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The Qweremin

I invented a new instrument: The Qweremin is a qwerty theremin. Background In the summer of 2022 I built a C64-based theremin, described and explained here.

For these instruments, the main challenge has been how to incorporate phrasing and other forms of musical expression; to move beyond the rudimentary note-on, note-off of an organ. By sheer coincidence, in the same year that I brought my C64 theremin to X, the organizers had invited legendary game music composer Rob Hubbard as a guest of honour. I was waiting in the long line of people who wanted to exchange a few words with him when Mahoney, who happened to be standing nearby, had the excellent idea that I should ask Rob to sign the clamp of my C64 theremin—something he gladly did!

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