Hi all,
I just thought I would share this super cool little discovery I recently made.
I told the folks at my local electronics shop (in small town Nelson, BC, Canada) about my newly acquired obsession with the theremin.
they immediately told me about this guy Fred Nachbauer who worked there until he passed away unexpectedly a few years ago.
Besides coming up with what appears to be a number of really cool mods for the Theremax he also invented this device.
http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk/theremin/displayr.htm
What it does is show you what note you are hitting (or about to hit) while or before you play it. That is to say that it will display the note represented with an LED before you take your hand up off the volume.
very cool.. I want to build one. But since he passed away I'm having a heck of a time trying to track down a circuit board. Luckily he did document the project very well on that page so if anyone is interested.. maybe we can revive this project somehow? He even included images of the board for burning..
check it out
http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk/theremin/displayr.htm