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.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Care for a cup of BZZZZZT? Witness the “Teapotus Noisus”, another good one from pool member Whereisthecavern: Noise, lights and tea. I need nothing more. It has a pickup installed and you can plug it into an amp and hit it and it makes all sounds of noises. It also […]
Peter writes – I got a chance to talk to sound designer Bill Milbrodt, who led the team that created musical instruments from parts of a Ford Focus. He talked about how his Car Music Project has constructed new instruments out of first an Accord (quintet) and now a 31-piece orchestra made from a Ford. […]
There seems to be a few people doing RGB monome-like projects, Brian writes in with his… The Bronome project has been designed to address some of my personal performance audio needs. I saw a need for something more than just a USB interface something which could also act as a hardware midi controller. In that […]
These are freaking rad, spray paint headphones – on Etsy for $75 or an inspiration remake to do up on your own – Link. Related: Spray paint lamp – Link.
This cool musical instrument is based on the circuit bending 5 toys, and a trigger system made from mouse pads and sheet metal. The website has audio samples, electrical diagrams, and pictures of the whole process. If you want to try this one yourself, be warned, this is not your every day circuit bending. – […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Member Filmosity built this microphone to amplify a blues harp. He also made a minty amp to go with it – cool idea for portable playing. I made this harmonica mic from scrounged pieces of other items. I got a $20 dynamic mic from Radio Shack and used the element […]
Bill writes – Why would you want a USB port in an electric guitar? The answer is simple: convenience. By putting a small USB port and audio codec in a guitar, you’re adding an extra sound board. So when you record, your guitar is digitized locally and the signal is transmitted to your computer over […]
