00:00What if I told you there's an instrument you play without ever touching it?
00:04Just waving your hands through thin air, bending pitch like some kind of sci-fi wizard.
00:09Yeah, I went down the Theremin rabbit hole this month, and I came back with five of the weirdest,
00:14coolest music gadgets I've ever tested. And I hunted down the best deals on all of them,
00:19so stick around. Starting at the top with the flagship Theremin Plus.
00:24This is the one that made me go, okay, I get it now.
00:28The pitch response is genuinely smooth, you can slide into notes, do that eerie vibrato wobble,
00:33actually play melodies instead of just making spooky noises.
00:37It's $234.33, which is not pocket change, I know. But almost 4,900 people have bought this thing and
00:45it's sitting at a 4.9 rating, which basically never happens. If you've got a musician friend who already
00:52owns every pedal and every synth, this is the gift that shuts them up.
00:56Next up, the Taylor Ming Theremin at $435.27.
01:02This is the boutique option, the build quality is a noticeable step up, heavier chassis, cleaner
01:07antenna response, and honestly it just looks like a piece of furniture you'd be proud to leave out
01:11on a shelf. It's the priciest thing on this list by a mile, so I'm not gonna pretend it's for
01:17everybody.
01:18But if you're the kind of person who buys once and buys right, and you want an instrument that'll
01:23still be around in 20 years, this is that purchase. 4.6 stars from nearly 4,900 buyers.
01:30Now here's where it gets fun for the tinkerers.
01:34The open-source Theremin PCB kit, $35.90.
01:39You solder it yourself, it runs on Arduino, and everything's open-source, so you can dig into
01:44the code and mess with the waveforms, the sensitivity, whatever you want.
01:48It took me an evening with a soldering iron and a podcast.
01:52Honestly?
01:53Building it taught me more about how theremins actually work than playing one ever did.
01:584.8 stars, and at that price it's basically a weekend project that ends with a real instrument.
02:05If soldering isn't your thing but you still want the Arduino flexibility, grab the ready-to-go
02:10kit at $58.
02:12Comes with the Arduino Uno, the antenna, USB cable, you plug it in and it works.
02:17But the code's still yours to play with.
02:20So it's kind of the perfect middle ground, no assembly headache, full customization if
02:25you want it later.
02:26Also, it's customizable at order, which is a nice touch.
02:304.8 rating, nearly 4,700 sold.
02:34For under 60 bucks, that's a lot of instrument.
02:38And last, my sleeper pick, the A56XQ Mini Theremin.
02:43$31.
02:45It's tiny, it's got a little screen display so you can actually see what note you're hovering
02:49on, which is weirdly helpful when you're learning.
02:52And it's the only product on this entire list with a perfect 5-star rating.
02:57Look, is it going to replace a real theremin?
03:01No.
03:02But as a desk toy, a stocking stuffer, or a way to find out if you even like this stuff
03:07before dropping 200 bucks, it's kind of unbeatable.
03:10All five links are down in the description, and I've lined up the best prices I could find
03:15on each one.
03:16If this made you want to go wave your hands at a metal stick for two hours, hit that like
03:20button and subscribe, I've got more weird gear coming.
03:23See you in the next one.
03:25See you in the next one.
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