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.
Dane has another interesting project that asks the question “Can PWM from a simple micro-controller duplicate complex sounds?” The answer is yes, with surprising results. Wouldn’t it be sweet if you could have your micro play back complex things, over audio for an extremely low cost? Imagine replacing that one i/o line that used to […]
I had doubts that Matt Mets could pull off an awesome hardware project every day for Thing-a-Day, but he’s doing a pretty stellar job so far; keep it up! He made this drum loop recorder that records physical inputs and plays them back in a loop using an Arduino Barebones board. Source code and schematic […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member Aud1073cH writes – My DIY low frequency speaker microphone, inspired by the Yamaha Subkick. I feel this one is much better with a dual coil woofer allowing for coil selection, damping, and input modes. Also has its own DI circuit for use as a DI and speaker, and a […]
Wow, another very creative and eye-catching piece. Steve used a coconut shell as an amplifier enclosure. A ukulele amp to be more precise – a perfect match! Dig that speaker grill. –Link From the pages of MAKE: Project: The $5 Cracker Box Amplifier. Small box, big sound. Read this article in MAKE: 09: Fringe, Page […]
Dare I say – the most METAL guitar solo ever. To quote its creator, Scopeboy – I use my Tesla coil as a guitar amp. 250,000 volts of distortion! Simply put. That is one very electric guitar. Tesla guitar on YouTube –Link Scopeboy.com –Link Related: Tesla coil super mario duet –Link
Kalimba hacker Yapruder, whose work we’ve blogged about before, continues to push the thumb piano envelope with this teeny-weeny number made with sewing needle tines and a shard of plastic-chrome from a car accident (“Makes sound but very difficult to hold.”). Piniature Kalimba scale shot [Thanks, Patti!] – Link Related: Altoid tin pocket thumb piano […]
A guitar capo is one of those items you look at in the store and think – “I could make one of those, why should I buy one?”. Well in case you haven’t gotten around to it yet, here’s a couple how-tos to show you, um . . . how-to. The simple approach – pencil […]
