Giuseppe Di Cillo hacked his Gakken SX-150 to add a pressure sensitive ribbon controller, turning it into a cheap electro-theremin.
The Mod Ingredients:
- 1 50cm softpot sensor
- 2 15kh resistors
- 1 wooden board
- 2 female audio jacks
- A cable with two stereo male audio jack
- 1 3-terminal connector for printed circuit
- electric cables
Details on the Gakken SX-150 mod are available at Coagula.
Strange, when I got my Gakken theremin home this was one of the first things I played on it. They sound much the same.
that isn't even close to the pure sweet sound of a true theramin
That's because it's not a theremin…
It's just as off-pitch, though.
It's got that authentic almost on pitch sound, though.
It's got that authentic almost-on-pitch sound, though.