Contest: Redesign the Modern Guitar Case
Fender Guitars is launching a contest to redesign their cases for the modern era.
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.
The Easy LED Color Organ: Get Ready to Rock with Weekend Projects!
If you like lights and music, you’ll have fun building this Easy LED Color Organ. You plug your music into it, and the circuit divides the sound into high, mid, and low frequencies and then flashes three different colors of LEDs according to those frequencies.
Dublin Mini Maker Faire This Weekend!
Dublin, Ireland’s second Mini Maker Faire is set for Saturday, July 27. Last year’s event drew 5,500 attendees and 35 maker exhibits. This year’s free event promises to be even bigger with more makers. In particular, there’s been a jump in the number of fabrication makers who will showing off everything from homemade CNC machines to 3D scanning booths.
Made On Earth — These Kids and their Trashy Music
“A real violin is worth more than a house” in the slums of Cateura, Paraguay, according to local music teacher Favio Chávez.
RFID-Based Music Sequencer
Mike Cook, whose Junk Box Monome project has appeared on MAKE before, has created a new and cool project: an Arduino-based physical music sequencer.
Topaz & Arrow Event Video
Last month I told you about Topaz & Arrow’s inaugural event, which looked like a smash hit. For those of us who couldn’t attend, here is a lovely video by filmmaker Raul Zahir De Leon of the gorgeous space and incredible handmade moments that were being created throughout.
Robot-Assisted Xylophone
The makers of MakeBlock, a very cool and sophisticated extruded aluminum building set, are showing off their stuff with this fantastic xylophone-playing robot controlled by an Arduino. MakeBlock, as you can see from the photo, is very beautiful (love the blue anodization!) and it’s extremely well thought out. They’re a startup located in Shenzhen, China. […]