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.
MAKE pal and Roomba hacker Todbot show you how use the Roomba as a MIDI instrument, maybe we’ll have this running at the Roomba fights – “The Roomba has a piezo beeper that can play tunes. You’ve heard it. And its motors make noise. Why not put them under MIDI control? So here is RoombaMidi: […]
Here’s an entire orchestra made up of discarded automobile gas tanks – “Gas Tank Orchestra is a trash-picking do-it-yourself reprocessing project featuring electro-acoustic instruments built from junked automobile gas tanks salvaged from New Orleans’ side streets. The tanks have been fitted with strings, pipes, hoses, mouthpieces, etc. and born again as bass, harp, zither, brass, […]
PC Mag’s Bill Machrone thinks the Apple iPod Hi-Fi is a bit overrated, so he built his own version – all for about $50 Link.
Peter writes – “For anyone who checked out my webcam-to-scratching (or other music control) project in Make 04, Jesse Kriss has a new project that’s sort of like the reverse. He’s built a custom patch in the open source software Processing that translates live scratching on a turntable to real-time visuals. Very cool, and you […]
Eric over on Instructables writes – “One of the things that we’re very really excited about for Instructables is the concept of a derivative project — a project that uses another project as a stepping stone for further refinement, improvement, or application to a totally different problem. The community of DIYers that we’re all a […]
Ken writes – “Saw your post on the blog about making ferrofluid. If you want to use the stuff with kids, here’s a safer (cleaner too, no oil) version as well as some background information.” – Link. The videos are great. Previous: Make your own Ferrofluid – Link.
Here’s how to make a generator from a lot of old hard drives and a drill press – [via] – Link.
