anyone got any ideas on how to get a theremin sound?

[Cyaneyed]

hello guys =) im trying to replicate the kinda ufo sounds theramins are great at producing. im looking for the kinda clear but round sound like sinewaves have. tho sinewaves sound too far out in the distance. have been trying with massive. so far ive added som vibrato with an lfo and tried around with alot of waveforms tho nothing really sounds like it :/ anyone got any ideas?

[MilkyPirate]

try useing the LFO on the pitch of one oscilator id probably say saw wave would be best, low pass filter with cutoff just a little bit turned down, dont layer the osc as you want a nice clean sound, little bit of reverb, mono set to always with the time about half way up, envelope should be a little bit of attack full decay and sustain
im at work so i dont know how close this will be but hope it helps

[Cyaneyed]

try useing the LFO on the pitch of one oscilator id probably say saw wave would be best, low pass filter with cutoff just a little bit turned down, dont layer the osc as you want a nice clean sound, little bit of reverb, mono set to always with the time about half way up, envelope should be a little bit of attack full decay and sustain
im at work so i dont know how close this will be but hope it helps

ty for ur reply. ive allredy tried this. but doesent quite sound like the real deal:/

[MilkyPirate]

just takes some fine tweaking, maybe try bit of chorus aswell, every theramin sounds different, alot of them actually just sound like anolog synths with glide on, im guessing you mean the sound like pendulum grafite but as im not at home at the moment i cant really input much more, keep at it man

[ketamine]

You're not going to be able to replicate it really, because Theremin's sound is basically non-stop pitch gliding & volume changing on almost every note. That's a f_ck load of automation, and even then you still need the "sound" of it, that weird noise it makes... Sorry for no help. I'd say just find some samples if you can't buy one outright, although, the Moog Etherwave Brand really aren't expensive...

[MilkyPirate]

theres also youtube videos which show you how to make your own theramin IRL

[Cyaneyed]

cool thnx guys =*) the sound im really after is just that cheesy ufo kinda lead from old movies etc. that mystery thingy

[legend4ry]

Theres a preset on Sylenth 1 I used in the first tune here : Soundcloud

If thats what you're after i'll screen cap the parameters.

Its the short note which plays every 4 bars.

[2mb1o]

Use a pure sin wave (or maybe something between sin and square), no filter, no adsr on VCA.
You need automation on pitch and volume, don't use keys, interpolate everything.
It's like a real theremin : one hand for the pitch, another for the volume

[erratech]

YOu could try spook-keys if thats still active. seemed decent when i tried it a few years ago ymmv.

[bibbyj]

^ http://www.simple-media.co.uk/vsti.htm

[deadly_habit]

yea i used super spook keys at the intro of ridin'

[leeany]

I saw a tutorial on how to make a theremin sound in ableton not too long ago, dont remember where tho

[bassinine]

if you have an iphone, just get moog's filtatron app. has a simple va synth, and you can use the x-y pad in the app to use it just as you would a theremin.

oh, and moog's new app, animoog is on sale for $ .99 - seems to be a pretty full-featured synth, with similar x-y controls. worth a dollar, i'm sure - even though i haven't opened it up yet.

[Cyaneyed]

yea i used super spook keys at the intro of ridin'

FUCK THAT WAS A GOOD TUNE!!!!!!!!!!! omg! lol not what i was after but hell! i loved it thnx for sharing!

[Cyaneyed]

if you have an iphone, just get moog's filtatron app. has a simple va synth, and you can use the x-y pad in the app to use it just as you would a theremin.

oh, and moog's new app, animoog is on sale for $ .99 - seems to be a pretty full-featured synth, with similar x-y controls. worth a dollar, i'm sure - even though i haven't opened it up yet.

got the filatron it works ok =) thnx for all the sugestions guys =)

[macc]

There used to be an fxpansion plugin called mysteron that was quite good...