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.
Gijs made this really nice synthesizer that sounds great. Make sure to check out the website, because it has a lot of photos, videos and MP3’s of the synth in action. It started out as a experiment to make a DSP with a atmel using the arduino language.. But the sound quality was kind of […]
I found this really interesting hacked synth made by “sonofcastille” on YouTube. Unfortunately I don’t know much more about it, or the maker. If anyone has more information, post it in the comments and I will update the entry. Update: James from Retro Thing said they are made by Mike Ford. You can find more […]
Ubi de feo points out this interesting musical interface – the reactogon . . . er, “reacTogon” to be specific. Arpeggio notes are determined through the relationship of individual tiles placed across the surface, each tiles symbol determining note behavior. The device seems to be a variation on the ReacTable but structured in a tile […]
Popsci has a quick how-to on building theremin-esque device for under 20 bucks – A full-fledged Theremin will set you back nearly $400, but with the instructions below, you can build a pocket-sized Theremin-like instrument that won’t break the bank. Unlike the real McCoy which relies on grounded variable capacitance for changing frequency and volume […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ludo_d built a custom MIDI touchpad controller using Arduino – Started from a scavenged Cirque Glidepoint resistive touchpad (PS/2 compatible), 2×8 LCD (in 4 bit mode), two buttons and a serial Arduino board. The buttons when pressed allow to set the Continuous Controller number by gliding the finger on […]
The Visual scratch system “visualizes” turntable scratching, very cool! How does it work? We capture turntable velocity using Ms. Pinky and fader position using an Ecler Nuo 4. The scratching sound is generated in Max/MSP. Then we scale the control data (turntable and fader) to ±1.0, the range of digital audio signals. The control data […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Recotana is at it again with another very cool MIDI/body interface. This time the user is stimulated by the MIDI signal via electrode interface – an interesting way of getting someone to ‘feel’ the rhythm! – Electric click on Flickr Related: Heartbeat MIDI controller
