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.
Mark writes – Here’s an electric bass created using 1 broken bass string, 1 piezo transducer, part of a cheap wooden easel leg, and 2 metal rods from a bookshelf. DIY Electric stick bass – Link. Related: SensorBib upright bass augmentation – Link. Weird bass guitars – Link. HOW TO- Make a Guitar/Bass Pickup – […]
From the MAKE Flickr Pool: OverWired designed and built this PC-based jukebox using arcade button switches and a KeyWiz keyboard controller. More KeyWiz info from RetroBlast: The KeyWiz Max 1.5, by Groovy Game Gear, is a PS/2 keyboard encoder for MAME controller applications. It’s a compact 32-input encoder unit, with a “Shazaaam!” shift function to […]
Synth designer Ray Wilson is now selling kits for his “Weird Sound Generator Reborn” standalone instrument module. It’s a quick build and makes for some very cool noises. There’s even professional-grade front panels available for use on the enclosure. Ray’s site is a great resource for learning about synthesizers and electronics in general. His circuits […]
Kyle writes – Skittle-based beat sequencer, a tangible and edible music interface. This is a prototype developed over the course of two evenings, with a webcam and Processing. The webcam is mounted using cardboard/wood above the screen, and Skittles are placed on the screen — a cheap responsive surface (when a circle is active, it […]
The Drum Buddy is an amazing analog synth drum machine vintage, check out the photos and video! – …a one of a kind light activated analog synthesizer / rhythm machine hand crafted by New Orleans musician and inventor Quintron. The basic principal of operation is that there are cadmium sulfide light sensors hidden inside the […]
Love is in the Air, laser cut vinyl record silhouettes by artist Carlos Aires – Link. Related: HOW TO – Vinyl record table lamp – Link. Glasses made from vinyl records – Link. DIY Dali vinyl record clock – Link. Vinyl record fruit bowl – Link.
Gaze upon the awesomeness of Nick Crump’s toilet-turned-instrument, “The Bog Horn” submitted by Flickr member pocket-sized. Nick has created several instruments using plumbing hardware as part of the three year Confluence project, initiated by the environmental charity Common Ground. Nick describes the Bog Horn: It is classified as a brass instrument as the sound is […]
