Theremin gaming music

 "The theremin is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without contact from the player." ^{Wikipedia 2oo9-o4}

Enough introduction - let's watch some YouTube clips featuring space music. [...]
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The Legend of Zelda Theme on theremin

Super Mario Bros. on the Theremin!

Final Fantasy X - To Zanarkand - Randy George, theremin

Bonus: this one's so nerdy ... x^D

Zelda Theme on Ocarina

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Wii Theremin: Motion-Tracking über die Infrarotkamera der Wiimote
Tags: Controller, infrarot, johnny lee, ken moore, motion tracking, theremin, wii, wii theremin, wiimote

Wii Theremin - Star Trek Theme

Der Controller der Spielkonsole Wii bietet für den Preis von knapp 40€ unglaublich viel an Technik: Bewegungssensoren, Infrarotkamera und Bluetooth-Fähigkeit eröffnen dem Musiker unzählige neue Möglichkeiten. Bis jetzt habe ich die Wiimote als Controller für Musik aber nur in einer bestimmten Verwendungsweise gesehen: der Musiker bewegt die Wiimote, die Bewegungsdaten werden ausgelesen und in Töne umgewandelt. Wie das aussieht, kann man z.B. in diesem Live-Mitschnitt meines Projektes Presetsurfer sehen.

Man kann die Sache aber auch anders angehen, die Wiimote stationär positionieren und mit Hilfe der integrierten Infrarotkamera die Bewegung von Gegenständen oder Händen verfolgen. Genau das hat Ken Moore gemacht und dabei eine Simulation des Theremin entwickelt - das Wii Theremin. Die eine Hand steuert dabei die Tonhöhe, die andere die Lautstärke eines Klanges. Möglich wird das durch LEDs in den Handschuhen, die von der Infrarotkamera der Wiimote verfolgt werden können. Zugegeben, Ken Moores Interpretation der Titelmelodie von Star Trek reicht nicht annähernd an das Original heran. Sie zeigt aber eindrucksvoll die Möglichkeiten, die sein Konzept bietet: das gleichzeitige Tracking von mehreren Punkten. Damit können verschiedene Parameter eines Klanges nur mit den Händen gesteuert werden.

Ken Moores Wii Theremin basiert auf der Arbeit von Johnny Lee, dem Pionier des Wii-Hacking. Auf dessen Website finden sich einige äußerst kreative Anwendungen der Wiimote, viele der von ihm entwickelten Programme stehen zum Download zur Verfügung. Wer Johnny Lees Projekte noch nicht kennt, sollte unbedingt seine Website besuchen - mir schwirrt der Kopf vor lauter Ideen, was man damit alles anstellen kann…
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Chrono Trigger Marriage Proposal

 I just got hold of this lovely marriage proposal. I've seen marriage proposals woven into gaming experiences before - but nothing as beautiful as this one. Nerd proposals are so gorgeous. [...]
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by TheRealPfhreak · October 24, 2008
On October 17th, 2008, I proposed to my (now) Fiancee. Originally I wanted to return to the site of our first date, Mount Baker, near Bellingham Washington. Sadly, there was no discreet way to get her out there. So I turned to the next best thing, digitally recreating the mountain!

But why stop there? I figured I'd try and recreate many of our other favorite memories -- stargazing, dancing, even her favorite song lyrics (from the Princess Bride). I'm a college student who is studying Computer Science, and I wanted to do something unique that used my talents, so I did some research on Rom hacking, as she was playing through Chrono Trigger. (A perennial favorite of mine, I can't wait to buy it for my DS.) I even put in her cat, Cleo!

I had several goals in mind:
First) Keep the area in the context of the original game, the proposal should be a surprise.
Second) Get it done quick! I had the ring, I had the Father's blessing, and you can't sit on either of those for too long. You'll notice some of the NPC collision information is missing (the cat runs through a lot of weird places) and I didn't have time to properly debug every tile.
Third) Place memories that might be poignant enough to remind her of our relationship, while not inadvertently giving away that this was somehow hacked.(See goal #1.)

Overall, it was a resounding success. She had no idea that this wasn't part of the original. She asked, "Hey, are those the Princess Bride lyrics? Do the Japanese really love that movie?" to which I responded, "Yeah! That's probably it! Either that or a bored translator slipping in an easter egg."

When her name appeared on screen (blurred in this video), she glanced over to me (on one knee, with the ring out), wondering, "How did they get my name in this game?" When she saw the ring, she reread the proposal, nodded yes, and said, "You are such a huge nerd! I love this!"

I spent a long time debating whether or not this proposal was awesome or incredibly stupid. Her friends, and my friends helped talk me into it, and it was a huge success!

I built the area by fusing a pre-existing area (Denodoro Mountains) with concepts I had in my mind. Each NPC in the area (save the cat, and the young girl at the beginning) is supposed to be either myself or my fiance.

UPDATE: It has been dugg!

Update 2: Now on Reddit!
Thanks to zeptobyte, and all the others!
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I proposed by hacking Chrono Trigger