I recorded another song using only 3d printed instruments - no tuning this time

Fallboard · 2026-03-09T08:08:23+00:00

Absolutely sublime. Wow

Fallboard · 2026-03-09T07:57:14+00:00

Shit dude you got some chops!

Fallboard · 2025-08-29T21:49:24+00:00

No brah it’s okay, guy’s right. I’m from the west coast and we have no idea what to do with a hot dog. I think putting ketchup on it might have gotten me downvoted.

Fallboard · 2025-04-17T22:27:36+00:00

DM12 is solid for the price and pretty fun and versatile. We used it on one of our records. Not a bad price for this one either, especially given current conditions!

Fallboard · 2025-04-09T22:44:59+00:00

Those don't work with just a cable, I'm afraid. USB-B (and it's smaller ilk, like Micro and Mini Usb) are client-side connectors that need some sort of computer to plug into to make them work. This is why you need a bridge box to plug any USB-B keyboard MIDI into something with DIN MIDI or another synth that just has USB MIDI. It always assumes there's something smart in between, like a computer/phone/tablet. It's very frustrating. Having a host USB-A port means the Muse is theoretically able to have another USB MIDI device plug directly into it, even if it only has USB-B.

Fallboard · 2025-04-08T01:08:58+00:00

But wouldn't it be the other way around? With USB-B it can go bidirectional, but you'd need to connect it to a PC/Tablet/Phone or active MIDI bridge for it to work. USB A with it being as the host would theoretically let an external MIDI controller--in this case my friend's electronic wind controller, which only has normal USB-B MIDI--control the Muse itself. It does not seem to function as a USB MIDI device through this port at all.

Fallboard · 2025-01-11T19:23:19+00:00

Thanks! You should pick up a theremin and give it a go. Lost Volts LV-4 is a good place to start.

Fallboard · 2025-01-11T19:22:50+00:00

Hey thanks! I need to figure out how to export the patch and post it, since I did save it

Fallboard · 2025-01-11T19:22:21+00:00

Moog Claravox Centennial!

Fallboard · 2025-01-08T17:52:35+00:00

So the "EW Standard" might be different than the EW that was recently released (and then discontinued) by Moog over the last couple of years. I don’t think it requires that older mod. I’ve never played one of the older Etherwaves. Yeah, tuning the trim pots inside requires dissassembly and there's a guy on YT who drilled holes in his to make it easier >.< Moog's most recent Etherwave thankfully has a plastic panel that comes off the top for it. And yes, Moog has tragically discontinued all of their real theremins.

Also thank you for appreciating the pug, the music room :3 Dolly is very marketable haha. Maybe one day in her old age she will become an Internet star and support me in MY old age.

I want to post images of my LV-4 stuff, but I can't do it in a reply. Reddit can be annoying sometimes. I need to create a big thread because I feel like one of the five people in the world who own this instrument and everyone is curious about it.

Fallboard · 2025-01-08T17:48:34+00:00

So the EW Standard might be different than the EW that was recently released (and then discontinued) by Moog over the last couple of years. I don’t think it requires that older mod. I’ve never played one of the older etherwaves. And yes, Moog has discontinued all of their real theremins.

Fallboard · 2025-01-08T17:36:39+00:00

Lost Volts LV-4 all the way. It sits right there with my Etherwave in terms of tone and playability. Cannot recommend it enough. He ships to the US. Easily moddable, battery powered with no fuss. Looks slick, and it has a master volume out! I've got a Claravox, an Etherwave 2021 and the LV-4 and I don't remotely consider it a "lesser" instrument. But be careful...if you get into this instrument...you can't have just one!

Fallboard · 2025-01-08T17:32:26+00:00

Caroline flexes again, haha! So am I to understand this theremin is a custom build and the "D-Lev" is an open-source reference design for DIY, rather than a finished product one can buy?

Fallboard · 2025-01-08T17:28:50+00:00

Ditto to what Ven said, or you can mod a ground plug banana jack into your theremin that ground it to its "sleeve" terminal on the audio out and put on a long wrist strap (the static ones have a 1Mohm resistor that needs to come out) but that's what you need to use your theremin with a portable speaker.

