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.

DIY general MIDI synth

DIY general MIDI synth

Care for the wide variety and uniquely plastic-sounding voices a general midi synth? This forum thread on electro-music.com details how you can make your own from an old Soundblaster daughter board – This is a very simple project that will allow you to add a GM Midi Module to your sound creation arsenal. It can […]

DIY Volume limiter

DIY Volume limiter

You can explain to a child that listening to music at a high volume can cause hearing loss, but that doesn’t mean they will listen. Then again, you could make this neat little device and make them use it. The only problem? How do you get them to keep it plugged in? – Link

Rock Band controlled via beatbox

There seems to be a never-ending stream of Rock Band mods out there. This one, however, is a bit stranger than the rest. Kevin is able to control the pedal trigger using only his voice and some beatbox skillz. – Link Related: RockBand Drums Controlling GarageBand –Link Rock Band drum dampening tutorial – Link

Cloud controlled oscillators

Interesting siren-like drones from this experimental instrument – 6 oscillators being triggered by light sensors reacting to the movement of the clouds across the sun – followed by a composed 16 min soundscape where each of the 6 oscillators are fed through echo’s and reverbs. They seem to sound a little sad every time the […]