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.
Meet Mr. EQ – a nice DIY equalizer – While use of a graphic equalizer is often recommended for fine-tuning the tone of your instrument, no feasible DIY versions exist. However, a seven-band equalizer is not necessary to drastically shape the response of an instrument of effect. Adding peaks at certain frequencies can provide a […]
Alinke modded an old vintage radio to stream in music via Wi-Fi… – [via] Link.
Octopart’s hardware blog has a dual channel music player amp (in an Altoids tin, of course)… Have you ever seen a couple sharing a single pair of ipod buds, each listening with only one ear? That was the problem I wanted to solve when I started building dual channel headphone amplifiers while I was back […]
Gattobus writes – Nice experiment using my Nintendo Wiimote as a controller for the OSC frequency of my Moog Little Phatty… (Check out the OSC knob cursor moving on the LP)It sound like a Theremin ;-) Nintendo Wiimote Theremin with Moog Little Phatty – [via] Link.
Tuomo writes – This experiment is based on an example in Nicolas Collins’ book: “Handmade Electronic Music, The Art of Hardware Hacking”. The motivation for this experiment is to learn IC logic chips and to prepare inexpensive experiments for sound making electronics workshops. This is a first version, please be aware of possible errors. All […]
Paul modded a Juicebox into a Retro-phone for pictureframe / MP3 playback – Link. More: $20 Juicebox photo frame – Link. Run Linux on a JuiceBox – Link. HOW TO – Make a juice box pinhole camera – Link. Juicebox picture frame – Link. Juicebox Hacking – Link.
Incredible DIY boombox, watch the video! Feast your eyes on the result of weeks of work using the various remains of over a dozen cars — from 80’s BMW’s to a 1990 Toyota Tercel — it’s the glorious Turbo II Junkyard Boogaloo boombox. Ninety-two pounds of plywood and car parts joined together as an homage […]
