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Man makes walkie-talkie Theremin

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Ben Rogerson, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 12:28 pm UTC

Walkie-talkie theremin

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Ingenious musician Gordon Charlton has come up with a novel way of producing Theremin-style sounds, and all he requires is a pair of walkie-talkies.

Charlton has posted a video of his 'invention' on YouTube – he simply turns the handsets on and moves them closer together and further apart. The pitch of the feedback that's created changes accordingly.

That's all there is to it, really – there's no circuit-bending or other modification involved in this. Gordon uses a pair of Binatone Latitude 150 walkie-talkies (pictured below) that you can pick up for less than £20, but presumably, any model would do.

Next: making an analogue synth out of a food processor.

(Via Matrixsynth)


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  • rumblejazz

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    Tue 28 Oct 2008, 12:37 pm UTC

    Well this sucks, I could have rich and famous, I've been making weird thereminesque noises with two mobile phones for years......

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