Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Theremin sound

>From: Pedro Ferreira <ilzogoiby@...>
>Sent: Jan 16, 2008 10:26 AM
>To: csound@...
>Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: Theremin sound
>
>OK... we currently have three theories:
>- half-sine
>- sinusoidal through waveshaping distortion
>- filtered sawtooth
>
>(perhaps the last two ones are compatible?)
>
>But I heard that Rockmore's sound is slightly different from the
>"classic" theremin.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Pedro
>
>On Jan 16, 2008 4:03 PM, Richard Dobson <richarddobson@...> wrote:
>> Pedro Ferreira wrote:
>> > Hello.
>> > Yes, I've read that it's achieved through heterodyning. But in this
>> > case we're left again with a sinusoidal (which goes against Joseph's
>> > mail). I guess the secret is the kind of filtering that the signal
>> > suffers. What kind of distortion are you talking about?
>> >
>>
>> Looking at the first track on the OHM disk set, (Clara Rockmore, "Valse
>> Sentimentale" - and played ~extremely~ sentimetally!)  it is a filtered
>> sawtooth (very few harmonics). Difficult to be more precise with all
>> that vibrato.
>>
>> Richard Dobson
>>
>>
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