Merry bending to all รขโฌยฆ
Circuit Ben warps some holiday standards with his Casio KS303. [via Synthtopia]
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, weโll 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.
Totem pole made from audio machines of the past
รฏยฟยผThis artwork by Anders Valde is called “Totem For Vebjรยธrn Tandberg” and is a interesting sculptural jumble of old radio receivers, tape decks, record players, and stereo speaker cabinets. The piece is currently on display at Gallery Bodรยธgaard in Norway. Totem For Vebjรยธrn Tandberg by Anders Valde
DIY membrane pipe instrument
The Plasticfanpiper lives up to his name demonstrating a homemade ‘membrane pipe’ apparently built from straws balloons, and plastic valves – must be a pretty sturdy build to stand up to the air pressure. [Thanks, Stephen!] A quick search for “membrane bagpipe” turned up this interesting how to – The results produce a tone somewhat […]
Wireless MIDI guitar rocks you out of bed
This wireless MIDI guitar by Hojun Song from Studio HHJJJ in Seoul, Korea is a pretty nice build that uses a PIC16F87A microcontroller, battery, 3-axis accelerometer, FSR sensor, and others connecting to Ableton Live to create some noise. Check out the video to see it in action. Wireless MIDI Guitar Photos of Build
Sound sculpture pummels you into the ground
“Hybrid Sound” is a large-scale sculpture that doubles as a high-powered speaker system that distorts and causes a large echo effect. Interesting build and check out the project page link for a Quicktime movie of this thing in action. Hybrid Sound via VVORK
Build your own synth at Machine Project
Machine Project Electron Wranglers- Synthesizer workshop from machine project on Vimeo. Looking for something MAKE-ish to do in Los Angeles? My friend and hero Mark Allen will be teaching an Introduction to Soldering / Build Your Own Synth Workshop on December 20th from 3pm – 5pm at Machine Project (the awesomest place in LA). $50 […]
Arduino synth sequencer proto
Arduino is well suited for the task of sequencing an analog synth – even a sweet-sounding Buchla, as seen above. (Oh, and cats like it too!) [via Matrixsynth]
