Ahhh! I wish I was 100x smarter so I could make this! -unfortunately technology seems to hate me... and yet I love it...- but anyway, impressive work. :)
I know this is a stupid question, but did you make the pitches exponential or linear in relationship to the X axis of your had movements? (I'm sure you did exponential but just checking)
@judefox2010 No, the pitches are linear. Linearity is a quality of a good Theremin -- you want the same distance between pitches regardless of the octave, so that muscle memory learned in any one octave can apply to others. In that respect the Wii Theremin is superior to all analog Theremins as it's purely linear!
@kenmoore okay see, I always learned that exponential is the way to go. Think about musical pitches in real life, each octave is twice as high as the one before it, if they were linear the distance would be constant, not doubling every time. You ought to try making your theremin exponential as long as it's not to hard (I have no idea what language you used blah blah blah) and see if it changes the playability at all
@judefox2010 so basically if it's exponential each octave will be the same width in space rather than each octave being twice as long as the one before it... i think. Might be totally off on that one lol
@1Celebrindor Hi, I've fixed the broken link. I dont have time to upload a tutorial, it was a VERY involved project and life is very busy these days with other demands, sorry.
@yeahyeahyaha2 Thanks for the compliment :) The synth is digital - I map the wiimote input to pitch bend to get smooth in-between pitches. Unfortunately the wiimote only retrieves the X and Y coordinates of the infrared dots, it can't tell how close or far they are, so a perfect simulation just isn't possible.
@yeahyeahyaha2 Thanks for the compliment :) The synth is digital - I map the wiimote input to pitch bend to get smooth in-between pitches. Unfortunately the wiimote only retrieves the X and Y coordinates of the infrared dots, it can't tell how close or far they are, so a perfect simulation just isn't possible.
THEN SURELY! You could apply the same use of technology to wireless control of a computer. eg minority report gloves?! This is genius please do something like this with the Wii remote!
I've watched this so many times....and I'm still just as impressed. That is so cool. I seriously wish I knew how to write computer codes like that...or any computer codes for that matter. Hmmm....is this the simplest way to do it? Or is this pretty much it?
@SqueakyPanther I've tied together a few complex systems here and it took me a great deal of study to be able to do that. I'd be surprised if there were a simpler way to get this result, sorry :^(
Ken, this is very very cool, you deserve much applause.. but feel like sharing? If not letting the software out for free than perhaps charging whatever for it? I would certainly buy it, it would easily become my favorite MIDI method. Proprietary is so 20th century.. everyone is getting squeezed and there's not much time left before this is a 3rd world nation. Why not spread the love and fun? Let the people enjoy Armageddon.
hey this is really great work!! with the visualization on screen it would be possible to show the right position of your hands on screen to improve or practise.
YES....you could make a theramin "score" I imagine, so others could "read" your composition by trying to follow the "score", without having to learn to read music...
Pitch is changed on a Theremin by moving your pitch hand closer or farther from the pitch antenna. Since proximity is detected on a radius, left right forward bacward doesn't matter, although the proper technic is to move left to right.
What you've done here is freakin' awesome!!!!!!!!!!
I Think this is awesome. I would like to do something entirely different from a Theremin though (even though a therein IS a nice instrument) - another kind of MIDI controller - controlling other parameters pitch, expression, breath, modulation, filter cut-off, resonance - the possibilities are mindboggling :-) - have you explored the 3D capabilities?
@YQLbeast well... coding yourself is really the only way... unless you break into my home and take my laptop (but it wouldn't be pretty, my 10 month old girl has razor sharp teeth and attacks on command)
he would need to grab the synthesizer too as it is specific, you ought to release the code so that people with syntesizers who are so inclined can adapt it.
Thanks so much for an awesome video!!! I love all instruments and how we can tweak them....but a Wii mote? Funny this is, you don't look like a mad scientist at all! The one sound (that scares your wife) kind of reminded me of what Ronnie Montrose was doing on guitar at the beginning on "Space Station #5" on the first Montrose album....album! I just aged myself. Thanks again....that's fantastic!
