Therevox

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Therevox builds custom musical instruments in Ontario, Canada. The company focuses on continuous-pitch instruments and is known for building a modern analog synthesizer inspired by the rare Ondes Martenot. [1]

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First commissioned in 2004 to build modern version of the Electro-Theremin as used by The Beach Boys on their 1966 single "Good Vibrations", only 12 of these instruments went to musicians and studios in North America and Europe. [2] In 2010, Therevox was commissioned by Montreal's Breakglass Studio [3] to build a new instrument and designer Mike Beauchamp combined the Ondes Martenot's au ruban and touche d’intensité interface with a dual oscillator analog synthesizer similar to the MiniMoog. [4] The design included a built-in Spring Reverb and this prototype became the ET-4 [5] model that has been available since 2012.

In March 2021, the Therevox ET-5 was announced and began shipping to advance customers shortly afterwards. [6] There is currently a two year waiting list for a new Therevox ET-5. [7]

Notable users of Therevox instruments

The instrument has been a feature of OneRepublic's Native Tour and the ET-4 has also been used on soundtracks for Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale (TV series), The Walking Dead: Dead City [9] , Halo Infinite [10] , Bad Banks, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley and horror film Nurse 3D starring Paz de la Huerta and the Salvatore Ferragamo inspired "White Shoe". [4]

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References

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  2. "Wood and Wires: The Ondes Martenot Reimagined". sonicstate.
  3. "Le soleil brille sur The Besnard Lakes | Alain Brunet | Musique". Lapresse.ca. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  4. 1 2 "Windsorite sees success with Therevox invention". urbanitenews.com.
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