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.
Parker writes – This video is great, and not just for the overwhelming kitschiness of it. This man’s set-up is incredible, and he obviously invested a ton of time and energy into his “beast in the basement.” Yaknow, I’d always wondered what the best way to simulate a Chinese gong was – never thought of […]
This is a really nice drum machine that utilizes DIP switches to control the drum beats. Those types of switches are hard to manipulate, but I imagine you could easily replace them with an easier to use 2 or 3 position toggle switch. The two dip switches work in tandem so that each 1/8th note […]
Sebastian’s Arduino beat code could be a good starting point for those interested in the blue board’s rhythmic applications – Today i have been working on a sample-based drum machine for the Arduino. At the moment, bars and patterns have to be programmed into the code manually. However, i am hoping to expand upon this […]
The “Untitled Sound Objects” by Pe Lang and Zimoun creates acoustic architecture from organic objects and forms connected up to motors and gears. The duo began as laptop performers but were offput by the lack of physicality so they investigated how to create physical instruments that react to their immediate environment and each other. The […]
Submitted for your viewing pleasure – A demo video for the “beamz Music Performance System” laser-controlled preprogrammed MIDI gating device targeted @ non-musicians. I don’t think it’s possible to list all of the memorable moments seen in the above video, at the very least they’re quirky, at most borderline-offensive. (The $599 pricetag alone could raise […]
This is an interesting SX48 micro-controller midi music maker. You can download the schematics and code on the website. Here is what the maker has to say about the project: This project uses an SX48 microcontroller at 75 MHz as an 8-channel frequency-synthesis music player with three instruments (selectable per channel): square wave, triangle wave, […]
