Hi Scott,

Here's my submission for Weird, Wacky, Zany PIC Applications:

Contemporary experimental music often attracts the the above descriptions,
with or without a PIC micro...

My latest construction is a PIC16F84 based "MIDI Theremin" which
continuously outputs a MIDI control value proportional to the distance of
the players hand from an "antenna" (For those not familiar with the
Theremin, it's an electronic musical instrument is played by moving your
hands through the air).  I use the MIDI control data to modulate various
sound synthesis parameters in my AudioMulch real-time sound synthesis
program. For additional "Wacky" points, the "antenna" is a mangled wire coat
hanger. At the moment this is a "studio only" construction, but I plan to
build a number of units and perform live with them later this year.

If you thought that was "Weird, Wacky and Zany" wait 'till you hear the
music!

Ross Bencina
http://www.audiomulch.com/~rossb/