via Thomas Bloch: Formule is one of the most virtuosistic piece written for solo ondes Martenot, composed by and played here by the French multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet), who has played as well with Radiohead, Gorillaz and John Cage. Video recorded live in the Barbican Center, London (October 2007). Other names… Read More Virtuosistic Ondes Martenot Performance
happymoogman Dana Countryman gives an overview of his awesome DIY project, his take on the Ondes Martenot: Here is part two of my progress, building an Ondes Martenot-style controller for my modular synthesizer. Feel free to use my ideas, but no, I will not be building one for you! 😉 I built this around my… Read More Building An Ondes Martenot
The Ondes Martenot (French for “Martenot waves) is an early electronic musical instrument, invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot and originally very similar in sound to the theremin. The sonic capabilities of the instrument were subsequently expanded by the addition of timbral controls and switchable loudspeakers. The instrument’s eerie wavering notes are oscillating frequencies produced… Read More The Ondes Martenot
Nortec’s Pepe and Ramon visit BigCityMusic, and check out one hundred and one synthesizers in two minutes. “This is one our many visits to Bigcitymusic, one of our favorite analogue synthesizer store around, we really thanks to Roger and all bigcitymusic family we love you guys.” – Pepe & Ramon. You can see here at… Read More One Hundred And One Synthesizers In Two Minutes
This is a video demonstrating craigtorso’s Ondestrak, a musical controller for MaxMSP inspired by the Ondes Martenot and built from a Gametrak video game controller: The pitches are fairly imprecise here but I’m more or less riffing on the song Good Vibrations which, incidentally, features a Tannerin, an instrument conceptually similar to the Ondes Martenot.… Read More The Ondestrak, A DIY Ondes Martenot Made From A Video Game Controller
In this video, Dana Countryman gives an overview of his very cool DIY Ondes Martenot Ring Controller project: I’m building a Ring Controller, in the style of a vintage Ondes Martenot, to control my modular synthesizer. Here is the first video, showing my progress, so far. I’m controlling a synthesizers.com Q125 Signal Processor, which in turn, is… Read More Dana Countryman’s Ondes Martenot Ring Controller Project
A demonstration of an assembled Electric Western Phantastron vacuum tube synthesizer. This Phantastron was built for a customer from the same components & case parts in the standard kit. The Phantastron has a 30’s vacuum tube sound, like an Ondes Martenot in the highs and a Trautonium in the low range. Phantastron was recorded direct… Read More The Phantastron Vacuum Tube Synthesizer
Analogue Systems manufactures analog synthesizers, including the RS Integrator system of modular analog synthesizer components. Their product line includes: Complete modular systems The Spawn patchable analog synthesizer Control-Voltage keyboards, including one based on the classic ondes martenot.
This site charts the history of electronic music instruments from 1870 to 1990. It’s a fascinating site that covers the most important early instruments, including the Telharmonium, Electronic Telegraph, Theremin, Ondes Martenot, Moog and even the electronic sackbut. The main focus is on instruments developed between 1900 and the 1960’s. This is one of the… Read More 120 Years of Electronic Music
