Stop the presses. Load up the inkwells. It's the return of one of the first — if not the first — instruments made for iOS: the infamous "pocket theremin" is back. Thereminator 2 is now an AUv3 plugin too, using a special adaptation of the MPE protocol to inject its eerie sounds directly into your DAW, whether on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Silicon powered computer.
The original Thereminator brought creeping flesh to the infant iPhone back in 2008. A lot has changed since those années folles, however, and so has Thereminator. The all-new Thereminator 2 has evolved into a bona fide touch-controlled virtual theremin with ample helpings of tone, expression, versatility, and technology. With its onscreen MPE-style controller, brand new sound engine with fat analog tones, and many other advanced features, Thereminator 2 is more monstrous than ever. Just select your wave and start the horror show.
Thereminator 2 is also an AUv3 instrument plugin now. Using a special adaptation of the MPE protocol, the new Thereminator is ready to inject its eerie sounds directly into your DAW, whether on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Silicon powered computer. So stop lurking in Dark Shadows, and get ready to deploy Plan 9.
Thereminator 2 comes with over 50 factory presets to start you off on your sci-fi soundtrack, as well as many other advanced features like patch save/share, MIDI Learn, and more. Built-in custom chorus and tape delay FX help fatten up those smooth theremin tones, while the touch controller's vertical expression options add dimension to your playing.
| Overview |
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| Touch-controlled Virtual Theremin |
| AUv3 instrument plugin included |
| Compatible with DAWs that are MPE friendly, including GarageBand, Logic, and Cubasis |
| Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon powered computers |
| Over 50 factory presets |
| Sound Engine |
| 8 waveforms, including the original, unique Thereminator waveform |
| 8 octave frequency range |
| Special drive stage for fattening up the sound |
| Virtual-Analog resonant filter |
| Dedicated vibrato and tremolo operators with adjustable rate & amount |
| Adjustable Portamento |
| Custom chorus / expander effect for big stereophonic sounds |
| Modeled tape delay capable of self-oscillation — plenty of vintage mojo |
| Vertical touch control for volume, filter, vibrato and tremolo |
| Built-In Touch Controller |
| Horizontal pitch and vertical expression control |
| 51 musical scales |
| Selectable musical key |
| Note Snap feature that can dial in amount of glide between adjacent notes |
| Lock feature to preserve scale/snap setting during preset changes |
| Scrollable control surface with adjustable key size |
| MIDI / MPE & Other |
| MIDI Learn |
| MPE |
| Can be used with regular MIDI keyboards on MIDI channel 1 (channels 2-16 are optimized for MPE) |
| Save & share unlimited banks and presets |
| Standalone app includes virtual "Tapedeck" for recording & sharing your creations |
