Homemade, laser-cut computer speakers
I love this gorgeous set of computer speakers, with masonitecomponents cut out on a laser cutter and veneered. And the B3N drivers he used look sweet. B3 Mini Array Computer Speakers DIY
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.
Return of the Circular Oscillator
Zebranalogic’s Circular Oscillator design reaches new heights of cylindrical synthesis – and wow, it sounds kind of angry about it :( I suppose that’s just the squarewaves talkin’ … and growling. Either way, it’s quite a jump from the Circular Oscillator VII and I’m guessing assembly must be a bit tricky for the PCB/knobs at […]
Automatic album art with a little help from Flick-ipedia
Noise Addicts posted this effective recipe for near-automatic generation of album artwork (though it does allow for some creative typesetting) – 1. Go to Wikipedia and hit “random†and the first article you get is the name of your band. 2. Go to “Random Quotationsâ€. The last four or five words of the very last […]
Big Fluff Pi vs. Music-Industrial Complex
When the folks over at Electro-Harmonix discovered Gwendolin Tägert had been crafting and selling huggable handmade versions of their legendary Big Muff Ï€ stompbox, they could have persued litigation on the grounds of trademark infringement. Instead, they did what everyone should when faced with a cuddly-soft pillow – they embraced it. We’re all too familiar […]
Building a Ruben’s Tube
Tinla put together a Ruben’s Tube sound-to-flame visualizer on the cheap netting some nice results. The basic idea is that you have a length of pipe with hole drilled along the top. The ends are sealed, at one end there is a speaker and at the other end there is a gas source. Once the […]
Experimental tongue music
Hye Yeon Nam shares this demo of a music controller made for mouths – The Tongue Music system is an experimental instrument using the tongue, rather than the hand, to generate sounds. There is one person performing in front of projector, which displays an abstract video image consisting of hundreds of dots. The performer controls […]
Mark’s Clubhouse Strummer
MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder made this stringed instrument last weekend and posted it on Dinosaurs and Robots: My goal was to make an electric string instrument that uses drone tuning. I don’t know anything about music theory, but drone tuning is a way to tune an instrument that makes it sound good no matter what […]