RE: Joe Max...
What I've been using a lot since getting the theremin (it's only been about ten days so I can hardly say a lot) is Absynth 4 by Native Instruments. There's a wonderful waveshaping option that allows you to run through any audio signal and even draw and morph waveforms yourself. This has allowed me to get a huge range of different sounds from the instrument while still maintaining the pitch and other characteristics of the theremin. I hear that in Absynth 5 (I haven't upgraded yet as 4 already has dozens of features I don't use) there are even more options for doing stuff like this. The granular synthesis stuff is especially intriguing.
Regarding the MIDI option, I've just about got pitch bends working between the notes to do some sort of glide but an instrument that directly takes the pitch from the audio signal rather than a conversion of that pitch into MIDI data would be ideal. Sadly all software plugins still depend on MIDI.
I haven't really used OSC as I've not got much to do with it but dream of it being the solution to everything once people jump onboard.
With Bidule analysing the frequency I can link that frequency to any parameter. I've done it with the pitch of an oscillator so you could make an accurate theremin triggered synth that way. Sadly my custom synth building skills are pretty minimal.
What I've been using a lot since getting the theremin (it's only been about ten days so I can hardly say a lot) is Absynth 4 by Native Instruments. There's a wonderful waveshaping option that allows you to run through any audio signal and even draw and morph waveforms yourself. This has allowed me to get a huge range of different sounds from the instrument while still maintaining the pitch and other characteristics of the theremin. I hear that in Absynth 5 (I haven't upgraded yet as 4 already has dozens of features I don't use) there are even more options for doing stuff like this. The granular synthesis stuff is especially intriguing.
Regarding the MIDI option, I've just about got pitch bends working between the notes to do some sort of glide but an instrument that directly takes the pitch from the audio signal rather than a conversion of that pitch into MIDI data would be ideal. Sadly all software plugins still depend on MIDI.
I haven't really used OSC as I've not got much to do with it but dream of it being the solution to everything once people jump onboard.
With Bidule analysing the frequency I can link that frequency to any parameter. I've done it with the pitch of an oscillator so you could make an accurate theremin triggered synth that way. Sadly my custom synth building skills are pretty minimal.
