Weird Instruments
Sometimes I stumble across items that are just over the edge. What would you do with a midi blender? How could you rock a disc drive guitar? I don’t know the answer, but I can’t wait for someone to find out!
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.
HOW TO – Barbie Bending: Cicuit bending a Barbie Karaoke machine
Pink is the new black, seriously. Grab a cheap Barbie Karaoke machine from eBay, junk store, or from a kid who wants to do something cool with it – then check out these schematics on how to turn it into a cool circuit bent musical instrument… [via] – Link. Related: Oodles of circuit bending projects […]
DIY Cardboard box upright bass
Chris Badynee made his very own upright bass with scrap oak flooring, plastic casing of a Radio Shack science project buzzer, weed whacker twin and faucet spiggots… Thanks Jason! – Link. Related: Making the pickup from a radio shack buzzer – Link. Cigar Box Guitar. Build and play this sweet-sounding 3-string instrument in an afternoon. […]
Jazz recordings etched into old x-ray film
Kevin Kelly’s Street Use blog has an article about jazz recordings etched into old x-ray film – “In the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they had were recorders etched into discarded X-ray film. I’ve long sought some images. Researcher Camille […]
Drum Trigger
A cool Phil Collins style drum roll, coming to a mousepad near you! This selfmade drum trigger pad I made in about 15 minutes for testing Alesis D4 drum module. It consist of synthetic leather (better use mousepad) glued on one side of tin sheet and piezo glued on the other. All this is glued […]
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
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.