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.
This cool shield hack for the Arduino controller called the “ArduinoBoy” lets you interface it to any MIDI input to trigger sounds on a standard Gameboy. To get started, just use an existing Arduino protoshield, and scrap the breadboard for some custom circuitry and components outlined at the link below. ArduinoBoy, via Create Digital Music
Ranjit made a one-minute tutorial on turning a diet coke can into an ocarina – the “Diet Cocarina.” Doesn’t sound great, but hey, it’s a start!
From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Craig Newswanger’s HyperLumaMidiMagnaTronic robot drum set seems like a human drummer. Except, it can play with perfect timing and doesn’t need bathroom breaks: Afterwards, learn how […]
This 4 Oscillator Opto-Theremin is built into a standard Nintendo Gameboy using a Quad 4093 Schmitt Trigger IC, 4 1uf electrolytic caps, 4 Photo-Resistors in the 140k Ohm Range, and 4 Diodes. Check out the rather small video on the link below to see it in action and listen to the effect it produces. Pretty […]
The “Optron” is a flickering noise making device that consists of a flourescent tube light plugged into an array of effects pedals so that it can play like a radioactive guitar. Watch the video to get the full effect of this beast. via Pink Tentacle
The gentleman in the above may at first appear to be wearing earmuffs while staring in disgust at a digital jukebox – but he’s not. He’s demonstrating Musinaut’s MXP4 dynamic audio format and providing biofeedback via software monitored brainwave behavior. The interface is by Neurosky, a company that made news with their proprietary neural sensor […]
Here’sa blunt but effective way to get the Korg Kaossilator to speak serially – use an audio->MIDI converter – Finally, thanks to internet, I found a Pure data patch to convert the kaossilator to midi data ! So I have now a kaossilator, and an XY midi touch pad for the price of a single […]
