx1Wolf1xX]

is it tough to play the theremin?

[freqazoidiac]

I wasn't really talking about you really. And I wasn't dissing the Theremin by any means (i own a Moog and a self built one).

I was talking about lame ass video games that are dumbing down the children of tomorrow.

[tarrizzzzzzzzz]

@freqazoidiac what the frak?! portal is bloody hard for a kid, and very good for training IQ, you moron!

[freqazoidiac]

So there is visual cues for pitch in those video games! Now on top of the stupid instruments without any true functionality, that I see piling up in thrift shops, you get to NOT learn anything doubly about music. On top of being a mindless zombie staring at yet another monitor. The only upside is to use the visual scale of the video game to find your notation scale on the Thermin, but then, just get a $10.00 tuner if you are music mute minded.

[conquerearth]

@freqazoidiac Note how I only check the screen at certain points. I'm playing by ear, not by watching the visual scale. Also the theremin has got me interested in playing guitar, piano, and learning music theory.

[KupoXP]

@freqazoidiac If you think Theremins are dumb then you shouldn't comment on a video that has theremins in it.

[freqazoidiac]

@KupoXP hey KUPO learn how to actually pay attention to textual information. I made it clear twice, I was dissing video games, not the theremin. Why would i own 2 of them and hate them? LEARN TO READ BEFORE YOU BUT IN

[KupoXP]

@freqazoidiac Well you should type more clearly, because from what I read it looked like you were dissing the thermin, so I'll change what I said. If you think the game is dumb THEN DON'T COMMENT ON A VIDEO THAT HAS IT IN IT. Jeez the POINT is that you should be such a horribly negative person nor comment on a video that you don't enjoy hit the dislike button and move on. I wasn't even yelling at you and you bite my head off? No dude not cool at all you just proved your an ass.

[CurleysPizzeria]

@freqazoidiac Are you saying theremins are instruments without any true function? Or are you talking about the guitarhero games?

[1x800xPOCKETS]

This could revolutionize gaming. o-o

[CharlieEvanss]

My friend is making one apparently..out of a radio?

[Kufunopineapple]

@CharlieEvanss Makes sense. The theremin uses radiowaves. c:

[CharlieEvanss]

@Kufunopineapple ahhh, now i understand :L thanks

[Moebiusar]

@Kufunopineapple The Theremin uses capacity as function principle. It doesn't depend on the emmision nor reception of radiowaves. A radio contains the necessary parts to build one because it uses the same signal processing techniques.

[MadMikeMega]

Is anyone out there excited about Portal 2?!?!

[LordThanathos]

That was awesome!

[lazysammich]

y u mad tho?

[Grandhoohah]

Why didn't I think of that?!

[Upinyourgrizzle]

Did you have to keep moving your left hand? doesn't that only control volume? I wouldn't know too well I'm planning on buying one a theremin.

[bratli96]

you had a scary look on your face O.O

[Aradoodo]

AMAZING MAN!



[Halo3Roy2123]

thats so sick

[Tenzer57]

I second what jacko said

[jackorobot]

Portal, Rock Band and theremin!

The best video of youtube, im still amazed about the theremin

[bryan10983]

That was great. One of my favorite songs on one of my favorite instruments. You get cake.

[SgtColbert42]

The controller doesn't interfere with pitch at all?

[conquerearth]

@SgtColbert42 mybe a tiny bit, but not enough to affect playability.

[polikia22u]

@conquerearth thats probably why he tuned it in hte beginning

[4DCrunch]

I wanna play Portal now!

[Letsbefriendsnow]

You found a way to make the Theremin even more nerdy! YES!

[Ilovemyfender2]

GENIUS!

[eloyADAN]

finally got my theremin and i played this OMG so awesome ^_^ i haven't played theremin in like a month =/ gotta get back into it

[TheStarlessAeon]

awesome.... but it looks like you have a nervous twitch :P

[BLUYES422]

NOTES-S-S-ssss IN SPACE literaly and not you can see where the note is in space and it kinda souds spacy

[hdsheena]

omg i love this :)

[twiggyh4x]

Man!!! You are the kind of guy who could change the world!

How do you figure this stuff out?

[DrJuice1]

@twiggyh4x lol

[EclipseMoonXIV]

MM MMMMM M MMMMM MMM MMMMM M MMMMMM!!!

Imagine someone humming a song in real life rather than actually singing it, and getting the crowd to cheer in such a manner anyway.

[TheHagSon]

Sounds like someone trying to sing with their mouth closed XD

[Cokabit]

crank :D

[LEE7Haxor]

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

[wwwwolf]

Who needs Natal when we have theremins? =)

[haloKINGSstudios]

lol thats was pure genius ^_^ love the shirt. great song choice too (cant wait for portal 2 this fall ^_^) do you have xbox live. if you do can i add you (i wont be offended if you say no ; )

[Holydiver238]

DID I REALLY JUST SEE THAT!!! DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME!?!

[maxvdb01]

Wow, with the hafllife2 shirt on, i love it!

I'm planning on building/designing one myself. (I study engineering electronics). But playing it like that seems waaaay to difficult. It's just the fun of building for me :D

[conquerearth]

@maxvdb01 Go for it! I'd be interested to see the results!

[AcTi7]

SWEET VID DUDE, but the song is kinda lame.

[DeathSquadDesign]

@AcTi7 Play Portal.

[nikedadoug]

That was great!

[Steveinator100]

innovation ftw

[KaSxP]

nice!