CBC s Vinyl Cafe had a show a while back with a guest band that used the theremin to wonderful effect. I feel it will be incorporated into more mainstream uses...
thanks ken m, amazing device, i guess the question on my mind and has probably been asked before, have you made the program you've written accessible to ludites like me who just wanna blend eerie sounds with happy melodies etc? hey, we all have our forte. thanks again kenmore, very intense face! :)))
@macadder09 Sorry, the code is specific to my Roland JV-1080 synth and since I'm a new dad I don't have time these days to further the project. Glad you enjoyed the video though :)
I would LOVE to be able to do this. I have a synth and a wii remote. Can you help? I'd play this live!!!! Id shoot video at the gigs and credit you!!!
So, as I already said I've build a Wii Theremin / Effect machine / Light -> Sound converter which is capable to produce MIDI output. This works with any synthi out there: Video ID = y_0xRnhJpLU or in video responses if ken approves :)
@TechDawgJr I tried making an IR-LED ring to use as a mouse... it was very awesome except that it was very hard to use. It turns out it's really hard to position your hand in the air accurately, compared to with a mouse where the motion is constrained to a 2D surface. This is the reason nobody is marketing and selling the Air Mouse... it's not a lack of technology, just that it's a bad experience.
@TechDawgJr The airmouse project was a good concept but the fact it uses a accelerometes instead of a local gps type module makes it alot worse. I suppose you could check on vectors on x & y axis only.
Is it that special to be married as an intelligent person?
You know, the times when only the dumb high-school jocks were getting the girls are long over, if they have ever existed at all. Maybe all they got were the equally dumb bimbos ^^
Ok, your right i shouldn't have used that many exclamation points but Nintendo is fairly adamant about calling it the Wii Remote, not wiimote. But come on wiimote doesn't sound right.
@norb7771 Six exclamation points? Given how much you obviously care about this subject I have some devastating news for you: there are 2.7 million hits in Google for the word "wiimote". But with your passion, perseverence and keen persuasion skillz, I'm sure it wont' be long before we're all "Wii Remote" converts. Thanks for your service! ;0)
@norb7771 I've met and talked to a lot of gamers, and they all call it a wiimote. It's just so much more fun to say, lol. Even in game stores when you buy a wii console they ask if you would like to purchase another wiimote. What's so wrong with calling it that? It's just like how people call an iPod Touch an iTouch even though that's not the name. Society just likes to put words together.
You can either learn to adapt to our ways, or live with the dinosaurs, lol.
@XPetiePieX Hey there, what's your source? From what I've read the instrument's creation spanned many months so there may not be a concrete single date upon which we could all agree it was 'invented'. However, I'm interested in learning more about the specific events, so please share. (since producing this video 1919 is the year I've seen most quoted)
Okay nice... I build an whiteboard hack with wiimote and IR-LEDs last year.I Put an IR LED in a biro. Clicking the biro turned the LED on / off. I wrote a software similary to yours and was able to display the desktop on the wall by beamer and controlled it by LED-Pen. It was amazing but just some kind of funny experiment.
But this one is amazing. I will buy IR-LED's again and build an MIDI interface to Logic Pro :) This will multiply the possibilities by times :)
@kenmoore Key, I got it working but need to stabilize it. The Guitar Hero Controller fpr Wii now works as a real e-Guitar by sampling real guitar sounds through Logic Pro. Sounds amazing! Also EXS24 synthi produces nice sound results by transforming the X / Y IR coordinates into MIDI data... but I need some time for first alpha release...
this is so awesome! we talked about the theremin in my music history class today and i'd love to show my professor this. you're helping 21st music evolve!
@Pacmanvice Hi there - I wish I could help you out but the software works specifically with the Roland JV 1080 synthesizer (an old, costly piece of hardware)... so there's not much I can do to assist, sorry :(
@riomigz1305 Thank you! Well, it wasn't as much of a discovery as a lot of tedious hacking and studying the different technologies I stitched together. Glad you enjoyed it.
