Interview for the Dutch Philips East Indies Broadcasting station (PHOHI) with Lucy Bigelow Rosen, app. 1938. No music, alas.
[Dutch visitors, see http://www.vpro.nl/programma/deavonden/afleveringen/15960356/]
Theremin solo.
Recorded on Etherwave theremin
There aren’t many recordings of the Paia Theremax on the web, so I made this quick recording to give an idea of the sound and playability. The Theremin was run through a Lexicon reverb unit on this recording.
This is a recording made with my Art Harrison 126 type theremin with the sound processed by a TC M300 to add reverb.
There are no resonating pipes or Budgie bird sounds with this recording.
Please note: I am an amateur!
One of my first pieces… what would it sound like if cows played the theremin? (Forgive me!)
A recording sample from an Art Harrison 126 tube theremin with adjunctive ductwork to add resonance and echo. The start is chaos and then settles down to the start pitch, followed by four verses of Away in a Manger. I had hoped that with four verses I might get one right. My budgie bird Mary flys into the room and crashes near the theremin at the end of the last verse.
The recording setup was plagued by an AC ground loop, amongst other problems.
Just in time for Halloween. I wrote this to be a nice cross between effects and “real” playing. I hope you enjoy it.
BTW, this selection is played on my Wavefront Classic with the optional air coil. Gene Segal makes a very fine instrument. I highly recommend it!
Roger Ballenger
Here is the RCA theremin as you have never heard it. Sound that is bounced between the earth and the moon.
