{"id":139971,"date":"2023-10-31T19:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T00:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=139971"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T00:52:25","slug":"zeppelin-design-labs-intros-noisette-optical-theremin-diy-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2023\/10\/31\/zeppelin-design-labs-intros-noisette-optical-theremin-diy-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeppelin Design Labs Intros Noisette Optical Theremin DIY Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-140001 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE3-e1698799648483-728x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE3-e1698799648483-728x561.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE3-e1698799648483-320x246.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE3-e1698799648483-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE3-e1698799648483-390x300.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE3-e1698799648483.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeppelin Design Labs<\/strong> has introduced the <strong>Noisette<\/strong>, a DIY Optical Theremin kit that they say &#8220;generates crazy sounds \u2013 from spooky and creepy to atmospheric and spacey&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The pitch and volume of the Noisette are controlled by two light sensors, while the master volume and wave shape are controlled by two potentiometers.<\/p>\n<p>The Noisette kit was designed with STEM students in mind, as a stepping stone into the world of DIY audio electronics. The 30-page manual has over 100 assembly photographs and comes complete with schematics, circuit descriptions, and a brief history of how the original Theremin was developed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-139999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4-728x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4-728x409.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4-534x300.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Optical sensors to control pitch and volume<\/li>\n<li>Master volume control knob<\/li>\n<li>Wave Shape Select: Square, sine, or anything in between<\/li>\n<li>On-board speaker<\/li>\n<li>Audio output jack for either headphones or auxiliary line out<\/li>\n<li>Can be powered with either a 9-volt battery or an external 9-volt power adapter<\/li>\n<li>Only 18 parts that need to be assembled to the circuit board; only takes a few hours to complete<\/li>\n<li>Suitable for kids as young as 8 years old, with adult supervision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Noisette<\/strong> kit is <a href=\"https:\/\/zeppelindesignlabs.com\/product\/noisette-optical-theremin\/\">available<\/a> now for $39 USD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zeppelin Design Labs has introduced the Noisette, a DIY Optical Theremin kit that they say &#8220;generates crazy sounds \u2013 from spooky and creepy to atmospheric and spacey&#8221;.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2023\/10\/31\/zeppelin-design-labs-intros-noisette-optical-theremin-diy-kit\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zeppelin Design Labs Intros Noisette Optical Theremin DIY Kit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34,41],"tags":[1113,30629,31696],"class_list":["post-139971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-instruments","category-theremin","tag-synth-diy","tag-theremin","tag-zeppelin-design-labs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ZEPPELIN_DESIGN_LABS_NOISETTE_TILE4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140002,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139971\/revisions\/140002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}