SAIC Student Rob Martens: Evil Brother Of Snap, Crackle and Pop Martens?

May 15, 2008
Rob Marten's Crackle-Box / Theramin

With facial hair that just screams "I love Nikola Tesla," Rob Martens seems destined to have built a theramin of his own. His noisy, little one-antenna unit is capable of some pretty intense blips, fuzzes, crackles and squeals, and by hooking it through a DOD vocal effects processor and a Danelectro Honeytone Portable Amp, he can basically recreate the sound track to every Sci-Fi movie made between 1958 and 1973. Now if only he could control the volume. . .

Presenter: Gretchen Hasse, Gearwire
Location: Chicago, IL

Owen O'malley is a Gearwire contributor


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If only he had a volume

By: FriendOfLeon

If only he had a volume control, he could turn it OFF! Clara Rockmore, you are not, my friend. :-) Essentially, no one with less 7 years practice has any business near a Theremin, ever. Naw, seriously, I admire his art school attitude, finding happy noises in dysfunctionality. If it ain't broke, unfix it.

Fri, 2008-05-16 11:07

true...but

By: bholland

so, jimmy page and robert plant should have stayed away from it on whole lotta love? Just curious. Although, Clara Rockmore could kick anyone's theremin-playing butt.

Fri, 2008-05-16 11:10

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