Wine bottles + roller-skiing = musical instrument
Michel Lauzière, Master of the Unusual plays the “Toreador Song” from the opera Carmen using wine bottles while roller skiing past them, nice!- Link.
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.
Tube amp rebuild
I love old tube guitar amps. I wish I’d never gotten ride of mine. Here’s a rebuild and mod of 1961 Kay 503A instrument amp. Tube Amp Rebuild (and Mod) – Link
Theremug – tea based theremin!
Theremug, a tea based theremin! Thanks Zach! – Link.
TV-B-iGone
Bladdo writes – Mitch the creator of TV-B-Gone gave us a truly great device. A tiny little keychain that has the ability to turn off or on virtually any tv in under 70 seconds. The only problem is people catch on… people know about tv b gones now adays and look for them. You have […]
What does a protein sound like?
Book of Joe has a round up of what a protein sound like, molecular biologists translated protein sequences into original classical compositions – [via] Link & music.
Minty Amps kits
In response to Mark’s posting of the LM386 amp project on BBtv, this guy posted a link to his Minty Amps kit. I don’t think we’ve ever blogged about this kit here. If you’re lazy and want a kit version of this simple, low parts count project, these kits and PCBs look like a good […]
LM386-based amp on BBtv
Our pals over at BBtv celebrate their 50th episode with Mark Frauenfelder showing how he built an LM386-based guitar amp. This is basically the same amp that was used in MAKE Volume 09, in the Cracker Box Amp project. The episode also includes a short video by MAKE contributor Bill Barminski (and Christopher Louie). BTW: […]
