Speaker in a Can
Speaker built into lid of a large cookie tin. Sitting on the speaker (6 inch, 8ohm), the bottom of the can is free to vibrate. Using reverb, overdrive and a compressor, the can hyper-resonates making extended metallic wails. – Link
Music
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.
DIY Extreme piano
Tom writes – “Proximasolaris, who claims to be a 41 year-old living in France, spent 250 hours on this incredible piano casemod – installing the guts of a $2,300 Korg Triton Extreme, $300 of motors, $500 of assorted mechanics and blue LEDs.” [via] – Link.
Midi Concertina
Check out this midi concertina made with a pic microcontroller. I researched concertina building — but only for a couple of hours. It took just that long to see that such a project (valves, reeds, bellows…) is WAY beyond my ambition. Then in one of those “sychronicity” epiphanies, a lot of things at once suggested […]
HOW TO – Make your own DIY cables, XLR, TRS, studio cables
DIY-Central shows you how to make your own XLR, TRS, studio cables “Looking to save some money? Create your own cables! By spending a few dollars on jacks, shielded cables, solder and soldering iron, you can save a ton of money in cables. It’s easy. Here are some step by step photos. At the bottom […]
Homemade audiophile studio
Ned writes – “Chris Johnson’s audiophile studio – mainly from scratch, with an emphasis on non standard audio assessments. Or something.” – Link. Related: “Speaker icon” speakers – Link. HOW TO – make folding speakers – Link. HOW TO – Build wireless speakers from RF headphones – Link. Fold-Up Speakers – Link. Easy mount speakers […]
Turntable Casio
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Devowski writes – “Latest keyboard… thing. Controlled by a record player. In the arm of the turntable there are 3 photo cells (light sensors) that are wired into the circuitry of the casio. The record on the player has three red leds mounted on it… when the leds pass under […]
4 voice FM synthesizer in a cigar box
Owen writes – “The instrument is a cigar box synthesizer. It is made out of a Critter Board, a small audio amp, and some other components we had kicking around. Since it is a synthesizer, we use the version of the Critter Board with on-board flash (no card socket). The project utilizes all the features […]
