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 the The worlds first digitized Indian String Instrument! – “The purpose of this project is to use microcontroller technology to create a real-time instrument that models the Sitar. This Electronic Sitar (known as the ESitar) has digitizing sensors, custom positioned to traditional Sitar technique, which converts human musical gestures to binary code which machines […]
Here’s how to turn an old cooler into a boom box! – Link.
GetLoFi continues to have amazing finds Circuitmaster writes – “Telephone1562 has posted this Arts and Crafts version of a popular circuit bending candidate Speak and Math to LiveJournal Circuit Bending Group. The felt does nothing for the glitches, however it does make your speak and spell warm and fuzzy to the touch… To take this […]
Get LoFi shows how to “circuit bending” a computer, nice! – “Computer Bending Yes, it is possible. I always wondered what would happen if you start circuit bending a computer. The obvious answer is that it will crash. Indeed it is not very good to cross pins on the motherboard. However this does not always […]
Randofo writes – “Some time ago my girlfriend asked me if I would make her one of those telephone microphones like the kind that all of those hipster bands have. So, I of course told her I would. Much time passed… and then I made this. This is designed to work with the old-style handsets […]
For $16, this could be really useful for a lot of projects… A robot hand – “The various gears and levers inside this clear plastic hand interact to move the fingers as if they are playing one of six classic piano pieces; as the digits play selections from Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony”, Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer,” […]
Mike Ford makes amazing musical sculptures with a retro twist! [via] – Link.
