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.
Here’s a bit more about the “beat blocks” by Jeff Hoefs that were at the ETSY/MAKE handmade music night – Beat Blocks is a tangible interface for a rhythm sequencer. The user is able to create and manipulate an 8-track drum loop (4 tracks in the featured prototype) on the fly by physically re-arranging blocks […]
From The Amazing Rolo: This weekend I finished the Wii Loop Machine software that I started a few weeks ago. It’s a system for using the wireless Wii remote to sync, control, and manipulate loops in real time. It’s now ready for download as a standalone application…if you have a Mac with OSX (10.4.8 or […]
Alan writes BillaBoop is a real-time audio driven drum controller. It was created by Amaury Hazan who is a PhD Student at the Music Technology Group and is specialized in Machine Learning and its applications in the Music Technology field – BillaBoop is a real-time audio driven drum controller which allows the user to control […]
Randofo writes – After making a few Telephone Handset Microphones I came to realize that all of these handsets had perfectly good speakers that were not being put to good use. I set out to correct this problem. This is the natural solution. Sockphones are socks that are headphones. The sound quality isn’t the best, […]
Check out these great bass guitars! Which one is your favorite? Weird Bass Guitars | Weirdomatic – [via] Link.
Jonny over at NippyChips reviewed our MAKE Daisy open source MP3 player – This is a great little MP3 player and was a blast to put together, and fit into the neat case that I found. I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in electronics. The kit makes the whole process simple, and a […]
Rounding out today’s guitar theme – check out these guitars from Yoshihiko Satoh’s THE ARMS exhibit! Yoshihiko Satoh artworks – [via] Link.
