AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Here is the "test bench voice" of the Keppinger theremin. My 
undeducated, no musical training opinion is that is sounds nice. Now, 
don't start critiquing the "musical" selection. The sucker is here on 
my workbench, all laid out, naked and bare to the world, wires 
dangling out everywhere, wrench attached to a temporary coathanger 
antenna, pocketknife laying on top of the makeshift expression loop, 
and lacking even a cabinet to clothe it in yet. I'm trying my best 
not to knock the two big coils over that are sitting on top of the 
bench.

You can hear high frequency harmonics in the background, I am pretty 
positive from the volume oscillator. Its almost a 2 Mb file, so be 
warned before you click on it.  There may be some flutter modulation 
to the thing...there is a ceiling fan going in the radio shack here 
to keep my dainty self from sweating. Us spoiled deskbound engineers 
aren't allowed to do that too often, or we melt.

There is obviously more work to do. Some of you may have been curious 
how it sounds. I vented to Uncle Howie in a separate email off list. 
He told me he was expecting it from me, as these things would try the 
patience of Job.

The file is located at

http://home.comcast.net/~ka4koe/keppinger5-08-22-2007.mp3

Philip Neidlinger

Philip,

Really appreciate you sharing "the baby's first words".

As you mentioned, you still have some tweaking to do however one can  
hear that the theremin's voice is gorgeous!

I will hold off on congratulating you until you declare it "finished"  
however it sounds like you are on the road to having an heirloom  
quality instrument.

-- Kevin

Quoting kmg5443 <kmg5443@...>:

> Here is the "test bench voice" of the Keppinger theremin. My
> undeducated, no musical training opinion is that is sounds nice. Now,
> don't start critiquing the "musical" selection. The sucker is here on
> my workbench, all laid out, naked and bare to the world, wires
> dangling out everywhere, wrench attached to a temporary coathanger
> antenna, pocketknife laying on top of the makeshift expression loop,
> and lacking even a cabinet to clothe it in yet. I'm trying my best
> not to knock the two big coils over that are sitting on top of the
> bench.
>
> You can hear high frequency harmonics in the background, I am pretty
> positive from the volume oscillator. Its almost a 2 Mb file, so be
> warned before you click on it.  There may be some flutter modulation
> to the thing...there is a ceiling fan going in the radio shack here
> to keep my dainty self from sweating. Us spoiled deskbound engineers
> aren't allowed to do that too often, or we melt.
>
> There is obviously more work to do. Some of you may have been curious
> how it sounds. I vented to Uncle Howie in a separate email off list.
> He told me he was expecting it from me, as these things would try the
> patience of Job.
>
> The file is located at
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~ka4koe/keppinger5-08-22-2007.mp3
>
> Philip Neidlinger
>
>
>
>
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I agree.  I've been keeping up with your e-mails on this.  With such an 
involved journey, sometimes you don't see much in the way of replies 
because, frankly, I can't think of anything to say.  So don't interpret 
lack of replies as lack of interest, Phil. :-)


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kkissinger@... wrote:

> Philip,
> 
> Really appreciate you sharing "the baby's first words".
> 
> As you mentioned, you still have some tweaking to do however one can  
> hear that the theremin's voice is gorgeous!
> 
> I will hold off on congratulating you until you declare it "finished"  
> however it sounds like you are on the road to having an heirloom  
> quality instrument.
> 
> -- Kevin
> 
> Quoting kmg5443 <kmg5443@...>:
> 
>> Here is the "test bench voice" of the Keppinger theremin. My
>> undeducated, no musical training opinion is that is sounds nice. Now,
>> don't start critiquing the "musical" selection. The sucker is here on
>> my workbench, all laid out, naked and bare to the world, wires
>> dangling out everywhere, wrench attached to a temporary coathanger
>> antenna, pocketknife laying on top of the makeshift expression loop,
>> and lacking even a cabinet to clothe it in yet. I'm trying my best
>> not to knock the two big coils over that are sitting on top of the
>> bench.
>>
>> You can hear high frequency harmonics in the background, I am pretty
>> positive from the volume oscillator. Its almost a 2 Mb file, so be
>> warned before you click on it.  There may be some flutter modulation
>> to the thing...there is a ceiling fan going in the radio shack here
>> to keep my dainty self from sweating. Us spoiled deskbound engineers
>> aren't allowed to do that too often, or we melt.
>>
>> There is obviously more work to do. Some of you may have been curious
>> how it sounds. I vented to Uncle Howie in a separate email off list.
>> He told me he was expecting it from me, as these things would try the
>> patience of Job.
>>
>> The file is located at
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~ka4koe/keppinger5-08-22-2007.mp3
>>
>> Philip Neidlinger
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> AETHERPHON, the glocal thereminist community
>>
>> To contact the moderator, e-mail porphyrous@...
>>
>>
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> AETHERPHON, the glocal thereminist community
> 
> To contact the moderator, e-mail porphyrous@...
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
>

Great job Philip.  The background oscillation is between 8khz and 9khz.
 See spectrum here:
http://home.comcast.net/~pinballic/Keppinger_first_sounds_copy.jpg

Adding the pocket knife to increase antenna mass is what Lev did in
T.E.O., so you are in good company.

