Show HN: Made a webcam-controlled Theremin called ÆTHERWAVES [video]

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a year ago

I've been a nerd about the Theremin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin) from when I found it as a wiki entry a LONG time ago. Over the years I've tried to make my version of it in various ways, and this one's my newest take on it.

It lets you create music by tracking your hand movements to control pitch, volume, and timbre.

Try it here: https://aether.layogtima.com/

How to use it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AtV0r8mlt4&feature=youtu.be

It's 100% open-source and under GPLv3 if you'd like to contribute/fork it: https://github.com/layogtima/aetherwaves

If you play with this, would love a video to see how you do it! Also, would really appreciate feedback and pull requests; I do not understand music theory natively, so all mistakes are ignorance on my part.

NOTE: Collaborated with Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini 2.5 Pro for various parts of coding this (LLMs don't do spatial reasoning btw, found out the hard way!)