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.
Dorkbot-sea December meeting is coming up: Haven’t you always wanted to take all those noisy, furry, half-broken toys in your closet, tear them apart and put them together as something just a little bit evil? Well, now’s your chance! Dorkbot and Santarchy are combining forces to host an evil toys workshop. If you bring electric […]
Joseph Casbaria’s Sequential Resonation Machine manipulates amplified sound via a (very custom) 12-position rotary switch on the console’s face – This switch is controlled by a variable speed DC motor. The signal path is accessed from the patch panel via switch jacks in the center of the panel (2 jack groups). Next, the user can […]
Gijs Gieskes’ experiements with sound and light continue with the animated Strobovj synched to Gameboy LSDJ sequencer clock signal. Features include – The left knob sets the speed for the rotating plate. The strobe frequency, and the bike lamps light are set in sequence, recorded with the knob with the two push buttons below it. […]
Siemprelaluna posted this fast-action build and installation of a MIDI2600 kit complete with soundtrack made with a Synthcart on the Atari console. [via Matrixsynth] More: Atari 2600 MIDI demo
Eric Gradman, the hacker who gave us the awesome TRS-80 bluetooth hack, sent us a link to his NotPocketSimon project. This was a quick and dirty collaborative version of the Milton Bradley Simon game from the ’80s that he put together in just 8 hours. He took it to the most recent Mindshare event. …the […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Evilsigntist retrofitted a trumpet with Guitar Hero controller hardware – plus added a breath-controlled switch made from parts from a car air system! Check the photo’s notes for more info – guitar hero controler trumpet More: Jug Hero @ Maker Faire From the pages of MAKE: 21st-Century Keytars MAKE:15, […]
CDM points out this video demo of and iPod Touch running TouchOSC software alongside a Novation keyboard controller. Much more than a novelty, some of these new apps from independent developers can add much needed enhancement to a pre-existing setup. The ITM suite of MIDI applications also come to mind as potentially quite useful. [via […]
