AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Quoting "\js" <js0000@...>:

> On 5/28/06, kkissinger@... 
> <kkissinger@...> wrote:
>> Turns out that bugs
>> were wanting to land on the antennas.  Particularly bad when they 
>> land on the
>> volume antenna -- it makes the pitch go crazy.
>
> hmm ...
>
> how does landing on the volume antenna effect the pitch output? did
> you do some special 'hot wiring'?

No hot wiring!

At first I just sprayed repellent on the pitch antenna.  However, actually
touching the volume antenna makes the pitch go wild on most Theremins. 
Normally this is not audible because when the volume antenna is touched 
it
isn't audible anyway.  However, thru a pitch preview one can hear the pitch
changes when touching the volume loop.  So, much to my surprise, when bugs
touched the volume loop a pitch jump was audible.

Oh, the amount of the change is directly proportional to the size of the bug.

-- Kevin