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Music
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.
Scale of Sound @ the Tank NYC – TOMORROW, 5/28
It appears we have a sound-maker powerhouse-lineup on our hands; Lesley writes – This Wednesday night at the Tank, a group of amazing people come together for a night of performances based on amplification. It will be AWESOME! A really special opportunity to see such a great, eclectic group of performers all in one night. […]
Pushing the Performance Envelope
Mary Hallock-Greenewalt was a musician, engineer, inventor … and exceptional.
Made On Earth — Musical Engineerity
Musician/roboticists Dan Paluska and Jeff Lieberman constructed a web-connected “robotic mechanical orchestra” that uses artificial intelligence to creatively riff on melodies composed remotely by users on the web.
Bent Fest ’07 NYC – DVD trailer
Wow – thought I was the only one who played the Saxxy. Derek writes – Thanks to all the Make staff and community for the continued support of the Bent Festival. Shot and Mastered in HDV, Absurdity.Biz continues the Circuit Bending Documentary Project with the release of Bent 2007 NYC widescreen SD-DVD. Help support the […]
Tapdrum MIDI kit
The Tapdrum kit coverts 8 analog inputs to assignable MIDI notes via an Atmel 89S8252. The inputs are intended to be used with piezo sensors (optional with kit) but could foreseeably use a number of different sensor input types, even audio as Deviantsynth suggests – Tapdrum kit The site also has a quick how-to on […]
Audio sampler/mixer built from old tape reel machine
One of the participants from the “Hybrid World Scrapyard Challenge” workshop we held in Brussels, Belgium this past week created this Audio Sampler/Mixer from an old tape reel machine using an Arduino to collect the inputs and web-based control of samples. Check out all of the photos from the workshop at the link below. Flickr […]