Developer & synthesist Linus Åkesson shared his arrangement of Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) for the Qweremin.
The Qweremin is described as a ‘QWERTY theremin’. It’s played by using the right hand on the keyboard to play individual notes, and the left hand to control volume and vibratro.
Here’s his intro to the Qweremin:
You can find out more about the Qweremin QWERTY Theremin at his site.
The video captures a live performance on the Midnight Special by Billy Preston, Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff on The Original New Timbral Orchestra, aka T.O.N.T.O.
Cecil & Margouleff were some of the first musicians to bring modular synthesizer to popular music. They produced the classic albums of Stevie Wonder, and worked with variety of musicians, ranging from Billy Preston to Ravi Shankar.
Watch the video and share your thoughts on it in the comments!
Bad Dog Designs has introduced the OSPRAY 8, a new drum synthesizer, based on 40+ year-old circuit designs that were originally published in Electronics & Music Maker magazine.
The developers say that the circuits have been updated for production and using in 2025, without loosing any of the period sound or feel.
Sounds are produced with individual percussion modules. The OSPRAY 8 has 4 Drum modules, 3 Cymbal modules and a Handclap module. There is then a global module inside that has a basic MIDI decoder and a low noise stereo output amplifier.
The OSPRAY 8 Drum Synthesizer is available now for $1,017.60
