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.
A kind of digital update to the mysterious Aeolian harp instrument, the Winduino is played by the wind itself – The Winduino II is a wireless, digital version of an Aeolian harp that can be listened to on its own or used as accompaniment for other instruments. Still based around the Adruino BT Bluetooth board, […]
Mitchell F. Chan sent us a link to this amazing music-driven kinetic sculpture piece. He explains how it works: The project on display in the video is titled “Visions of the Amen” by Mitchell F. Chan. It’s being brought to life by the voice of talented young soprano Ashleigh Semkiw. It’s a kinetic sculpture in […]
A while back, we covered an early iteration of Paul Maddox’s GorF sequencer. Built on protoboard, the basic 8-step MIDI device was originally intended for testing homegrown synth projects. Since then Paul has refined GorF into an impressively compact kit complete with features we normally see only in commercial music gear. Above he explains some […]
MAKE contributor Michael Una shares his experience hacking the Bliptronic 5000 melody sequencer – First, I replaced the internal crystal with a Getlofi Precision Oscillator kit. That was easy, and it’s very responsive. […] I also found a spot on the audio IC that creates a rich harmonic drone. I should note here that this […]
The Maywa Denki collective makes instruments of mass whims.
Artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s installation features the avant-noise stylings of the seemingly mild-mannered zebra finch – For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various […]
Adam writes to us from Melbourne, Australia: This is seriously cool, open source, too (running Gentoo). Basically it’s a MIDI controller, built into a guitar, with a pressure-sensitive touch screen. Misa
