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.
Antti writes – Situation – A demand for a portable and self powered audio solution. Two weeks time and 250 euros budget: realistic equation? Well luckily I had my brother sharing the cost of this project and giving a helping hand on the construction work. The main idea of making a portable loud speaker system […]
Max and Luis show how they control a modular synth with a Wiimote, thanks Dnny!
I remember when it was all about which robot could run or ride a bicycle, now it’s which one can play the violin… – Toyota Motor Corp.’s new violin robot performs during a press unveiling in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. Compared to a virtuoso, its rendition was a trifle stilted and, well, robotic. But […]
The “Vienna Vegetable Orchestra” turns your average fruit and veggie dinner into a noise making masterpiece. Above are some pictures of the “Carrot Recorder”, “Cucumberphone”, “Leek Violin”, and “Pepper Trumpet”. The group was founded back in 1998 by a bunch of non-vegetarians who just got together and started jamming in their gardens. Best of all, […]
Gorgeous electronic bagpipe! – Anders Fagerstrom, the brilliant Swedish musical electronics engineer, has outdone himself! Long famed for his outstanding electronic Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) practice chanter, the “Technochanter” (see detailed description here), his firm has just released a spectacular full-blown electronic bagpipe, the Technopipes, that emulates a Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe, a Scottish Smallpipe […]
Gio writes – Similar to some of the other 41hz.com kits featured on Make, the AMP6 is a simple and inexpensive DIY Class-T Amplifier kit. Despite the low cost of the kit and efficient power consumption (similar to that of a Class D design), the AMP6 delivers very good sound. AMP6 T-Amp: DIY Class-T amplifier […]
Goodness, this is beautiful! Read more about the story behind this analog synth here – Link.
