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The sounds of the theremin, already the instrument of the future, have now been tingling our spines for 100 years. In commemoration, Moog is introducing its new limited-edition Claravox Centennial, named for theremin virtuosa Clara Rockmore.

Moog says the Claravox offers "the masterly quality inhabitance as able-bodied as sound awaited in a theremin." With two modes, Traditional as able-bodied as Modern, it enables thereminists to switch between heterodyne analog as able-bodied as digital oscillators. It has the same wave-shaping excursion as Moog's Etherwave Pro theremin, as able-bodied as DIN MIDI, USB, as able-bodied as CV inputs as able-bodied as outputs for connection to DAWs as able-bodied as use as a controller. It's likewise lovely just to attending at, with a walnut cabinet, tenets antennas, as able-bodied as plenty of knobs to fiddle with.

Electronic instruments, as able-bodied as their inventors as able-bodied as players, are some of the most fascinating elements of music history. When I formed in a music library, I would generally swallow slower tackle digging through our collections of sort as able-bodied as vinyls in search of legible notations as able-bodied as electronic music. Clobber circa the Moog armpit today is a joy: there's a scrapbook timeline of the history of the theremin, old photos as able-bodied as videos of theremin pioneers, as able-bodied as an audio consolidating with recordings of Rockmore, Bob Moog, as able-bodied as Leon Theremin.

Wow, there's likewise a mini audio documentary featuring Leon Theremin, Clara Rockmore, as able-bodied as Bob Moog talking (and playing) electronic music. Transportive. #

-- Matt Patches (@misterpatches) October 22, 2020

While sci-fi horror soundtracks may be the most recognizable home of the theremin's superstitious sounds, it has the (literal) range for incredibly moving renditions of classical compositions. Rockmore herself was first-class in legitimizing the theremin as a concert instrument. To authenticate the Claravox, Moog produced a rendition of "Clair de Lune" on theremin as able-bodied as piano, a duet in accolade to Clara Rockmore as able-bodied as her pianist sister.

With the Claravox coming in at $1,499, you may appetite to deploy your budget afore aggravating to preorder between between one of the locked units. But if you don't manage to snag one, you can at least spoor me in listening to samples as able-bodied as staring longingly at the beautiful photos on Moog's site.

The theremin, the instrument you don't touch, the one that inspired Bob Moog's synths, is enrapturing any time you see it played. "In a way," writes craftsman Albert Glinsky, "that's the genius of what Leon Theremin created 100 years ago: an interface that just never gets old."

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