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.
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 […]
Inspired by living near the birthplace of Les Paul, I decided to come up with a variation on this iconic instrument.
Guitars are cool, but there’s a whole other way to make heavy music.
This fantastic Analog Tape Glove installation from makers SignaltoNoise really blurs the line between performance and art. I’m curious to know if there’s a Laurie Anderson sample in there somewhere. [via Core77]
A commenter on this morning’s letterpress dice printing post pointed me to this amazing video for British band Fujiya & Miyagi’s song “Ankle Injuries,” which is, apparently, animated from still photographs in which each individual frame has been built as a mosaic from a field of variously-colored and -rotated dice. [Thanks, Jeffrey!] More: Open source […]
After sufficient incubation, Eric Archer released this inspiring specimen of audio electronics unto our ears. The Dual SP0256 Vocal Synth produces some decidedly thick synchronized pseudo-vocalizations – and it’s certainly no slouch in the features department either – 2 trigger inputs to step through pitch and vocal sequences independently speech data stored cartridge-style on EPROM […]
I first blogged about Brian H.’s classic NES “harmonicarts” two weeks ago. Since that time, I am pleased as punch to announce, Brian has opened a store selling them in our very own Makers Market. Right now he’s got Top Gun and WWF Wrestlemania versions available, both in the key of C major.
