AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Hi all,

I forwarded Ann's message to Wilco. He is to busy to participate on the list right now, but 
wanted to react.

greetings,
Jessica


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From:           	TeleTouch & Wilco Botermans
Subject:        	Re: (Fwd) Re: [SPELLBOUND-L] Re: midi conversion
Date sent:      	Tue, 23 May 2006 20:39:50 +0200
To:             	Jessica Hummel <j.hummel@...>


There is no moogerfooger that can do this. I wish there was.

I'm using a computer program called  Max MSP, which is an object 
oriented MIDI and audio programming language. I connect a theremin to 
the computer through an audio interface. One object in Max can 'see' 
the incoming sound. This is then analyzed by an other object, which 
outputs pitch in Hz and MIDI, can determine attacks and loudness and 
pitch and loudness of several overtones.

Max MSP is not free, but they have a 30 day trial version, for Apple 
computers as well as Windows XP. The website is http://
www.cycling74.com/.

Also I remember using a device that was, I think, built by Roland in 
the early 90s. it would put out MIDI in real time as well. No idea 
what the name of the thing was.




On May 23, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Jessica Hummel wrote:

>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> To:             	spellbound-l@yahoogroups.com
> From:           	Ann Cantelow <cantelow@...>
> Date sent:      	Tue, 23 May 2006 09:06:18 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject:        	Re: [SPELLBOUND-L] Re: midi conversion
> Send reply to:  	spellbound-l@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
> I know extremely little about this kind of thing, and not sure if it
> involves midi even; but as I remember, Wilco Botermans
> (http://theremin.nl) used a "Moogerfooger" from Moog Music for 
> theremin control translation of some kind, in a demonstration at the
> Moog Music Ether Festival in Asheville last August.
>
> Here's a picture of his demonstration:
>
>  http://www.cantelow.com/vanity/theremin/WilcoSetup.jpg
>
> and here's a large format version of the same pic for closer  
> inspection:
>
>  http://www.cantelow.com/vanity/theremin/WilcoSetupBig.jpg
>
> You'll see in this pic he's also demonstrating a motion sensor 
> glove that he put together that is also a controller. Pretty neat!
>
> He fed all of this, theremin (and glove, IIRC) into Max/MSP, a 
> synthesizer program, on his Mac laptop.
>
> That's about everything I know about it. I bet Wilco would be very 
> happy to answer any inquiries about how he puts it together.
>
> Ann
>
>>> Secondly, on more mundane matters, how can I control the world 
>>> with my theremin? That is, can I get a midi converter for it? Mine
>>> is a Wavefront case model. In fact Wavefront (if he is still
>>> going) do a midi box for the theremin, but it's $600+.
>>
>
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Thanks, glad this is clarified!!

Yes, that makes a lot of sense.  Max/MSP is quite powerful.

At the risk of making further gross errors, I can't help but mention that 
there is a similar program that is freeware called csound:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound

that might be a good option for some.  There are no doubt many other 
varied options for capture and analysis, too.

Best,
Ann

On Tue, 23 May 2006, Jessica Hummel wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I forwarded Ann's message to Wilco. He is to busy to participate on the list right now, but
> wanted to react.
>
> greetings,
> Jessica
>
>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> From:           	TeleTouch & Wilco Botermans
> Subject:        	Re: (Fwd) Re: [SPELLBOUND-L] Re: midi conversion
> Date sent:      	Tue, 23 May 2006 20:39:50 +0200
> To:             	Jessica Hummel <j.hummel@...>
>
>
> There is no moogerfooger that can do this. I wish there was.
>
> I'm using a computer program called  Max MSP, which is an object
> oriented MIDI and audio programming language. I connect a theremin to
> the computer through an audio interface. One object in Max can 'see'
> the incoming sound. This is then analyzed by an other object, which
> outputs pitch in Hz and MIDI, can determine attacks and loudness and
> pitch and loudness of several overtones.
>
> Max MSP is not free, but they have a 30 day trial version, for Apple
> computers as well as Windows XP. The website is http://
> www.cycling74.com/.
>
> Also I remember using a device that was, I think, built by Roland in
> the early 90s. it would put out MIDI in real time as well. No idea
> what the name of the thing was.
>
>
>
>
> On May 23, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Jessica Hummel wrote:
>
>>
>> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>> To:             	spellbound-l@yahoogroups.com
>> From:           	Ann Cantelow <cantelow@...>
>> Date sent:      	Tue, 23 May 2006 09:06:18 -0600 (MDT)
>> Subject:        	Re: [SPELLBOUND-L] Re: midi conversion
>> Send reply to:  	spellbound-l@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>>
>> I know extremely little about this kind of thing, and not sure if it
>> involves midi even; but as I remember, Wilco Botermans
>> (http://theremin.nl) used a "Moogerfooger" from Moog Music for
>> theremin control translation of some kind, in a demonstration at the
>> Moog Music Ether Festival in Asheville last August.
>>
>> Here's a picture of his demonstration:
>>
>>  http://www.cantelow.com/vanity/theremin/WilcoSetup.jpg
>>
>> and here's a large format version of the same pic for closer
>> inspection:
>>
>>  http://www.cantelow.com/vanity/theremin/WilcoSetupBig.jpg
>>
>> You'll see in this pic he's also demonstrating a motion sensor
>> glove that he put together that is also a controller. Pretty neat!
>>
>> He fed all of this, theremin (and glove, IIRC) into Max/MSP, a
>> synthesizer program, on his Mac laptop.
>>
>> That's about everything I know about it. I bet Wilco would be very
>> happy to answer any inquiries about how he puts it together.
>>
>> Ann
>>
>>>> Secondly, on more mundane matters, how can I control the world
>>>> with my theremin? That is, can I get a midi converter for it? Mine
>>>> is a Wavefront case model. In fact Wavefront (if he is still
>>>> going) do a midi box for the theremin, but it's $600+.
>>>
>>
>>
>> SPELLBOUND-L, the glocal thereminist community
>>
>> To contact the moderator, e-mail porphyrous@...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
>>
>> *   Visit your group "spellbound-l" on the web.
>>
>> *   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>>     spellbound-l-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>>
>> *   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
>>     Service.
>>
>>
>>
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>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date:
>> 22-5-2006
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