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.
From the MAKE: Flickr pool 5Volt turned an old VCR’s vacuum fluorescent display into a headphone amp – VFDs are common on VCRs. I have a few of them I took from some broken VCRs. Last night I was working on how I could use them as vacuum triodes. I don’t have much experience with […]
This interesting project by French artist Stephane Vigny, is a combination of a cuckoo clock and a giant loud speaker. When the bass is loud, the largest speaker on the bottom is released on a hinge-mechanism and catapulted into the room, retreating back to the cabinet when the sound softens. Although we’re not sure if […]
This looks like a really interesting touch screen music synthesizer. They claim to be creating a how-to soon. Check out the link for more information. Broadly, the purpose of this project was to create an Analogue modeling musical synthesizer; that is, a synthesizer implemented using both analogue and digital components that intends to emulate the […]
Said to be the world’s largest instrument – the Luray Caverns’ Great Stalacpipe Organ plays the earth itself! – Located deep in the Luray Caverns in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is the Great Stalacpipe Organ, the worlds largest musical instrument. Stalactites covering 3 1/2 acres of the surrounding caverns produce tones of symphonic quality when electronically […]
The helpless cries and LCD spasms of a very bent GB under the modulating influence of LoFi Ninja‘s keyboard rhythm section. That synched screen-streakery is a thing in and of itself! – LoFi Ninja – Circuit bent Gameboy
photo by julia Krash The bit-blissful sights and sounds get going tonight and continue through Sunday @ The Tank, NYC – Archaic game and home computer hardware is recast into the unlikely role of musical instrument and motion graphics workstation in the BLIP FESTIVAL 2008, a four-day event showcasing nearly 40 musicians and visual artists […]
The MAKE/CDM/Etsy sonic fun-derland event returns – this time @ our new location, Third Ward in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY! Kicking off the new monthly schedule, the first meet-up will be Thursday, Dec. 11th. Peter of CDM gives details – Bonus – Make Your Own Beep-It Optical Theremin. For the cost of parts (about $10), […]
