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.
Here’s an AVR based headphone amp from AVR freaks. Simonetta writes – Headphone amp using National LM4832 audio processor that is controlled through I2C from AVR Tiny13. Unique design has one potentiometer and a single pushswitch. On power-up, the pot controls volume. On first switch press, pot controls treble. Next press, pot controls bass level. […]
We continue our impromptu series on tin can tech with this scratch-built condenser mic housed in a food tin. The ultra-lowtech condenser microphone – [via] Link Related: Fire-powered, bean-tin battery charger – Link
Tony took an old laptop and made it in to a big MP3 player, good reuse. I’m hoping he posts the Windows Media skin he made, looks handy – Link.
Atmega8/Atmega32 based MIDI trigger, schematics and source included – MegaDrum is a simple to construct yet very powerful MIDI drum trigger. This is a DIY project and uses widely available and very inexpensive components. MegaDrum gives you flexibility in what modules you want to build and what components to use. MegaDrum MIDI Trigger – [via] […]
Modern Mechanix 1935 MODERN electronic engineers duplicate the music of a primitive marimba band with light beams, photo-electric cells and radio tubes. Dr. Phillips Thomas of the Westinghouse Research laboratory recently demonstrated a “light music” instrument which played by waving flashlights held in each hand. Dozens of photo-cells and radio tubes are lined up side […]
Check out MAKE Flickr photo pool member Dnny’s Atari punk console inside a old Ericsson telephone. The number disc acts as interrupter – Link. Related: Atari Punk Console schematics – Link.
Peter writes – Mike Una has just written up a tutorial on how to make a $10 foot controller for music applications like Ableton Live, fashioned out of a QWERTY keyboard. (Other possible applications: gaming, VJing.) Clever keyboard mappings allow you to use your feet to control elaborate live music performances, whether you’re a beatboxer, […]