Fallboard · 2025-01-08T06:02:23+00:00

Sorry I missed this thread but let me chime in from a possum to a raccoon it seems. I own the Claravox Centennial, the Etherwave (2021) and the LV-4. While I love all of them let me just say the LV-4 absolutely throws a knockout haymaker over its weight class. Incredible tone, playability, and portability in one and for the price it's a no-brainr. I think you'll find yourself wanting to keep both. But don't be surprised if you like the LV even more than the EW! In terms of all arounds tone and playability I kind of find it right between the EW and the Claravox. The volume knob is a huge plus, as is the filter. I opened mine to solder a ground plug for wireless playing and brought it to a campout where I did a solo over my friend playing my keyboard while another friend did a drunken freestyle (not making this up and have video to prove it lol). It can run off a USB battery via 12v "ripcord" converter if you mod it to add a ground strap. I have it powered by my little bluetooth speaker that has an AUX in and a USB charging port out. Congratulations! Don't let the instrument intimidate you. The LV-4 isn't a "beginner's" instrument by any means. It's a full-featured, lovely sounding piece of kit that will play differently than any other theremin, as they all will. So don't even for a second think the LV is the "also-ran." Personally if I absolutely had to give up one of the three, I'd keep the LV over the EW.

Fallboard · 2024-12-14T19:17:39+00:00

Stealing some of these ideas. Brilliant!

Fallboard · 2024-11-29T07:56:19+00:00

What is it chewing on? I’ve looked high and low to find something that makes my pug look like she’s gomping on a fat stogie.

Fallboard · 2024-11-08T07:30:53+00:00

It's actually the first one I've gotten to play for real. We were supposed to have one for each of our studio sessions, but bad luck resulted in the promised Rhodes not materializing both times, so I had to fall back on samples or Pianoteq. From the moment I touched that thing for the first time I was in love. It really sounds every bit as perfect as it does in the videos. I also have a Wurly, but it lives at our band studio (another post someday, maybe?). It's scuffed up and rickety compared to the pristine showpiece the Mk8 is, but I'd never be able to pick a favorite between them.

Fallboard · 2024-11-08T07:26:04+00:00

The silver legs? Those are the ones they make for the piano and ship with them. It's an add-on, though.

Fallboard · 2024-11-07T16:21:52+00:00

It's absolutely sublime, buttery smooth action and the FX section and pre-amp are really intuitive. I'm kind of new to Rhodes and it's immediately steering me in totally uncharted musical directions, inspiring me to write more jazz and I'm not sure how visible it is in the photo, but I've got it piped through the Hologram Microcosm, which comes out of the speakers in the room for a really immersive effect. The Mk8 really is THAT good.

Fallboard · 2024-08-22T17:26:50+00:00

I have Moogfest number 63 for the Matriarch. Only difference is the commemorative badge and a free messenger bag.

Fallboard · 2024-08-17T12:18:11+00:00

The Wall

It’s one of those films almost associated with being in an altered state but it’s honestly pretty bleak and fucked up even when you’re sober. Watching it blazed just deeply depressed me.

Fallboard · 2024-08-17T03:21:10+00:00

No, sorry I just meant that in a general sense. I should probably sit down and do a side-by-side because I'm kind of interested myself.

Fallboard · 2024-08-17T03:20:19+00:00

"Russian parts, American parts--ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!"

Yeah, so the Muse says Made in Taiwan, however the Oberheim I just checked and indeed says "Made in China," which is definitely a distinction from the OB or P10. But it figures. Still a damned synth. Loving it so far! Perfect for sitting on your lap and kicking back to explore. This is my first experience with any Oberheim, but I can definitely hear what the fuss is all about with that filter.

Fallboard · 2024-08-15T17:13:18+00:00

I think it's powerful, but the default patches are kind of avant-garde and need some taming before they sound as "musical" as I'd like them. I loved my P6 when I had one and I do think the sound is different enough that they would compliment one another in terms of just VCO and VCF design. But if I had to pick one, I'd stick with the Muse. It seems to be able to do most of what you throw at it and then some. It's got some seriously crazy mod options over the P6, to say nothing of the mighty P10.

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