Lightefface Makes Music with Both Touch and Light
Kacper Ziemianin made a simple piano keyboard with an Arduino and some photoresistors. But it’s what he does with the data that makes beautiful music.
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 MicroGranny, a DIY Granular Sampler
Vaclav Pelousek and friends pack a ton of features into their Arduino-based microGranny musical instrument, including WAV player, sampler, 8 presets with 15 sounds each, MIDI input, and a whole lot of knobs and buttons to play with pitch, loop length, shift speed, and so on. They’re selling kits and will soon release the source. […]
Valentine’s Day Music Video
Everything is getting all lovey dovey up in here with Valentine’s Day happening this week. Topping my list of romantic-filled-moments is this swoon-worthy Valentine’s Day video involving hot girls, heart balloons, and a trampoline! Created by Morgan Hungerford and her talented team of friends for her No News Is Good News newsletter which is a regular part of her baby, Pandahead blog.
Leap Motion Alters Sounds of Multiple Instruments
Now that developers are getting a chance to play around with the new Leap Motion, we’re seeing some interesting experiments. Stephane performs a tune where the sounds of instruments are altered using this new motion-based controller.
Dangerous TV Circuit Bend Visualizes Audio
If you feel competent enough, you too can hack an old CRT television to display visuals from an audio input.
Arduino-Based Drum Machine
Circuit bender Dr. Bleep built this sweet Arduino-compatible drum machine, the Bleep Drum, with four sounds, four selectable sequences, tap tempo, record and playback, and more. Of course it’s open source and eminently hackable.
Maximoog
A tribute to the man who gave us so many good vibrations.