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 really neat way to see sound waves… With fire! I think if I ever make a fireplace, it’ll have something like this. Twinrawk writes – “The classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane and fire. Created for Flash Forward 2006, but useful in any case where you are not allowed to […]
MAKE pal Peter Kirn writes – “Over the past week Reed Ghazala, the innovator who’s known as the father of circuit bending, sent me two sets of resources from his new flickr account. First, you’ll find lots of fantastic and imaginative art and designs, circuit-bent and otherwise, in his whole collection. Second, he has a […]
Geekboxjockey shows how to make an electron drum set on the cheap… – “This is kind of a general overview, the basic concepts are fairly simple. I looked at a lot of info out there before building my own, and I just kind of planned it as I built, it just takes a little creativity. […]
Here’s how to build a simple audio splitter so two people can listen to your MP3 player at the same time. It all fits inside a small bottle as its enclosure too… – Link.
Eric made a couple of flutes with wood and aluminum tube. He says they’re easy to play and sound great. On his site he included tips on achieving the correct tuning too… – Link. Related: FolkUrban Music – DIY instruments – Link. Make your own musical instruments – Link. Weird Instruments – Link. Collection of […]
Artist Alexander Laner has a couple neat transportation-playing-art pieces, this motor was slowed down to play a record (33 rpm) mounted to the engine block, and this bicycle plays a record too! [via] – Link. Related: Papercone record player – Link. HOW TO – Copy a vinyl record – Link. Walk that vinyl – Link.
David writes in with the latest “Cool stuff being made”, he writes – “In this fifteen minute video it becomes obvious that saxophones are a work of art that combines experience, concentration, patience and manual dexterity. Some 500 parts go into the saxophone with 3000 separate operations. You’ll see how the parts get cut out […]
