Dewanatron electronic music instruments
Hand crafted electronic musical instruments by Leon Dewan and Brian Dewan – – [via] Link.
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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.
AtomicSonic – amazing instruments
Tim Kaiser makes amazing instruments from old-retroy gear! He writes – Some of these devices and instruments are in my personal stage set-up. The rest are owned by other musicians and artists around the world. I regularly take commissions for new work- Some devices can be roughly duplicated, but they are all built one-at-a-time and […]
Flame-The MIDI Talking Synth
Flame-The MIDI Talking Synth is freaking awesome – check out the media samples! The FLAME MIDI TALKING SYNTH is a small-sized MIDI-controlled sound module based on the analogue Speakjet â„¢ chip, produced by the U.S. company Magnevation LLC. Originally designed for basic artificially generated speech output in American English tongue it was then refined and […]
HOW TO – PVC guitar amplifier stand
Superoxy writes – Hey guitarists, since our ears are way up in our heads and not on our knees, its better if floor amps projected our music upwards. Here’s a cheap way to make a tilted stand for your guitar amps. The measurements I made for the stand are for my Vox Cambridge Twin Reverb […]
HOW TO – Decode IR signals with a guitar
Ben shows you how to decode IR signals using a guitar and a WAV editor – Link.
HOW TO – Make brass guitar picks from an old cymbal
Quarry writes – I like brass guitar picks. They have a tone all their own. Buying them in stores is very expensive, so I decided to make my own… Make brass guitar picks from an old cymbal – Link.
HOW TO – Building a custom Monome controller, with STS9’s David Phipps
Peter writes – Part of the advantage of open hardware is that you can modify products to be whatever you want. David Phipps of the “electronica jam band” Sound Tribe Sector 9 wanted his own Monome controller for manipulating live music mixes with Ableton Live, but he also wanted twice the number of buttons as […]
