thanks rich, 4 trying to be of help. so i’ll try to explain as clear as possible. fact: issues in progress.the app’s “note transposition” is the one that fooled me. because the theremini ads or cuts higher notes, higher frequencies. the lowest remain low. i thought, the opposite would make sense. or a feature that the highest note remain and the low ones get added or cut. the note transposition is also available by +- 12 semitones on the theremini. i never asked for pitch correction on a theremin. but since it’s implented it obviously necessary to also put in root note and scale. i really never needed that on a theremin. 
unfortunately, in the app “global settings” for highest notes and lowest notes, the displayed notes don’t match with the new theremini feature for the lowest note c<, nor does it change the values with the different presets. but my theremini needs some .syx help anyway. the patch file from andy hughes helped, but not for very long.
btw, did you use your theremini with your slimphatty yet, cv to pitch?
The CV out note adjustment on the new firmware works very well indeed. I have an Oberheim SEM module hooked up to the Theremini, and was able to adjust the scale and offset controls to get it to track the entire range of the Theremini (!) which is pretty impressive. With a bit of adjustment and patience, you should be able to get just about any CV synth to track very well.
I’ve used a Roland MPU-101 Midi/CV converter to translate the volume antenna CC to drive the SEMs VCA, so it follows the volume antenna fades, making for a nice-sounding combo instrument. No gates to trigger the envelopes (yet), but if you have a modular system with an envelope follower, you can set it to trigger at a settable volume threshold, as Thereminists have often done before. My modular system has a ribbon controller with an area you can touch to generate a trigger, and I’ve even used that at times to articulate notes as I’m sliding around on the Theremini.
There’s many ways to skin that proverbial feline!
Pretty great stuff for such an inexpensive instrument, and who knows what the next firmware upgrade will bring? NAMM is coming in a few weeks, and manufacturers often unveil new developments at this show.
Those of you with an IPad, be sure to get the MidiSequencer app, and the FREE Yamaha Fader/XY pad app. These both expand the control capabilities of the Theremini by leaps and bounds (and don’t cost much), and you just may find some interesting stuff lurking there…
I don’t seem to have a problem with range. Lets say I set range F#1 to F#6, but I set Root to F and scale to Ionian.
My Theremini plays notes G1 to F6 as expected as the top F# is not in the scale and G1 is the lowest note in the scale for root F.
But I’ll fool around some more here as I typically don’t use the full low range when I play (in fact I’ll adjust range a bit outside of the range of the piece I’m playing to give me a larger pitch field - making things easier to play in many cases).
I’ve had no problem using the new NOTE CV with my modular oscillators as the 1/V octave input. Works well as it appears to for synthguy too.
I think I’ll try running the Theremini through an envelope follower to gate the Slim Phatty while playing with note CV and see how that goes.
Rich
Synthguy,
You running the “Genome MIDI Sequencer” on iPad. “MIDI Sequencer” by Anthony Saunders? There are quite a few. I’m using the free “Little MIDI Machine” but it is limited.
Thanks
Rich
I’ve been using the MidiSequencer app…
http://appshopper.com/music/midisequencer
I’ve got a few different sequencers (including the Little Midi Machine) but this one is in a different league, and keeps getting better with every update. Since it can send multiple CCs at each step, it plays very well with the Theremini. By modulating the Transpose value, you can “sequence” the pitch, and then use the antenna to transpose the sequence through the selected scale. Add delay, and it sounds very impressive indeed. Sequencing the wave start point, filer cutoff, and delay time are also cool, and you can do all of this at the same time.
You’ll find that the implementation of this sequencer is VERY deep.
Download the manual, and check it out!
Recommended.
Well, in my case the F#1 and F#6 are included, so this brings me to the following:
Are my settings wrong?
Does this happen to some units only?
On the other hand, the flicker/offset on the screen has come back, I understand this is happening only to some units too?
Bichuelo,
I really think you should open up a ticket with Moog and get direct support for the screen issue.
What transposition is set for the patch you ran F#1-F#6 on?
If Root is F and Scale is Ionian and transposition is set to 0, then F#s should not be played. Again I would bring this up with Moog if that is really the case.
Rich
I have noticed a couple of apparent bugs with the firmware update - having said that it maybe that I have failed to comprehend the accompanying notes, but I will just share to see what others have experienced. If I set the auto mute to off the pitch scale then reverses as I move away from the theremin - I understand this is supposed to happen in theremin mode, but am surprised it happens in normal. It is possible that this was so previously & I did not notice it. The other niggle is that although I have set all the preset control parameters to off in the advanced menu if I change a preset I get the on screen message “FX preset”: well really I wanted to carry it over from the last one I edited via the front panel (like the scale & root): I don’t want to adjust it again every time I change voice. Is all working as it should, or is my update bugged?
Thanks, I just sent an email to support regarding the screen issue.
Regarding the other problem, I see that it is only the low note which is always played, no matter which scale or root it is set to, but the high note works as expected. Does anyone else have the same behavior?
It seems that Firmware 1.1.1 fixes the screen issue: http://forum.moogmusic.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22962