Not exactly a theremin, but a very interesting instrument declaredly inspired by it. It's essentially a digital synthesizer with a theremin-like control, with some interesting twists.
What do you think?
https://somasynths.com/flux/
Some less theremin-like demos here, exploring all the sonic possibilities:
https://somasynths.com/flux_demo/
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"What do you think?" - Spider76
Thanks! It has a more intuitive playing interface than a Theremin, and you can do similar things with it. I believe one could probably also do this with hand capacitance and so dispense with the magnet holding. There was an instrument that did this with LEDs pointing up and reflecting off the hand, but I can't find a link to it anymore, and it probably wasn't as responsive.
The voices seem more old school analog synthy: waveform and distortion driven rather than filter driven, which isn't my cup of tea. They could maybe do more with the right hand z axis to give an abrupt turn-on, so the left hand wouldn't be required to ape it?
Don't mean to dump on it, I'm all in favor of more controllers!
"What do you think?" - Spider76Thanks! It has a more intuitive playing interface than a Theremin, and you can do similar things with it. I believe one could probably also do this with hand capacitance and so dispense with the magnet holding. There was an instrument that did this with LEDs pointing up and reflecting off the hand, but I can't find a link to it anymore, and it probably wasn't as responsive.The voices seem more old school analog synthy: waveform and distortion driven rather than filter driven, which isn't my cup of tea. They could maybe do more with the right hand z axis to give an abrupt turn-on, so the left hand wouldn't be required to ape it? Don't mean to dump on it, I'm all in favor of more controllers!
I've been playing mine a month, and I must say it's very inspiring to put in the practice time required to play it in all the ways it offers.
I don't think hand capacitance could suffice because it can't be nearly as precisely localized as those two little magnets. Of the 32 sounds, I must say I dislike most, but I find at least 6 (plus their 2-4 variations per) to be very usable and desirable. The others are useful for more wacky stuff, I guess, but given limited time, I really want to focus on playing notes in rhythmical time with varied articulation and tone rather than get sound effects-y. Taste varies, of course, and I get the most out of it with external multi FX, as I find the single plain vanilla reverb not so great. Onboard delay is fine, but I prefer more flexibility there, too.
There is right hand Z for a staccato articulation, and most presets have two different kinds of staccato. Both are very useful, and I couldn't do without the variety of articulation they provide. The left hand can do its own thing in these staccato modes.
I like the thing so much that I want to re-try the Moog Etherwave that defeated me more than 15 years ago. I hesitate to spend the money (again) because I think that FLUX's making it so easy, by comparison, to play in tune and separate notes will make me give up too easily. It's just that I loved that Etherwave sound down in the bass range. FLUX has a pretty good filter-y bass patch that's one of my goto's, but it's not the same. There's supposed to be a CV/MIDI breakout box someday, so maybe that will give me what I want.
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