What do i need?

Very true, Kevin.

Basically I was restating Charlie's question by providing an example of theremin playing that requires intonation skills, and one that does not.

(And yeah, I was well into video games as a kid - I had an Atari 2600 and an Intellivision. My interest waned as I got older but I still have a copy of Loderunner that I run occasionally on an emulated Apple ][e running on my iBook. Best. Game. Ever.)

"To Wii or not to Wii" --
I have both. They are both fun. I can play with the Wii for longer periods of time, but I have a greater sense of satisfaction and productivity after playing with the Theremin. (I don't say to myself "Well, there's 2 hours of my life I will never have back. What did that accomplish?" when I'm done.) So... I opted for both. Which should you get first? I don't know. But save up and get them both. Do you have some friends who might want to form a band or be able to play music to accompany your theremin? That could make it even more fun and turn it into a social activity much like the Wii. Could also land you some attention from the ladies (unlike a Wii)


"I am waiting for the day when someone circuit bends a Wii into some kind of gestural controlled instrument."

Actually, this is becoming incredibly easy to do. There are some new open-source groups and such that have figured out how to "hijack" the Wiimote controller via Bluetooth to use in a PC. Thus anybody can begin writing PC software that takes input such as "vertical acceleration" or other motion-sensor feedback.

What else is crazy is... you might even be able to turn a theremin into a controller for a Wii! If you get one with CV or MIDI output and manage to translate MIDI channels into the motion settings, and transmit through the correct bluetooth frequency... not sure I'd want to try it, but I'm pretty sure it's possible.

Kidelectric,
How is the Midi-fader coming?
I eliminated all the guess work of the many CV inputs to the Midi-fader board by building a 'switch rail'.
All of the Midi-fader's 8 CV inputs were soldered to the center lug 2, of a DTSP mini-slide switch. Inputs 2,4,6,8 were soldered on one set of four switches affixed side by side to a piece of wood. Inputs 1,3,5,7 were soldered on another set of four switches affixed side by side to the same above piece of wood.(A space was kept between the two sets of switches to allow a DTDP switch to be affixed in the space seperating them. This DTDP switch is wired in such a way to allow one to select how the CV inputs will affect the Pitch and Volume antennae selection.) Lug 3 of all the CV input switches 1 thru 8 were wired to ground.
Sorry, have to go!

More later.

teslatheremin

[slowly pulling this back towards topic...]
So Thereminsbeuaty, did that answer your question, did you get a theremin yet?

Keep us posted and
happy playing!