Tin Can Mic
All you need for this is the bit out of a piezo, an 1/8 inch jack and a tin can. You got a simple way to make a mic? Drop a note in the comments! – 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, 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.
Stock market data… as music! – The NASDAQ vocal index
Artist Ola Pehrson turns data from the stock market into sheets of music for a choir to sing… ” A vast amount of information in the shape of index graphs is constantly being created at the different stock markets of the world. In the project “NASDAQ vocal index” the graphs of companies listed on the […]
HOW TO – Use a driver’s license as an Ableton Live MIDI controller
Derek writes in with this awesome ribbon controller that could be hiding in your wallet… – “Using the magnetic strip on the back of my driver’s license to make a ribbon controller which then controls Autofilter in Live 6 via MIDI. 5v is connected to one side of the license’s mag strip, ground to the […]
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
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 […]
