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Re: Playing A178 is hard

2008-01-05 by bellenger_a

alors oui...

so... me in fact, I didnt even really understood the question at first... so my answer was 
pure crap... and also never used the theremin in such precise aspect,

but now Gabu... I understand much better with the string example especially as a 
guitarist...

merci pour cette explication... c'est toujours bon d'apprendre quelque chose....

+A



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "gabu_004" <gabu_004@...> wrote:
>
> Les gars, les gars!
> 
> It can't be linear! Just as the guitar string or the equal tempered keyboard aren't either... 
> Just imagine how far you would need to run back and forth from your system to play 2
-3 
> octaves! ;P
> 
> j'espère que ça vous aide un peu!
> 
> à+
> 
> g.
> 
> 
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Henkel" <henkel.chris@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Pierre,
> > 
> > I play an Etherwave Pro Theremin from Moog (which is supposedly the
> > 'perfect' Theremin) and I also tried to use the A-178 (I removed them only
> > recently from my Doepfer-Rack - if someone is interested in them, please let
> > me know what they would be worth for you to buy) modules; on both you have
> > the effect that an octave is not exactely linear -
> > 
> > so, in short: the problem you describe is much more prominent with the
> > Doepfer modules but present in other Theremins also...
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > chris
> > 
> > 2008/1/5, pfichoux <pfichoux@>:
> >  (example : 5"=12,5 cm an octave).
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

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