@kthxbainao In an effort to perfect the accuracy of my simulator I bought a real Theremin to analyze its waveforms and interactions. Unexpectedly I fell in love with the instrument and am now an avid student! A recent version of my software indicates which pitch is being played, but it's clear to me that playing by vision alone can never come close to the musicality one can achieve when playing by ear. It'd be like trying to create a masterpiece using a paint-by-numbers kit. :)
Have you considered writing a program for achieving "sheet music" of sorts? The theremin is notoriously played only by ear, but since you have the hand positions displayed on your monitor, you could theoretically display place-markers onscreen at the points where you are producing the desired note. Having that as a guide you could move your hands to that point in the future. Or even just markers indicating where semitones are. That way you could maintain a level of tonal consistency.
But... Why stick to theremin configuration? (right back & forth is pitch and left up and down is volume)?
It could be very interesting by involving right hand up & down for filter cutoff frequency and left hand right & left as modulation wheel, for example ?
That's a great idea. Given how tough it is to actually play notes in tune on a Theremin I'm sure adding a 2nd dimension would require serious ninja skills to perfect :) Still, for sound effects that could be pretty powerful.
Neat. It might be a bit tricky to calibrate but, since you already have it set up to show your hand position on screen, you might be able to add some sort of grid to help show what note you're playing.
@forensics098 Hm, I've seen reports that the Theremin was invented in 1919, and others that say 1920... what's your source? (I'd love to know the actual date).
You know you can purchase an *actual* theremin kit, right? Also - you should write this up and send it to O'Reilly's Make Magazine. It's right up their alley. Don't let anyone say you're too geeky - my husband hacked our Roomba to be operated remotely via a web interface and webcam mounted to the top of it. He can spy on me from work while simultaneously vacuuming... LOL.
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i'm sooo happy! got my free nintendo wii today from wii4free[dot]info
Juhici65 6 days ago
Ahhh! I wish I was 100x smarter so I could make this! -unfortunately technology seems to hate me... and yet I love it...- but anyway, impressive work. :)
xXXVIDEOxchickXXx 1 week ago
I know this is a stupid question, but did you make the pitches exponential or linear in relationship to the X axis of your had movements? (I'm sure you did exponential but just checking)
judefox2010 2 months ago
@judefox2010 No, the pitches are linear. Linearity is a quality of a good Theremin -- you want the same distance between pitches regardless of the octave, so that muscle memory learned in any one octave can apply to others. In that respect the Wii Theremin is superior to all analog Theremins as it's purely linear!
kenmoore 2 months ago
@kenmoore okay see, I always learned that exponential is the way to go. Think about musical pitches in real life, each octave is twice as high as the one before it, if they were linear the distance would be constant, not doubling every time. You ought to try making your theremin exponential as long as it's not to hard (I have no idea what language you used blah blah blah) and see if it changes the playability at all
judefox2010 2 months ago
@kenmoore Well since each octave is a doubling in frequency then equidistant octaves would mean exponential scaling in pitch.
mdoerkse 2 weeks ago
@judefox2010 so basically if it's exponential each octave will be the same width in space rather than each octave being twice as long as the one before it... i think. Might be totally off on that one lol
judefox2010 2 months ago
can u imagine if that thing went off in the night?? HOLY FUCKBALL
ChrisBrownLuvva4Eva 2 months ago
this plus the doctor who theme on it deserves a sub. even tho u were off pitch in DW
jeffhamm 3 months ago
just AWESOME!
1oglop1 4 months ago
"And i just wrote a program"
TheMachineWP76 6 months ago
@TheMachineWP76 Right?! He makes it sound like it's a piece of cake. I'm crazy impressed.
rlw2011 3 months ago
so... ken... how much are you selling that code for?
paulyhart 8 months ago 2
@paulyhart Make an offer I can't refuse :)
kenmoore 8 months ago
you are great sir
bebepopsr 8 months ago
Link doesn't work. can you please upload a tutorial? I would very much like to build one of these on my own. Thanks
1Celebrindor 9 months ago
@1Celebrindor Hi, I've fixed the broken link. I dont have time to upload a tutorial, it was a VERY involved project and life is very busy these days with other demands, sorry.
kenmoore 9 months ago
@yeahyeahyaha2 Thanks for the compliment :) The synth is digital - I map the wiimote input to pitch bend to get smooth in-between pitches. Unfortunately the wiimote only retrieves the X and Y coordinates of the infrared dots, it can't tell how close or far they are, so a perfect simulation just isn't possible.
kenmoore 9 months ago
@yeahyeahyaha2 Thanks for the compliment :) The synth is digital - I map the wiimote input to pitch bend to get smooth in-between pitches. Unfortunately the wiimote only retrieves the X and Y coordinates of the infrared dots, it can't tell how close or far they are, so a perfect simulation just isn't possible.
kenmoore 9 months ago
god that instrument is so fucked. listen to it at 2am and you wont sleep for a very long time
zrimmeh 9 months ago
@c4r50n1 no, that's not inferred, that's just a regular camera.
