The Ondestrak

posted Jan 12th 2009 3:18pm by
filed under: digital audio hacks, peripherals hacks

If you like the sound of the theramin, you may enjoy the Ondestrak.  Based loosely off of the Ondes Martnot, the Ondestrak works by changing the pitch of a continuous note. [Devin_mccutchen] built his using an old gametrak controller. The controller looks pretty cool. We hadn’t seen that one before. Check out a more musical performance after the break.



8 Responses to The Ondestrak

  • Adam Ziegler says:

    Very Cool… I would make amplitude / volume more sensitive with the closing and opening of the board, and make the total distance the board has to close much smaller.

  • none says:

    i like how the writers write as if they were in 5th grade.

    “I hadnt seen that before. It was cool.”

  • Tech News says:

    If you like the sound of the theramin, you may enjoy the Ondestrak. Based loosely off of the Ondes Martnot, the Ondestrak works by changing the pitch of a continuous note. [Devin_mccutchen] built his using an old gametrak controller. The controller looks pretty cool. We hadn’t seen that one before. Check out a more musical performance after the break.

  • octelcogopod says:

    break the after performance musical more a out Check before. one that seen hadnÕt We cool. pretty looks controller The controller. gametrak old an using his built [Devin_mccutchen] note. continuous a of pitch the changing by works Ondestrak the Martnot, Ondes the of off loosely Based Ondestrak. the enjoy may you theramin, the of sound the like you If

  • octelcogopod says:

    By the way, it’s spelled “theremin”

  • Morden says:

    Holy crap the bots are gathering for an assault huh? At the same time as the authors are degenerating into 12 year olds who failed english class.

  • mess_maker says:

    holy crap… please make it stop.

    By the way, if anyone is interested in the Ondes Martnot, check out a few albums by Radiohead: Amnesiac and pretty much everything after that. You can see Johnny Greenwood playing one of these in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OJ7qqlxQU0 at around 34 seconds in.

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