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Whadda WSG105 Madlab Electronic Kit - Junior Theremin

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The Theremin was the first music synthesiser. The Whadda WSG105 Junior Theremin is our, smaller, version of that classic electronic musical instrument. As you move your hand towards and away from the wire aerial, the Theremin responds by changing the pitch of the note it is playing. It can play individual notes as well as varying the tone of a single note.

How do you use the theremin?

The wire aerial responds to the movement of your hand towards and away from it and changes the pitch of the note it plays, without actually being touched.

Junior Theremin works in two modes - continuous and discrete. When you first connect the battery Junior Theremin is in continuous mode. Pressing both pushbuttons together switches between continuous and discrete modes. Discrete mode, as its name implies, plays individual or discrete notes rather than a continuously variable tone.

Eight notes over a single octave are available. In discrete mode the two pushbuttons change the octave of the notes. The left-hand pushbutton (marked -) lowers the octave, and the right-hand pushbutton (marked +) raises the octave.

The pushbuttons only change the octave so long as they are pressed. In continuous mode the pushbuttons have no effect.


  • Power supply: 9 V battery (not included)
  • Colour: Red
  • Width: 50 mm
  • Height: 12 mm
  • Depth: 50 mm
  • Weight: 58 g
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Type MadLab Kit

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Reviews


Nifty little kit

Reviewed by: Ivor Stuart Colwill - 23 November 2023
Nice PIC project for fun and/or learning. Easy to assemble. My only gripe is that it has no on/off switch though if you don't stay in range it falls silent. Don't forget to unclip the battery when you're done. As far as frequencies go it's fairly limited but an experienced hobbyist could make a lot more of it by tapping the "official" output - pin 3 - of the 555 chip or the capacitor side - pin 6 - but you'll need to follow it with a buffer amp - then feed it into an amplifier, maybe via a processor to change the wave shape etc., turn it into a real theramin!


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