[Actar411]

This looks very difficult and really cool. It seems to me that the Theremin is a difficult instrument to keep in tune.

[gowplayer2]

yeah i agree, it's SOOOOOOOOOO HARD to believe that no one else has tried using a theremin to play rock band! ;)

[Calvatron4000]

half life 2 shirt, nice touch!

[Awesome1601]

conquerearth, you are simply EPIC!

[Zony66]

so... much... WIN!!!

[CthulhuianBunny]

That is just pure genius!! I'm surprised it worked.

[Shuitcake]

this is awesome ! o0 I love it !

[blindershredder]

stop tremaloing during the whole song... destroying it...

[blindershredder]

@blindershredder tremolo* can't find the edit button

[Masterman274]

@blindershredder It's necessary when playing the theremin, you can't keep your hand perfectly steady so itll sound like crap so with vibrato it sounds ok

[joinchoir]

@blindershredder The point of the Theremin is that it is an electronic instrument that can create tremelo. That's part of what got it and the Ondes Martenot used in orchestral works.

[conquerearth]

@joinchoir @blindershredder Its vibrato, rather than tremolo. (from wikipedia) Vibrato is a periodic variation in the pitch (frequency) of a musical note, whereas tremolo usually refers to periodic variations in the volume (amplitude) of a musical note.

[joinchoir]

@conquerearth I stand corrected sir.

[messiah7112]

This is Sheldon?

[poisonedyoyo1]

That was brilliant!

[elgarocksocks]

JUST COOL.

[meeperator]

One of the most amazing things I have ever seen.

[fredeballade739]

omg you'r boring me to death

[joseantoniobetances]

Que bueno! jajajajaj. Exelente!

[tiyyit]

wow i never knew some one could F U C K up a great song that much. =-(

[TheWoodenDonkey]

he makes it look intense

[hl2alyx]

I want your shirt!

[xXxIchigoOtakuxXx]

Wow, a theremin is super hard to play, so you did an amazing job!

[jeremy435]

amazing

[megrune94]

Are humming while you are playing?? It sounds real fucked up.. Kinda irritating to play with that sound xD

[Nonukun]

@megrune94

Thats the theramin instrument. not him humming, either way it sounds like somethings about to come through my headphones and rip up my ears.

[echusenjon]

jajajaj son of.. what fuking idea

[FoodNinjaProductions]

That is just some crazy shit right there. Thats awesome dude.

[eloyADAN]

xD alyx is singing!! (and this is like my dream fucking video a half life nerd playing theremin to the portal song)

[boombye]

@eloyADAN wtf are you talking about... that's not alyx singing, that's GLADoS....Have you even bothered to play Portal?

[eloyADAN]

@boombye. Lol wow I'm the stupid one? In the video it looks like alyx with dreadlocks and yeah portals awesome my records 42 minutes on xbox 360 :D can't wait for portal 2 and its actually not GLADos its ellen mclain lol. Try playing through all the valve/source games with the documentary on its pretty interesting

[link2x101]

@boombye The question is have YOU bothered to play portal. And by play I mean all the way, not five minutes in.

[thendarius]

wtf, dude?! O_O

[ButtPoopWiggle]

This is exactly the kind of idea I would have if I played the theremin. NICE!

[bladerforlife14]

this was amazing man

[zenthr]

Every second of this video makes me want to learn how to play the theremin so bad.

[kopierjunge]

You look a lot like Sheldon Cooper.

[emosRULEtheSCHOOL]

PORTAL FTW!!!!!!!!!

[Joemomma224]

now do run to the hills

[Schnuh330]

I can't wait to try this with my daughter. She's been bugging me to get out my theremin and show her how to play, ever since she found a video of one on youtube. The look on her face when I told her I had one in the hall closet was priceless. Now we can play and learn together. Wish I would've thought of this myself. Genius! 5 stars!

[xXArbiter117Xx]

lol ingenious

[Awesomo4003]

Is it possible if you just put it close to an amp?

[xxxjoker341xxx]

well played sir

[hht1030]

your t-shirt really match the song XD

[GotosFaus]

Oh my god, what the fuck? You're so awesome!

[hamm45r]

Does anyone else feel the singer's actions doesn't match the song? O_o

BTW awesome playing!

[yorgle]

words cannot describe the awesome.

[bondomedia]

This is some serious nerd pron! I need a couple napkins over here!

[spookedjunglist]

i saw michael j fox do this and he is epic - he can really hit high notes

[XcaptainXobliviousX]

the theremin: its still alive xD

[Trueno102]

This is awesome, good job

[JessicaFaaaith]

awesome... i dont really get what theremin is! could someone please explain

[spandamway]

it's an "instrument" that works with electric or magnetic fields, dont remember which. it's all about getting the hand closer and farther way from the metal thing to obtain a higher or lower sound. the radius os the circle you do with your fingers does something too, but i dont remember what neither!

[Subhuman80]

Please pass the LSD.

[Rokubi610]

your face O_O

[MrIcePho3nix]

Holy freaking shit! THAT KICKED A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF ASS! Now I want a theremin, just so I can do the same.

[TheStonedKangaroo]

indeed, indeed it did kick a monsterous amount of ass...

[twilightprincess97]

@MrIcePho3nix 2 bad they are expensive XD

[eantquox]

you can make your own

[Joint145]

amazing, how can u do that ! that's crazy ! 10/10! absolutely !!!!!

[cobraeater455]

still alive ftw

[foxboy231]

My eyes just melted, dripped onto the floor, congealed into individual monster trucks, and ran over my entire family.