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About Theremin synth
Theremin synth was a music & audio app developed by Sasa Sekulic. It was removed from Google Play May 31, 2018 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Theremin synth had been downloaded 22 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Theremin synth was rated 2.53 out of 5 stars, based on 47 ratings.
App Information
Theremin synth was free to download. The APK download size was 155.55 kB. The last available version was 1.42. The last update was on December 25, 2011.
Technical Requirements
Theremin synth required Android 1.6+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Unrated Maturity. The app had been available on Google Play October 2011.
Description
This is a fairly simple accelerator-based synth that emulates the famous Theremin. Theremin is an analog synth made popular through its use in soundtracks for old horror and SciFi movies and has a very distinctive sound, brought about by its lack of keyboard and use of body resistance for pitch and volume control. Its sound is therefore "gliding" through pitches without distinct notes (like a violin, for example, and unlike piano). It's also famous for its vibrato, achieved by simply moving the hands about.
Now, through use of the accelerator present in every Android phone, you can generate the sound very similar to the Theremin - just move the phone in space to control the pitch and volume. Easy to use, but - like the original Theremin - not that easy to master. You have frequency, MIDI pitch and note pitch display to help you get oriented, and you can also change which axis controls the frequency and which controls the volume. You can also control the range (2 or 4 octaves), middle A pitch (435Hz or 440Hz) and the midpoint note (A4 or A5). You can choose between 3 types of waves - sine and 2 types of square wave - and there is also an adjustable noise generator that produces white, pink and brown noise (and everything in between).
NOTE: If you hear dropouts, that might mean that either your CPU is too slow (choose smaller sample rate) or you're out of memory (increase the buffer size). If you hear dropouts even on the most conservative settings (8000Hz sample rate, +100% buffer size), please let me know.
Languages supported: English, Italian (95%)
SOON TO COME: Stereo! Additional wave types (saw, triangle), phase control, harmonics, fade in, effects, touchpad etc.
Recent changes: Version 1.41, 1.42 - Some debugging Version 1.4 - Supports various sample rates (8000-44100Hz) and various buffer sizes. Version 1.3 - Noise generator with adjustable alpha added (makes white, pink and brown noise, and everything in between) with adjustable quality. Certain speed optimizations. Added a volume slider as a control option. [LOCALE] - English, Italian
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★★★★★
Made me laugh Wish there was a glide so the sound woould be a little smoother great app
★★★★★
Needs a glide/portamento to replace the step increase in pitch. Otherwise it awesome
★★☆☆☆
No sound on X10 mini pro
★★☆☆☆
Not for the real world The notes do not glide like a theremin and jump from one note to the next. Also, there is a delay in the note pitch compared to the phone position.
★★☆☆☆
Makes a noise That's about it
★★☆☆☆
BAH!
★★☆☆☆
Not designed with real world android devices in mind It is only capable of using accelerometers and not all the different orientation sensors used on the various android devices e.g. it won't use G sensors so will not work at all on devices that only have g sensors and not accelerometers. Could add multi touch fallback for pitch and volume control!
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