AwesomenessVidStudio 10 months ago
THEN SURELY! You could apply the same use of technology to wireless control of a computer. eg minority report gloves?! This is genius please do something like this with the Wii remote!
GotToLoveAlex 10 months ago
@GotToLoveAlex We don't need minority report gloves. Have you seen kinect?
c4r50n1 10 months ago
@c4r50n1 i have one. there freakin awesome!!!!!!
ghoulia21 10 months ago
@ghoulia21 They need to make a game called "theremin hero" (like that one dude) and the controller is a theremin that says "Kinect" on it.
c4r50n1 10 months ago
@c4r50n1 Did you see my Kinect Theremin Sneak Peek? watch?v=RHFJJRbBoLw
kenmoore 10 months ago
@kenmoore Holy crap!!!
c4r50n1 10 months ago
does this go against any copyrights laws?
ironmaidenfan7788 11 months ago
you're cool man!
TomLovis 11 months ago
great job bro!! any chance to open source your soft?
there are other soft doing this too GlovePie and the OSCulator alternative so why not share with the rest of us? take care
zappatilla 1 year ago
youtube.com/watch?v=ESDzYYl0__s
zappatilla 1 year ago
DUDE am i on acid or is your forehead really glitching?
Gymnophoria1 1 year ago
I've watched this so many times....and I'm still just as impressed. That is so cool. I seriously wish I knew how to write computer codes like that...or any computer codes for that matter. Hmmm....is this the simplest way to do it? Or is this pretty much it?
SqueakyPanther 1 year ago 2
@SqueakyPanther I've tied together a few complex systems here and it took me a great deal of study to be able to do that. I'd be surprised if there were a simpler way to get this result, sorry :^(
kenmoore 1 year ago
@kenmoore Buy a mini-theremin for about 20 $
Daffitt 11 months ago
@kenmoore Do you have a regular theremin?
c4r50n1 10 months ago
@c4r50n1 Yep, an Etherwave Pro Limited Edition :) It's the bomb.
kenmoore 10 months ago
@kenmoore Can you post a video of you on it?
c4r50n1 10 months ago
@c4r50n1 It'll be some time before I do, free time is in short supply lately.
kenmoore 10 months ago
@kenmoore D: Now I'm sad.
c4r50n1 10 months ago
@kenmoore But you'll still do it, right?
c4r50n1 10 months ago
genius.
foowah7 1 year ago
nice work and presentation!
thanks
sheetsy 1 year ago
Genius.
asianpianodude 1 year ago
This makes fkin epic DnD monster music ^_^ I needitz.
leatheldarkness123 1 year ago
Ken, this is very very cool, you deserve much applause.. but feel like sharing? If not letting the software out for free than perhaps charging whatever for it? I would certainly buy it, it would easily become my favorite MIDI method. Proprietary is so 20th century.. everyone is getting squeezed and there's not much time left before this is a 3rd world nation. Why not spread the love and fun? Let the people enjoy Armageddon.
SandThruFingers 1 year ago
great video
moria4eto 1 year ago
Actually, the very first electronic instrument ever, was the Intonarumori by Luigi Russolo, and had its debut in 1913.
DJK0N3X0 1 year ago
@DJK0N3X0 Interesting -- hadn't heard of the Intonarumori. They/it clearly predate the Theremin, but not the Telharmonium which was invented in 1897.
kenmoore 1 year ago 7
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hey this is really great work!! with the visualization on screen it would be possible to show the right position of your hands on screen to improve or practise.
sash12345678910 1 year ago
Intonarumori was a hand-cranked mechanical noise-making instrument. It wasn't electronic.
earthlydelights2006 1 year ago
@DJK0N3X0 actually your wrong its the Clavecin Electrique built in 1759 by Jean-Baptiste Thillaie
BLOODELFSRULE 1 year ago
@DJK0N3X0 The Intonarumori was mechanical, not electronic
errebino 1 year ago
ur a freakin genius!
