AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Quoting Gordon Charlton <gordon@...>:

> I think a sensible question to ask is how does your pitch to midi (or
> pitch to cv to midi) converter deal with glisses. Does it try to map
> the pitch to the nearest keyboard note, making the smooth gliss turn
> into a strummed harp, or does it do something clever with pitch bending?
>
> My guess would that smooth glisses are going to be an option on high
> end models only.
>
> Gordon

The Ethervox Theremin (very high end!) has different programs for MIDI.

The ethervox's imbedded software can produce CC (continuous controller) 
messages
that reproduce the glisses.  The Ethervox can also produce discrete
note-on/note-off messages for all or selected notes.  Peter Pringle describes
it as an "aerial autoharp".

The Paia Midi-brain that I mentioned in a previous post converts 
control voltage
to CC events.  Since I have a spare computer with MIDI interfaces, I 
can create
software that can map the CC messages to note-on/off messages.  Of course, for
live performance, such a setup would be cumbersome.

If I could even find an Ethervox for sale, it would cost around $5000 which is
uh... above my price point.  (that is, way wayyyyyy beyond my price point!)

I am convinced that the best way to make a small fortune in music is to start
out with a large fortune!  :)