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All jokes aside, the Theremin is actually quite a remarkable instrument when played correctly. Also remarkable is his listening device, "The Thing", hung for se

All jokes aside, the Theremin is actually quite a remarkable instrument when played correctly. Also remarkable is his listening device, "The Thing", hung for seven years in plain view in the US Ambassador's Moscow office and Soviet agents eavesdropped on secret conversations. Used the same principles as RFID.

js2 6y ago
Here's an artist playing one on Tiny Desk Concert: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/10/683943414/carolina-eyck-and-clarice-jensen-tiny-desk-concert https://www.npr.org/2019/01/10/683943414/carolina-eyck-and-c...
- SeanLuke 6y ago
  Yep, Carolina Eyck is the best of the best. Here's the notorious video of her performing the Ecstasy of Gold with voice, theremin, and a looper pedal (that's how she load in multiple sounds and layers them). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajM4vYCZMZk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajM4vYCZMZk
nkozyra 6y ago
It's relatively limited as a standalone instrument (people can make remarkable music with it, don't get me wrong), but really opens up as a CV controller for other instruments. It also makes a really nice source for a talkbox. I have one and can confirm it's a very complicated instrument to play well. It's a phenomenal piece of early electronic tech.