Recently, Ken Moore made the Wii remote useful. Instead of using it for pretend bowling or boxing, Moore turned his attention on making the controller a pretty slick theremin. While we can debate his motivation, the end product is undisputedly rad. In the above video, you’ll see Moore talk about what he did to create his device, although his blog can give you the big-time specifics.
And the best part about this entire process is that it only costs 35 dollars. The problem for a guy like me is messing around with wires. Sure, the stray LEDs only need to go to a battery, but I’m classically poor at anything slightly technical. Moore used a Roland JV-1080 synth to make all the creepy (but awesome) sounds.
If you were wondering about the practicality of such an item, check out Moore’s rendition of the Star Trek theme. It’s a wonder that we don’t have bands that only play theremins.
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10:01 AM on 11.30.2008
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http://www.simple-media.co.uk/music/vsti/vsti.htm
I use the super spook keys no spring a lot for background textures - and you can hook the x/y coordinates to a controller if you want via your vst host- if you want to you can also get a cheap controller like this:
http://keyboards-midi.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=705525X
that has an infrared controller with assignable x/y/z
or like I do use a trackpad like you get in this controller
http://keyboards-midi.musiciansfriend.com/product/Korg-Nano-PAD?sku=703402
if you want to go cheap- though I use the padkontrol which is like the big daddy of that controller
all in all, he was just reinventing the wheel....
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