...seriously...I think...or at least the product of electricity... I don't know for sure if it's actually 'in' the air, or just dancing around it...but it is there. I have been doing a bit of hitting the books....well, it's more like a soft caress if you consider the amount of absorption involved. Regardless, I have made some progress on understanding the events that are necessary for the theremin to produce sound.
I will try not to bog you down with ridiculous terminology because it will only serve to confuse me. There are just way too many terms that I did not know where even existent up until a few days ago. Henries, Farads, permittivity, permeability, Prometheus...it's all just a melting pot of Greek names to me.
There is one term that stands out when trying to comprehend the theremin's duties in the creation of sound. The process is called Heterodyning.
Heterodyning is not the new fad of homosexual couples double dating with other homosexual couples of the opposite sex under the guise of two straight couples, as I previously thought.
Here's two versions - the watered down smart version...and the dumbed-down Hollywood movie analogy.
Heterodyning is the generation of frequencies using two oscillating frequencies. When I heard this it all seemed to click for me.... A light bulb went on and I yelled, "I finally get it- Theremins use archaic technology that is well above and beyond my scope of comprehension..." I have been told that yelling about physics, electricity, any combination of the two, or 'feelings' is not tolerated in the modernized shanty-town, which I have heard is commonly referred to as an office... I read more and more and the more I read, the more it made sense....kind of....
The two original waves crash to create to subsequent waves. One is the sum of the two frequencies and the other is the difference between the two frequencies. When the subsequent waves are combined it creates one new wave...if one of the original frequencies is fixed and the other is varied by the proximity of a persons hand, then the final output wave can be changed to different pitches with, literally, the flick of a wrist...that wave is amplified with a speaker and thus the aria of an electric angel is born.
the dumbed-down Hollywood analogy -
Lets take a look at the concept of the movie 'Twins'. Scientists made a combination of their genes to try and create the perfect super-human...the result of the impregnating combination was twins...One that was a sum of all of the positive qualities and one that was a representation of a subtraction of those qualities. Now when those two people are combined they create a whole new identity that equals a person of normal capabilities. However, if one of those people is a constant level of excellence (Awwnuld) , and the other is varied by the adaptation necessary to overcome the struggles of the real world (Danny Devito) then the final output is 105 minutes of hilarity those waves (or particles of light) are projected onto a screen and thus the symphony of one of the funniest duo movies of all time is born.
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Perry Rayer.
I disagree. I believe that you have Awwnuld and Danny mixed up. Obviously Danny is at a constant level of excellence. I mean the man eats whole raw fish for crike sake! And he makes it look delicious.
ReplyDeleteI think you're trying to compare Devito's Penguin with Awwnuld's Mr. Freeze, which would create a different effect altogether.
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