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.
Adafruit has a new posting with a link to their latest Drawdio Instructable, a new Instructables Drawdio group, and an announcement of an exhibit being mounted at the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts. They’re doing a Drawdio exhibit this summer, from July 25th to September 25th, as part of “Freeze! 2009 International MedTech Art […]
Over at Instructables, they’re gearing up for their Art of Sound Contest: Music is absolutely essential for creativity – it inspires new ideas, helps us to create and build, and provides a soundtrack for life. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Zalytron, Create Digital Music, and Bleep Labs to bring you the Art of Sound […]
If you’ve been following the mightyOhm’s series on building a WiFi radio, you’ll enjoy these pictures of the finished radio cabinet. He’s going to showing off the finished project at Maker Faire, so if you get a chance, stop by Expo Hall Booth 166 and check it out. Sneak peak at my finished Wifi Radio […]
Chris pushed the ‘optical theremin’ idea to the next level using 6 photocells, each controlling their own oscillator – Don’t worry, It’s meant it go dark in the middle! Here’s something fairly obvious to try with a hex schmitt trigger inverter chip. Wire up all six sections as optical theremins with 3 in each channel […]
[warning: volume spike around 1m35s] After running into some trouble assembling a Gorf sequencer kit, Larsby decided to design his own – I wanted a bigger display, so that I could fiddle around with different setups and functions. I wanted rotary encoders (endless) so that I would need fewer then 1 per step. I wanted […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Wow – Gomhi made these incredible little speakers out of actual eggshells! – Handcraft loudspeakers using chicken eggshell as cabinet. They sound narrow, but I’m pleased about the result. Driver unit is Hi-Vi B1S. (I’ll kindly omit the usual “egg” puns) I’d imagine cutting the shell so neatly would be […]
Flickr member Segwaymonkey got the new Spikenzielabs’ SpikenzieLabs Drum Kit-Kit and was inspired to create a set of laser-cut pads for it. Sweet. I love the engineering of the vibration-dampening “springs.” The Drum Kit Kit Laser Cut Rig
