[Ville] loves the sound of an ondes martenot and decided to build his own.No, it’s not made of vacuum tubes like a 1920s original, this one is made out of a cheap, off-the-shelf analog synth and ...

[Ville] loves the sound of an ondes martenot and decided to build his own.No, it’s not made of vacuum tubes like a 1920s original, this one is made out of a cheap, off-the-shelf analog synth and ...

The ondes martenot--which translates as “Martenot waves”--produces electronic waves from a system of transistors, a keyboard, and a ribbon attached to a ring on the performer’s forefinger.

The ondes martenot is an early electronic instrument, best known for its key role in works such as Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie and more recently Thomas Adès’s new opera, The Exterminating ...

Jeanne Loriod, leading performer of the ondes martenot, an electronic instrument whose haunting wail was used in such film scores as “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Mad Max” and “Mars Attacks ...

World Tracks Sculpting music with the ondes martenot. Issued on: 27/08/2010 - 04:00 Play - 20:36 ...

Meaning “Martenot waves”, the ondes Martenot is far from the earliest electronic instrument, yet most that came before were curiosities (like the clavecin électrique, a bell-ringing machine ...

The ethereal sounds accompanying the piano are coming from the Ondes Martenot, an electronic musical instrument that first appeared in France in 1928. The rare instrument has a small, dedicated ...

The ondes martenot was invented in the 1920s and was one of the first synthesizers. Abela explain how it works in this video recorded at the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music.