Well, it's been a long time coming, but I've finally finished the first batch of my first commercial pedal, the Lucidtone AM/FM Dual Theremin.
It isn't a radio, it's two seperate light-controlled theremins in a guitar pedal. Switch it in and wave your foot around to control the theremin tones!
An amazing palette of tones can be created by combining the theremins in different ways. AM mode performs Amplitude Modulation, where one theremin is turned on and off by the other, giving rhythmic gating effects through to analogue synthesiser sounds.
FM mode lets one theremin Frequency Modulate the other; the tone produced jumps between octaves at a rate controlled by your foot. Sounds you can make range from police sirens to alien spaceships landing or taking off!
This thing is just so much fun to play with, I can't wait to start hearing it show up in kiwi songs on the radio =D The polished brass/blue powdercoat finish just looks so excellent as well. I'm really proud of this pedal!!!!!
If you'd like a demo, drop by the Guitar Gallery in Wellington, or ask your local store to order one from me at darren@lucidtone.com.
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well done. This is the most exciting ...
well done. This is the most exciting thing i've heard in ages. i gotta get me a guitar now just so i can get one of these pedals.
Nice one! Would surely be great with ...
Nice one!
Would surely be great with a wah... Well, really I'm talking a lowpass filter, but isn't that what a wah pedal is?
When you say it's a "pedal", it's not somehow modulating an input is it, but rather generating its own tone?
Heh, yeah more or less. Bandpass ...
Heh, yeah more or less. Bandpass actually. Paul Crowther does a Lowpass mod for wah pedals that sounds pretty awesome btw.
But to be honest it's really hard to play it and use a wah pedal at the same time unless you have three legs, or you crouch over it, or get the bass player to do the wah bit or something :-D
Haha... I'm picturing musos trying to ...
Haha... I'm picturing musos trying to act nonchalant while dancing like Elaine from Seinfeld in an effort to get the noises they want out of both wah and Theremin pedal.
Seen the Theremin doco, btw? It was on in the Welli. Film Festival a few years ago. Where "a few" probably equals about 8. Hmm. It's great, anyway.
i am in love with the lucidtone amps ...
i am in love with the lucidtone amps and want one bad! just trying to work ouit how to pay for one.
that pedal sounds like a great idea. Man i love gear.
keep up the good work, lucidtone could become a new benchmark in kiwi sound
Aww shucks! *blush* Guitar Gallery ...
Aww shucks! *blush*
Guitar Gallery does Hire Purchase, by the way. =)
Is there anywhere we can hear mp3 ...
Is there anywhere we can hear mp3 samples of Lucidtone amps? Maybe a comparison with some sort of established amp (i.e. a Twin or something) playing the same guitar, same music, would be cool. Gutted I live in auckland.
Hrm. I think I should enlist the help ...
Hrm. I think I should enlist the help of one of my many home-recordist mates some time soon. I've kinda been waiting till I have an entire range of stuff ready so I can do it all at once, but now seems a good time to bite the bullet.
yo, can someone please txt darrens ...
yo, can someone please txt darrens number to me. or email it to management()ladyluckhq.com
awesomo!
that was me. bloody office computers ...
that was me. bloody office computers and people not signing out!
I loved the original Satan theremin... ...
I loved the original Satan theremin... and I am super looking forward to having enough money to get me one of these new ones...
I actually don't have ANY lucidtone pedals at the moment... my fat screamer has gone wayward.
// I can't wait to start hearing it ...
// I can't wait to start hearing it show up in kiwi songs
it already has :)
Hahah! Yeah, half a second on one Idle ...
Hahah! Yeah, half a second on one Idle Faction track. Actually The Body Corporate have been using one for a while now too and have it featured in a song. :)
... and then there was the Satan guitar ...
... and then there was the Satan guitar on the end of the Dukes Of Leisure EP...
oh yeah!! =D ...
oh yeah!! =D *wooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiieeeooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuooooooooble*
Hey Darren, I've got a new (not ...
Hey Darren,
I've got a new (not really) idea for a pedal- are you still doing one-offs?
Chur.
Drop me an email =) be@lucidtone.com...
Drop me an email =) be@lucidtone.com