Fishrocksalamander 1 year ago
This is awesome! So clever, so cool. I'm always amazed at how clever and creative people can be, kudos to you!
doggymcnuggets 1 year ago
I want your brain!!! lol
ClickHereForCheer 1 year ago
Brilliant!
bdlaurain 1 year ago
YES....you could make a theramin "score" I imagine, so others could "read" your composition by trying to follow the "score", without having to learn to read music...
BeauJames59 1 year ago
3:58 he's like: yeeeah i like what i did >:)
gabrielgoma 1 year ago
lol daft punk
haziq1996 1 year ago
Should sell the idea to Nintendo for a very large fee. o:
001php 1 year ago 2
"...A whole world of hacking possibilities". XDDD
pokeloverz 1 year ago
Nintendo, now your playing with power.
wolfmanmariofan 1 year ago
your forehead appears to be twitching.
on a different note, hot damn.
FrackleRackle 1 year ago
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Pitch is changed on a Theremin by moving your pitch hand closer or farther from the pitch antenna. Since proximity is detected on a radius, left right forward bacward doesn't matter, although the proper technic is to move left to right.
What you've done here is freakin' awesome!!!!!!!!!!
personNumber0123 1 year ago
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personNumber0123 1 year ago
I Think this is awesome. I would like to do something entirely different from a Theremin though (even though a therein IS a nice instrument) - another kind of MIDI controller - controlling other parameters pitch, expression, breath, modulation, filter cut-off, resonance - the possibilities are mindboggling :-) - have you explored the 3D capabilities?
cjohs 1 year ago
where can i get this software after 5 hours trying to write a code like that myself i gave up lokl
YQLbeast 1 year ago
@YQLbeast well... coding yourself is really the only way... unless you break into my home and take my laptop (but it wouldn't be pretty, my 10 month old girl has razor sharp teeth and attacks on command)
kenmoore 1 year ago 27
@kenmoore
he would need to grab the synthesizer too as it is specific, you ought to release the code so that people with syntesizers who are so inclined can adapt it.
cannabischarlie 1 year ago
@kenmoore What program so you use to write the code?
yeahyeahyaha2 9 months ago
@yeahyeahyaha2 I wrote it in C# using WPF
kenmoore 9 months ago
Thanks so much for an awesome video!!! I love all instruments and how we can tweak them....but a Wii mote? Funny this is, you don't look like a mad scientist at all! The one sound (that scares your wife) kind of reminded me of what Ronnie Montrose was doing on guitar at the beginning on "Space Station #5" on the first Montrose album....album! I just aged myself. Thanks again....that's fantastic!
DickLodge68 1 year ago
Sooooooooo awesome!!!!
phalon4500 1 year ago
sell this to nintendo
lradmclovin9 1 year ago
Dude u should totally sell this! I would buy it!
iPodCheatHelp 1 year ago
Genius.
jama01 1 year ago
sweet
ClaynationDude2013 1 year ago
Nintendo attacks again.
Thanks for the demonstration, you're a Master :P
Mistergame0AVI 1 year ago
You're Hug Grant!!
83gemis 1 year ago
hahaha that face was very scary
cocoman2121 1 year ago
CBC s Vinyl Cafe had a show a while back with a guest band that used the theremin to wonderful effect. I feel it will be incorporated into more mainstream uses...
drogheda1966 1 year ago
Wow! Thanks to people like you there is progression in the world. Good for you!
P.S. I was getting all set to buy one of these 'Wii add-ons' for my husband. I hope you have your design protected.
maljam81 1 year ago
wii remote is awsome!if you know how to code!
infera1 1 year ago
Honestly, those sound effects kind of creeped me out. :V
Theremin is legit.
