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.
Younger sibling to the bC16 the new Chimera bC8 lacks the patchable banana jacks but has a whole some sweet sequencing features – A powerful DSP generates a VCO and LFO (similar to the bC16), also the DSP performs VCF and VCA functions as well controlling the patching of functions to each other and running […]
Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic/createdigitalmotion is curating the A/V performance lineup @ the soon-to-be-now Hackers On Planet Earth conference – live music: Ezekiel Honig (Anticipate/Microcosm founder) explores warmth in electro-acoustic music “into a comfortable space between techno, house and ambient” Ben Neill, “mad scientist of dancefloor jazz” (CMJ Magazine) continues to evolve live music with his […]
GetLoFi has a nice rundown on how to get your bending with an inexpensive surplus “Saw III” voice recorder – The device costs $2 and includes as set of 2 AAA Batteries! When it comes to bending there are a few interesting points and also some annoyances. The drawbacks include: no Loop Mode when play […]
You might think that this can not be a real product. You’re right, but it is in development, at least that what the maker says. There is even a link to a prototype, but it’s still a far cry from a finished and working Plattabass. Proposed specs, courtesy Ray: 2 assignable cross faders, an extreme […]
The non-newtonian properties of cornstarch+water make it quite the dance partner. [via Hack a Day] More: Seeing Sound waves
Gaze upon what is purported to be the biggest subwoofer in the world – The ‘Real Total Horn’, built beneath its own listening room – Royal Device has on its own developped and built in Italy the biggest subwoofer of the world for an AUDIO/VIDEO room that can be also considered as the greatest AUDIO […]
I think the title says it all. The video, by Lorin Edwin, explores some simple techniques to figure out how to circuit bend your own toys and electronics. Read more about How to Probe Electronics for Circuit Bending
