Music in air - digital theremin

• Main Author: Wong, Wee Meng
• Other Authors: Alexei Sourin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162896
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Past FYP students had successfully implemented a digital theremin using the Leap Motion controller. Tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET Framework, NAudio library were used to simulate playing the Theremin. However, undesired static noises are also introduced as well. The reason of the occurrence of static noise is unknown, it could be a combination of NAudio and old drivers of Leap Motion. Here, the same project is re-created using Unity software to determine if the static sounds persist. If there is no more audio flaw, the Csound library will then be investigated on whether it can be used to generate a more variety and beautiful sound. Lastly, experiments is conducted to measure the latency of the sound libraries used and determine if it is suitable to simulate playing the theremin.