Therimin

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2007/12/30 11:41:40 (permalink)

Therimin

Im looking for a therimin instrument in Rapture, z3ta+, DimPro, or any of the instruments that come in sonar 7 or Project5....anyone know of one in there some where....could save me hours of searching...
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    b rock
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    RE: Therimin 2007/12/30 13:23:41 (permalink)
    Im looking for a therimin instrument in Rapture, z3ta+, DimPro....anyone know of one in there some where
    Not that I know of. You could 'build a theremin' more quickly than you could find one, though. As a Rapture example:

    1). Using Load Multisample, locate 000 - sine.wav, 007 - triangle.wav, or a similar wavetable.
    Set Quality to Hi. Drop both Bend Dn / Up from 2 to a value of 0. Click on the Limiter button to enable.

    -AND-

    For mouse control:
    2). Click on the MIDI Matrix and X-Y Pad icons, to open those windows up.
    3). Add these two lines to a couple of MIDI Matrix slots.
    X/Y Pad X -> Pitch 1 -> 4800 -> (smoothing optional).
    X/Y Pad Y -> Volume 1 -> 9.0 -> (smoothing optional).
    Experiment with the Desaccel value on the X-Y Pad, and the Matrix Smooth values in each slot.

    -OR-

    For a joystick-type keyboard controller:
    2). Important! Lower your monitor levels, and lower the Mixer -> E1 -Vol to ~ 5.0%.
    3). Click on the MIDI Matrix icon, to open that window up.
    4). Add these two lines to a couple of MIDI Matrix slots.
    Pitch Bend -> Pitch 1 -> 4800 -> (smoothing optional).
    CC1 (Mod Wheel) -> Volume 1 -> 48.0 -> (smoothing optional).
    Experiment with the Matrix Smooth values in each slot.

    In either case, you can trigger a note event from a KB controller, around middle C.
    If you want to take the key position out of the equation, change the KeyTrack parameter from 100 to 0.
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    xylyx
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    RE: Therimin 2007/12/30 15:18:14 (permalink)
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    RE: Therimin 2007/12/31 15:32:21 (permalink)
    Isn't there a theremin in Rapture? I'm sure I saw it under "Leads"> JMJTheremin.
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    RE: Therimin 2008/01/03 16:51:17 (permalink)
    OR do it the old fashioned way
    Get a sine wave or at worst a triangle
    turn the cutoff on the filter almost all the way up
    set the glide to something that sounds like the glide on a theremin
    Make the VCA envelop a moderate attack and decay
    make sure the mod wheel can control a vibrato

    A theremin is a pretty simple instrument from a signal flow perspective. It is just danged hard to play in real life.

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    RE: Therimin 2008/01/03 20:46:06 (permalink)
    On a slightly related topic, there was an article in CM about people using Wii controllers for music creation. It might be fun to use one of those as a theremin.
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    RE: Therimin 2008/01/04 14:29:32 (permalink)
    thanks for the replys, ill look into those options
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    RE: Therimin 2008/01/11 14:21:28 (permalink)
    LOL! I gotta see that
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