My Theremin Is Complete!
May 13, 2005 @ 1:23 am
It used to be a Philips CD player, but now it is a photo theremin! Way better. If you wave your hand over it, it sounds kind of like an angry mosquito. Attached to an external amplifier, it sounds more like an angry fire engine.
Here I am connecting the audio output to the existing jack, using my iPod and an old set of headphones for the sample audio source.
I used the existing circuit board as a frame for all the components I was re-using, including the battery case, on/off switch, and audio output. First I filed off the connections to the old junk, then soldered new wires on.
Here you can see the new circuit board sitting on the old one, with two photo cells pointing at the window where the cd display used to be.
Replies: 4 Comments
Congratulations! ... I still don't quite understand what the use of this is, but congrats! I like the picture of you bent over the tray - the angle of the shot and the fact that you're surrounded by circuitry makes you look like a big nerd. :)
srah said on May 13, 2005 @ 8:14 am
not to mention the SI shirt you're wearing. you could totally get onto the website! "What's star student Nick Baker doing with his MSI? Look and see!"
eliz said on May 13, 2005 @ 11:47 am
Theremin is everywhere I look now!
srah said on May 14, 2005 @ 1:37 am
you are so officially my hero. optical theremins today real theremins tomorrow. whooo. wait till we get that baby blasting out the car stero speakers. m.
miranda said on May 15, 2005 @ 1:10 am