LaCroixdHonneur 1 year ago
you make my brain hurt lol
AirsoftProductions17 1 year ago
paul mc cartney still lives!
ferlines 1 year ago
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hey very nice video.
you could try wiipoints(.)co(.)cc/?i=19
for free points :P
RazzaFilms 1 year ago
genius
hinkemiki 1 year ago
thanks ken m, amazing device, i guess the question on my mind and has probably been asked before, have you made the program you've written accessible to ludites like me who just wanna blend eerie sounds with happy melodies etc? hey, we all have our forte. thanks again kenmore, very intense face! :)))
macadder09 1 year ago
@macadder09 Sorry, the code is specific to my Roland JV-1080 synth and since I'm a new dad I don't have time these days to further the project. Glad you enjoyed the video though :)
kenmoore 1 year ago
"this face scares my wife" lmao thats exactly what i was thinking
doxxy1 1 year ago
@doxxy1 Yeah, it's very Kevin Spacey from Unusual Suspects.
jrt99b 1 year ago
I would LOVE to be able to do this. I have a synth and a wii remote. Can you help? I'd play this live!!!! Id shoot video at the gigs and credit you!!!
jeffmartinification 1 year ago
That's great man! Quite brilliant!
Jiggarelli 1 year ago
So how did you translate that to MIDI ? Kinda jumped 12 steps there ... and I am old, slow minded and feeble brained.
FlametopFred 1 year ago
how much and where do I send my money
FlametopFred 1 year ago
howly crap! this is insane!!
mynameisMichiel 1 year ago
sometimes.. technology ruined Histories
TheGothiclism 1 year ago
that was pretty awesome. what i enjoyed the most was your face while making the sounds... you sure have multiple orgasms while doing it! :)
mofolarry 1 year ago
Lol he wrote a program , u don't know how hard that is
jasongerhmms 1 year ago
That is INCREDIBLY cool! Kudos to you for your awesome idea.
sandrilene23 1 year ago
this instrument was used in legend of zelda: twilight princess to make the leaf instrument have its sound its awesome
romdurb101 1 year ago
So, as I already said I've build a Wii Theremin / Effect machine / Light -> Sound converter which is capable to produce MIDI output. This works with any synthi out there: Video ID = y_0xRnhJpLU or in video responses if ken approves :)
krymel1 1 year ago
Has your program or design been bought yet? Just curious :)
Fritaly 1 year ago
I know what software you used to write the program, I used it to make the remote controll an online game. I think it is called glovepie
MegaMario20 1 year ago
Wow.. You could make a mouse out of that! Magic!
TechDawgJr 1 year ago
@TechDawgJr I tried making an IR-LED ring to use as a mouse... it was very awesome except that it was very hard to use. It turns out it's really hard to position your hand in the air accurately, compared to with a mouse where the motion is constrained to a 2D surface. This is the reason nobody is marketing and selling the Air Mouse... it's not a lack of technology, just that it's a bad experience.
kenmoore 1 year ago 2
@TechDawgJr The airmouse project was a good concept but the fact it uses a accelerometes instead of a local gps type module makes it alot worse. I suppose you could check on vectors on x & y axis only.
TechDawgJr 1 year ago
You have a wife?
Dymys200 1 year ago
@Dymys200 Yes, sorry, I'm taken.
kenmoore 1 year ago 18
@Dymys200
Is it that special to be married as an intelligent person?
You know, the times when only the dumb high-school jocks were getting the girls are long over, if they have ever existed at all. Maybe all they got were the equally dumb bimbos ^^
blackazurite 1 year ago
Ok, your right i shouldn't have used that many exclamation points but Nintendo is fairly adamant about calling it the Wii Remote, not wiimote. But come on wiimote doesn't sound right.
norb7771 1 year ago
It's Wii Remote!!!!!!
norb7771 1 year ago
@norb7771 Six exclamation points? Given how much you obviously care about this subject I have some devastating news for you: there are 2.7 million hits in Google for the word "wiimote". But with your passion, perseverence and keen persuasion skillz, I'm sure it wont' be long before we're all "Wii Remote" converts. Thanks for your service! ;0)
kenmoore 1 year ago 3
@norb7771 I've met and talked to a lot of gamers, and they all call it a wiimote. It's just so much more fun to say, lol. Even in game stores when you buy a wii console they ask if you would like to purchase another wiimote. What's so wrong with calling it that? It's just like how people call an iPod Touch an iTouch even though that's not the name. Society just likes to put words together.
