A scathing critique may focus on how Linus has effectively lobotimized the Theremin, taken away its essence by removing continuous frequency control, and crassl

A scathing critique may focus on how Linus has effectively lobotimized the Theremin, taken away its essence by removing continuous frequency control, and crassly riffed on its name. The critique may go on to describe the qwerty keyboard pitch control to be crude and only capable of evoking the nostalgia of early digital chiptune music. Only a part of me is that heartless a critic, so I would like to suggest that the design might benefit from the introduction of portamento, such that some of the original pitch contour characteristics of the Theremin could be retained. It may be interesting to substitute portamento altogether for vibrato via hand control, or combine the two.