Fold-Up Speakers
I like that these come in a little zip lock baggy. I wonder if the cardboard boxes actually enhance the sound and work as a bass box or just make them more stackable? [Via] – 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.
Make your own musical instruments
Tim Escobedo says, “Simple AND playable DIY musical instruments in PVC, plastic and anything else that’s cheap.” Pictured here on the left is the $12 Uke and at right is the Plastic Fantastic Sax. Link.
Neptune: Homemade Instrument Action
Neptune is a band that plays rough musical instruments roughly. If you live in Seattle and you’re into dirty DIY music action, you probably already have tickets for tomorrow night’s show. Check out some photos of their instruments. – Link
Circuit Bending Audio Looper
Here are some cool circuit bending projects! I love the case for this less than $20 audio looper! We had an article on circuit bending in Make Volume 4 and you can learn more at the author’s anti-theory circuit bending website. – Link
DIY “Monitor” Stereo
Rybitski took a broken car stereo and (re)made a home version that uses a computer monitor that lights up, he writes – “My friend, Jeremy came to me with a car stereo and an idea. He wanted to use the car stereo as a normal stereo because motorized faceplate no longer worked. We settled on […]
DSAmp – Control Winamp from you DS
Here you go, control Winamp with a Nintendo DS over Wi-Fi (source code included) – [via] – Link. Related: Tons of Winamp projects and articles- Link. DS projects, hacks, mods and homebrew – Link.
HOW TO – Build an open source MIDI keyboard
Barry @ HeadFuzz writes – “This project details the steps to build your own Open Source (musical) keyboard which connects to a computer via USB and sends MIDI signals. This is achieved using an AN2131 development board. The AN2131 is now discontinued, so development boards can be bought cheaply on eBay. Alternatively you could use […]
