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.
Using a custom RjDj patch to control an Arduino. Made possible via the “netsend” and “netreceive” objects in PD, which are also usable in RjDj. The interface with the Arduino is made through the Firmata firmware in combination with the PDuino library.
Artist Monty Monty does a fine job of thinking way outside the box on his modded instruments. The piece pictured above is the Blues Bike, which obviously isn’t an instrument but uses repurposed instruments in its form. His actual instruments are beautiful hybrids of the most unexpected pairings, like the Electric Bass and Strings and the Bowling Ball Bass, both shown below.
With iPod rumor season upon us (videocams? microphones for VoIP calls!), it’s time to gaze back fondly on those quaint iPods of yestermonth. And the quaintest has got to be Mister Jalopy’s World’s Biggest iPod hack, as seen in MAKE, Volume 04. Who doesn’t love MJ’s fat little iPod (is that a 3rd Gen?) grafted […]
Well, sadly there’s little info besides the above seen pic of Yuri Suzuki’s long barreled spouted musical kettle – I wanted to contribute to the design of daily domestic noises. alarms, mobile phones, a doorbell; he is of the opinion that not enough thought has been given to the noises they produce. The musical kettle […]
Les Paul – RIP… Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009) was an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible.” His many recording innovations include overdubbing, delay effects such as “sound on sound” and […]
Electro-Harmonix has been running an interesting series of demo vids that recreate far-out & famous sounds using only guitar + their pedals – and resident effectologist Bill Ruppert does a great job formulating each installment. Now handing out a spot-on recipe for “Wont Get Fooled Again”‘s spacey intro is neat and all – but pulling […]
Those who made it out to the most recent Maker Faire Bay Area will likely recall seeing & playing the “Interactivation” collaborative music console. What many attendees likely didn’t know was that the device is actually the first assembled component of a much larger project. The work-in-progress known simplay as Lightning Temple will utilize the […]
