Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, we’ll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
Instructables user richfiddler11 writes: My car stereo has only one ‘Aux’ input, but I have several gadgets that I like to hear on a trip without swapping cables: MP3 Player, talking GPS, Blackberry, XM player, Kindle, etc. I couldn’t find a commercial solution, so I came up with this little passive audio mixer that takes […]
Handmade music has been a big component of Maker Faire every year. This year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, the world’s largest DIY festival, will take place at the San Mateo Fairgrounds on May 22nd and 23rd. And one of the musical makers present will be Andy Graham. The amazing thing about handmade music is that […]
photo by Zen_Albatross Casper Electronics has a couple of sweet workshops scheduled this month @ NYC’s Harvestworks – DIY Musical Electronics and the Drone Lab – May 15 – 16 Through this workshop/classroom formatted seminar, attendees will learn how to design, adapt and build sound circuits of their own while building a complete Drone Lab […]
Chris Carter (founding member of Throbbing Gristle) presents his latest sound generator, the elegantly styled Dirty Carter – The Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument uses a dual 4-stage shift register. Each register is controlled independently. Two oscillators are used per register: one as a clock, the other as input data that is cascaded through […]
Artist Chris Conte created this gorgeous custom microphone stand for Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace (Warning: Auto-play music). More info at Wired. [via Dude Craft]
The Pocket Piano Synth kit makes your Arduino into a portable stand-alone music synthesizer.
This excellent mini-doc covers the origins and life of Electronic Music Studios – a company formed by avant-garde musicians & engineers who all shared a passion for electronic sound – which at that time, was widely seen as a lot of kooky, artsy-fartsy noodling. Their collaborative efforts brought about the first electronic music sequencer, utilizing […]
