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.
Frostedminipete housed an Atari Punk/noise synth inside of an old Dreamcast game console, making good use of most of the case’s features – This is my first atari punk console, housed inside a dreamcast. Photo cell is demonstrated with a strobe light in the second half of the video. Extra features include… -Internal speaker with […]
This app called “BeatMaker” for the iPhone is one of a huge list of cool new music creation applications that are out for the device. This one doubles as a portable music production center with a drum machine, sampler, and sequencer that usually only exists in desktop applications. Check out the link for the list […]
(Please do not try this at home … work, at a friends house, visiting relatives, on vacation, or anywhere else for that matter.) Daito demonstrates a unique strategy for synchronize visuals with music – by contracting facial muscles with electrical stimulation. Wow, his look of anticipation at the videos open seems a fair warning in […]
The “Kikkit” project is an interactive art installation that combines architecture and sound synthesis to turn an outdoor park into an urban instrument. While playing soccer in a nearby field, when the ball happens to hit the fence containing the cones, its sound is amplified and played back through the cones into the surrounding urban […]
Beardyman demonstrates what’s possible using today’s delay/looping gear and little else – all in one take. [via Synthtopia]
Emiliano shares the his experience building his own keyboard synthesizer, the “Lineal TML 01” – In 2000, I had many designs and circuits tested, so I desided to put them in a cabinet. I bough a not-working Casiotone in a music store and build a wood cabinet. I put everything inside and hardwired each PCB. […]
We covered the Komegatone synth-in-a-suitcase previously on MAKE, but there wasn’t too much information at the time. Recently, Craig sent us a link to a video and thought it was worth another post. Awesome Sound! [Thanks Craig] More about Komegatone synth-in-a-suitcase More: Komegatone synth-in-a-suitcase
