ThereminAir: Theremin Synth
Tom Pardee Music iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
ThereminAir: Theremin Synth is a paid Music app for iPhone and iPad by Tom Pardee. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated August 5, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 2 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 5
- 2026 · v1.7.0
About ThereminAir: Theremin Synth
ThereminAir turns your Apple Watch into a theremin — the legendary instrument you play without ever touching it. Anchor your elbow and sweep your forearm like the hand of a clock: raise it and the pitch rises, lower it and the pitch falls. Rotate your wrist to swell the volume. There are no buttons to press while you play, no strings, no keys — just the motion of your arm in the air, exactly like the real thing. Your arm becomes the antenna. HOW IT WORKS • Sweep your forearm for pitch — glide smoothly or lock to musical notes • Rotate your wrist for volume — from a whisper to full voice • Wobble your wrist on a held note and it sings with real vibrato • Turn the Digital Crown to set your maximum volume • Watch the live readout — frequency, note name, and a scrolling trace of your vibrato PLAY IN KEY Pure mode gives you the classic continuous theremin glide. Prefer to stay in tune? Choose a scale and every note snaps to it: • Major and Minor • Major and Minor Pentatonic • Pick any root note Vibrato sings around the note you land on, so playing in key never sounds locked to a grid. MAKE IT YOURS • Three pitch ranges — Precise for playing in tune, Standard for everyday play, Wide for drama • Three vibrato depths — Subtle, Natural, Wide • The tone brightens as you play louder, the way an acoustic instrument does • Plays the right way round on either wrist, in either crown orientation • Vibrato-only mode, so travelling to a new note stays clean RECOMMENDED SETTINGS Precise range · Pure scale · Dynamic timbre on · Wide vibrato depth · Vibrato only on · Travel-proof vibrato off · Exclusive audio off TAP AND PLAY Add the ThereminAir complication to your watch face and a single tap launches you straight into play mode — no menus, no waiting. Or just say "Hey Siri, play ThereminAir". BUILT FOR THE WATCH • Smooth, low-latency synthesis tuned for Apple Watch • Clean, glanceable interface • Works on the go — your instrument is always on your wrist Whether you're making eerie sci-fi sweeps, practicing pitch, or just playing with sound while you wait for coffee, ThereminAir puts a real instrument on your wrist.
What’s new
Version 1.7.0 · Updated August 5, 2026
Audio that doesn't quit, and pitch that glides. WHEN THE SCREEN DIMS, THE MUSIC KEEPS PLAYING The big one. ThereminAir now holds onto its audio while your wrist is down and the display is dark. No more notes cutting out mid-phrase, no more silence a few seconds after you stop looking at the watch. Play with your arm extended and your eyes closed — the instrument stays with you. SMOOTHER MOVING NOTES Fast raises and slow descents now glide continuously instead of stepping. The instrument measures how the watch is actually feeding it audio and matches its own smoothing to that rhythm, so pitch stays liquid even while the system is busy elsewhere. RESTS ARE PART OF PLAYING Long pauses between phrases no longer release the audio. Rest as long as you like between ideas; the instrument waits for you. TRAVEL-PROOF VIBRATO (OPTIONAL) New setting: vibrato sings on held notes and fades gently while your arm travels between them, instead of smearing across the slide. Leave it off for the classic feel, where pitch leads your gesture slightly — many players prefer it. RECOMMENDED SETTINGS A good place to start, and what the app is tuned around: • Range: Precise • Scale: Pure • Tone: Dynamic timbre ON • Vibrato depth: Wide • Vibrato only: ON • Travel-proof vibrato: OFF • Exclusive audio: OFF
App privacy
The developer, Tom Pardee, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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