You can either learn to adapt to our ways, or live with the dinosaurs, lol.
matrix86 1 year ago
@matrix86 your right but I'm kinda of a perfectionist is all
norb7771 1 year ago
@norb7771 wiimote
josher2021 1 year ago
Holy Shit dude! Your like McGuyver!
Blueagle8u 1 year ago 2
@XPetiePieX Hey there, what's your source? From what I've read the instrument's creation spanned many months so there may not be a concrete single date upon which we could all agree it was 'invented'. However, I'm interested in learning more about the specific events, so please share. (since producing this video 1919 is the year I've seen most quoted)
kenmoore 1 year ago
Okay nice... I build an whiteboard hack with wiimote and IR-LEDs last year.I Put an IR LED in a biro. Clicking the biro turned the LED on / off. I wrote a software similary to yours and was able to display the desktop on the wall by beamer and controlled it by LED-Pen. It was amazing but just some kind of funny experiment.
But this one is amazing. I will buy IR-LED's again and build an MIDI interface to Logic Pro :) This will multiply the possibilities by times :)
krymel1 1 year ago
@krymel1 Sounds great, please share the videos when you've got something to share!
kenmoore 1 year ago
@kenmoore Key, I got it working but need to stabilize it. The Guitar Hero Controller fpr Wii now works as a real e-Guitar by sampling real guitar sounds through Logic Pro. Sounds amazing! Also EXS24 synthi produces nice sound results by transforming the X / Y IR coordinates into MIDI data... but I need some time for first alpha release...
krymel1 1 year ago
Jesus Christ, I feel like a shit-head watching this. I would have never been able to whip up something like that. Very impressive.
ButtPoopWiggle 1 year ago
this is so awesome! we talked about the theremin in my music history class today and i'd love to show my professor this. you're helping 21st music evolve!
redcrabtreek 1 year ago
woa wait.....how do u have a wife
Jimihendrix6699 1 year ago
"This face scares my wife" LOL
TKnightcrawler 1 year ago
the force is strong in this one
ptruck27 1 year ago 54
You do have kind of a scary face, but obviously you're very smart
KidEatingClown 1 year ago
And also, maybe if you can tell us how you set it up and stuff, lol.
Pacmanvice 1 year ago
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN YOU LET US GET YOUR SOFTWARE!!!!!
I wanna do this for 2 of my classes as an example!!!
Pacmanvice 1 year ago
@Pacmanvice Hi there - I wish I could help you out but the software works specifically with the Roland JV 1080 synthesizer (an old, costly piece of hardware)... so there's not much I can do to assist, sorry :(
kenmoore 1 year ago
@kenmoore oh....ok, lol. I think i understand what your doing enough so i can toy around with what I do got. Which isn't much, LOL!
Pacmanvice 1 year ago
I love the bit about your wife being scared of that serial killer concentration face you do :D Other than that, the wii-theremin looks bitchin.
anokah 1 year ago
Man, you have too much free time! But this is awesome ^^ GJ
Vozs 1 year ago
That is tremendously awesome.
DryFrankie 1 year ago
well at least you don't have too much time on your hands
nwpamundsen 1 year ago
your so damn cool.. i had no idea that the 6 wii remotes in my house were quite so powerful.. lol.. very cool shit man,..
phunky98 1 year ago
are u nerd?
henrique2k 1 year ago
@henrique2k Yes, i are nerd.
kenmoore 1 year ago
Wa....i want the software for my personal project,so that i can show it on event...
lowiesclw 1 year ago
i like ur doctor who theme thingy
bobmanny11 1 year ago
thats awsome man
xXSweetDeathXx1 2 years ago 2
@riomigz1305 Thank you! Well, it wasn't as much of a discovery as a lot of tedious hacking and studying the different technologies I stitched together. Glad you enjoyed it.
kenmoore 2 years ago
wow man, you're so brilliant! Did discover it yourself?