Nice to hear your voice, also.

bret
--- kmg5443 <kmg5443@...> wrote:

> Here is the "test bench voice" of the Keppinger theremin. My 
> undeducated, no musical training opinion is that is sounds nice. Now,
> 
> don't start critiquing the "musical" selection. The sucker is here on
> 
> my workbench, all laid out, naked and bare to the world, wires 
> dangling out everywhere, wrench attached to a temporary coathanger 
> antenna, pocketknife laying on top of the makeshift expression loop, 
> and lacking even a cabinet to clothe it in yet. I'm trying my best 
> not to knock the two big coils over that are sitting on top of the 
> bench.
> 
> You can hear high frequency harmonics in the background, I am pretty 
> positive from the volume oscillator. Its almost a 2 Mb file, so be 
> warned before you click on it.  There may be some flutter modulation 
> to the thing...there is a ceiling fan going in the radio shack here 
> to keep my dainty self from sweating. Us spoiled deskbound engineers 
> aren't allowed to do that too often, or we melt.
> 
> There is obviously more work to do. Some of you may have been curious
> 
> how it sounds. I vented to Uncle Howie in a separate email off list. 
> He told me he was expecting it from me, as these things would try the
> 
> patience of Job.
> 
> The file is located at
> 
> http://home.comcast.net/~ka4koe/keppinger5-08-22-2007.mp3
> 
> Philip Neidlinger
> 
> 
> 


       
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Where did you get the neat spectrum analyzer program??

Philip

>
> Great job Philip.  The background oscillation is between 8khz and 
9khz.
>  See spectrum here:
> http://home.comcast.net/~pinballic/Keppinger_first_sounds_copy.jpg
> 
> Adding the pocket knife to increase antenna mass is what Lev did in
> T.E.O., so you are in good company.
> 
> Nice to hear your voice, also.
> 
> bret
> --- kmg5443 <kmg5443@...> wrote:
> 
> > Here is the "test bench voice" of the Keppinger theremin. My 
> > undeducated, no musical training opinion is that is sounds nice. 
Now,
> > 
> > don't start critiquing the "musical" selection. The sucker is 
here on
> > 
> > my workbench, all laid out, naked and bare to the world, wires 
> > dangling out everywhere, wrench attached to a temporary 
coathanger 
> > antenna, pocketknife laying on top of the makeshift expression 
loop, 
> > and lacking even a cabinet to clothe it in yet. I'm trying my 
best 
> > not to knock the two big coils over that are sitting on top of 
the 
> > bench.
> > 
> > You can hear high frequency harmonics in the background, I am 
pretty 
> > positive from the volume oscillator. Its almost a 2 Mb file, so 
be 
> > warned before you click on it.  There may be some flutter 
modulation 
> > to the thing...there is a ceiling fan going in the radio shack 
here 
> > to keep my dainty self from sweating. Us spoiled deskbound 
engineers 
> > aren't allowed to do that too often, or we melt.
> > 
> > There is obviously more work to do. Some of you may have been 
curious
> > 
> > how it sounds. I vented to Uncle Howie in a separate email off 
list. 
> > He told me he was expecting it from me, as these things would try 
the
> > 
> > patience of Job.
> > 
> > The file is located at
> > 
> > http://home.comcast.net/~ka4koe/keppinger5-08-22-2007.mp3
> > 
> > Philip Neidlinger
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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Oh not at all, we all lead busy lives. I'm surprised I got it done this 
quickly. I am lucky though. My bride Sheri has offered to help me build 
the cabinet for the theremin. She is quite the handi-gal and is better 
with a cordless screwdriver than I am. I, however, am better with a 
soldering iron...

Maybe we'll be able to record something for Christmas for you on the 
new theremin. 

Philip

Philip,
I am using the fft view inside DC Six:
http://www.virtins.com/?gclid=CP_fl-bwjI4CFQlQWAodcRrtEw

I use the software for audio restoration.  They have a cheaper version
that says it does spectrum display:

http://www.enhancedaudio.com/millennium.htm

There are many spectrum/fft programs out there, some free or cheap:
http://tinyurl.com/yvkodt
http://www.virtins.com/?gclid=CP_fl-bwjI4CFQlQWAodcRrtEw
http://tinyurl.com/2g4rfm
http://www.vicman.net/lib/fft/free
http://www.sigview.com/download.htm

I have no experience with the others.

bret

--- kmg5443 <kmg5443@...> wrote:

> Where did you get the neat spectrum analyzer program??
> 
> Philip
> 
> >
> > Great job Philip.  The background oscillation is between 8khz and 
> 9khz.
> >  See spectrum here:
> > http://home.comcast.net/~pinballic/Keppinger_first_sounds_copy.jpg
> > 


       
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--- Bret <echoplex@...> wrote:

> Philip,
> I am using the fft view inside DC Six:
> http://www.virtins.com/?gclid=CP_fl-bwjI4CFQlQWAodcRrtEw
> 
> I use the software for audio restoration.  They have a cheaper
> version
> that says it does spectrum display:
> 
> http://www.enhancedaudio.com/millennium.htm
> 
> There are many spectrum/fft programs out there, some free or cheap:
> http://tinyurl.com/yvkodt
> http://www.virtins.com/?gclid=CP_fl-bwjI4CFQlQWAodcRrtEw
> http://tinyurl.com/2g4rfm
> http://www.vicman.net/lib/fft/free
> http://www.sigview.com/download.htm
> 
> I have no experience with the others.
> 
> bret
> 
> --- kmg5443 <kmg5443@...> wrote:
> 
> > Where did you get the neat spectrum analyzer program??
> > 
> > Philip
> > 
> > >
> > > Great job Philip.  The background oscillation is between 8khz and
> 
> > 9khz.
> > >  See spectrum here:
> > >
> http://home.comcast.net/~pinballic/Keppinger_first_sounds_copy.jpg
> > > 
> 
> 
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