Need some advice on gear for Theremin

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2014/05/11 16:59:16 (permalink)

Need some advice on gear for Theremin

Hi everyone hope yall are well. As for me great just writing fugues and other compostions lol
 
Anyhow I bought a theremin from thereminatics. it was small black box with just a pitch antenna.
Right now my set for the theremin includes a small yamaha "walmart I think" guitar amp, and foot pedal.
I want buy keyboad amp but now I'm hearing the moog amp is bad and decent amp will be $300 or more.
But I cant afford 300 because I spent it on upright piano I bought from a friend and to make things harder
I don't have the space to set up a theremin unless maybe I hook it up to my computer. And use computer speakers. Any suggestions? I also have the tascan dp 07 mk2 which I use alot... well even more after I get my Acoustic piano..
 
I'm not trying to become a Theremin virtuosos as my main priority is the piano. But be nice learn the basics.
Also any opinons on Theremin from Thereminatics is it good for melodies?
 
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    Re: Need some advice on gear for Theremin 2014/05/12 00:28:47 (permalink)
    Marcus,
     
    are you talking about the "Moog" amp guitar Center was selling as a keyboard amp.  I bought one.  It is a cheap guitar amp badged with the moog name.  for $100, it is what it is.  It certainly isn't great but works OK.  I doubt if it goes down far enough, which a theremin will, but if you don't have $300 I wouldn't sweat it.  I'd see how well I could make it work and if you find you do need more bass (I think it is an 8-inch speaker), you can always get a bigger amp.  I will run soft synths out to it and it does that fine.  Someone is always advising non-pros they need to spend a ton of money.  Maybe they do, if they are making money from all the theremin gigs out there.  You can always upgrade something tomorrow and eat today, and nobody but a theremin expert can tell.
     
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    Re: Need some advice on gear for Theremin 2014/05/12 10:49:38 (permalink)
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