I say youv'e done a great job :)
riomigz1305 2 years ago
@kthxbainao In an effort to perfect the accuracy of my simulator I bought a real Theremin to analyze its waveforms and interactions. Unexpectedly I fell in love with the instrument and am now an avid student! A recent version of my software indicates which pitch is being played, but it's clear to me that playing by vision alone can never come close to the musicality one can achieve when playing by ear. It'd be like trying to create a masterpiece using a paint-by-numbers kit. :)
kenmoore 2 years ago
Have you considered writing a program for achieving "sheet music" of sorts? The theremin is notoriously played only by ear, but since you have the hand positions displayed on your monitor, you could theoretically display place-markers onscreen at the points where you are producing the desired note. Having that as a guide you could move your hands to that point in the future. Or even just markers indicating where semitones are. That way you could maintain a level of tonal consistency.
kthxbainao 2 years ago
Very clever & interesting, indeed.
But... Why stick to theremin configuration? (right back & forth is pitch and left up and down is volume)?
It could be very interesting by involving right hand up & down for filter cutoff frequency and left hand right & left as modulation wheel, for example ?
Let's keep in touch, will you?
Thx a looooooot !
Arthur60 2 years ago
That's a great idea. Given how tough it is to actually play notes in tune on a Theremin I'm sure adding a 2nd dimension would require serious ninja skills to perfect :) Still, for sound effects that could be pretty powerful.
kenmoore 2 years ago
Are you a genius?
righteousrat 2 years ago 3
Neat. It might be a bit tricky to calibrate but, since you already have it set up to show your hand position on screen, you might be able to add some sort of grid to help show what note you're playing.
possumverde 2 years ago
dude sell that thing to nintendo
uvisa 2 years ago 2
pretty cool
TheDudeLebowskee 2 years ago
@forensics098 Hm, I've seen reports that the Theremin was invented in 1919, and others that say 1920... what's your source? (I'd love to know the actual date).
kenmoore 2 years ago
it was invented in 1917
forensics098 2 years ago
you lost me at "this is a theremin"lol
smellslike1974 2 years ago
you are brilliant!
slammusaran 2 years ago
You know you can purchase an *actual* theremin kit, right? Also - you should write this up and send it to O'Reilly's Make Magazine. It's right up their alley. Don't let anyone say you're too geeky - my husband hacked our Roomba to be operated remotely via a web interface and webcam mounted to the top of it. He can spy on me from work while simultaneously vacuuming... LOL.
MusicalMamaKath 2 years ago
AWESOME!! Perfect for controlling those analog beasts I've been hanging onto for years now... :)
shrigg 2 years ago
Nice one
peggymount 2 years ago
i would love it if its possible to use the speaker inside the wiimote
ssbtodayy 2 years ago
your out of control man!
SBARTSTV 2 years ago
Wow!
mhearstify 2 years ago
You kinda remind me of Data from Startrek, Think it's the way you talk. Watch this 3 times in a row can't get enough!
heemanhey 2 years ago
You Rock!
heemanhey 2 years ago
God, you are such a nerd! That's a compliment, I'm really jealous and I want one of those. Five stars for awesome.
PrudenceNumberNine 2 years ago 6
In the video what the heck was with your forehead vibrating weird???
chdata 2 years ago
Sadly, I have a rare condition where my forehead vibrates quickly when I talk about the Theremin.
kenmoore 2 years ago
LOL. It's the lighting. Look at the light at the bottom left, it's doing the same thing.
WMDFoxhound 2 years ago
3:25-3:35 and 3:55-4:02 sound like the voices inside my head..... haha
tbirdrocker300 2 years ago
Amazing!
edfuse 2 years ago
Damn, That's neat!!
Cool!
Yes it IS difficult to master!!!
jcuski 2 years ago
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nerd
Sasuke1OOOOOOOOOOOO 2 years ago
and proud of it :^P
kenmoore 2 years ago
whoa!!! you should be!
woperchild 2 years ago
@Sasuke1OOOOOOOOOOOO
I wish I was this nerdy
PhilmoreJenkins 2 years ago
and more creative and productive than you?
KhmerTruth 2 years ago
holy crap you are a genius, I need to check your web site, hope you are not an alien
thegreatsubscriber 2 years ago 3
very cool! i love the sound of the theramin so seeing it made from the wiimote is cool
cemetree 2 years ago
its even weirder how you just move your hands to make those strange noises
tsuquandaroo 2 years ago
You should put three IR LEDs to different fingers in your pitch hand, so you'll be