Music

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.

In the Maker Shed: Gramophone Kit

In the Maker Shed: Gramophone Kit

Create an actual working gramophone recorder/player. Record onto many different types of materials, like old unwanted CDs (yes, I’m talking about your Wham collection) or any hard, smooth surface material you can cut a groove in. Check out the English PDF instructions in the How-To tab on this page (book and kit are in Japanese but beautifully done) but the detailed illustrations are more than enough to easily put this kit together. MAKE is proud to be the exclusive distributor in North America for these brilliant kits from Gakken.

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512 buttons of monome

Backlit-button-lovers of the world – behold the most massive monome yet. The “512” is a super limited production run from pro-maker Brian Crabtree’s Catskill,NY based workshop, and sports the meticulous build quality typical to the monome brand. Check out more pics from his manufacturing process over @ monome.org. And for those still wondering what the […]

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