1:1 Lego viola
Displayed at this year’s Brickfair conference in DC, this lovely viola is the work of AFOL Cindy English. [Photo by Joe Meno of Brickjournal.]
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.
Audio and guitar effects on Maple
Okie from LeafLabs got down with some experimental signal processing using Leaf’s speedy Maple board and a custom shield – Real-time audio processing is an example of an application where Maple really shines in comparison to Arduino. Maple has 12-bit ADCs with sample rates up to 1MSPS and PWM fast enough to clear ~11.8 bits […]
Hopworks Beer Bike
The Hopworks Beer Bike is a perfect storm. It’s the colmination of a love of craft and a deep respect for producing a quality product. Designed and built by Phillip Ross and Jamie Nichols of Metrofiets Cargo Bikes for Christian Ettinger of Hopworks Urban Brewery, the dual keg toting pub-on-wheels sports an aluminum pan with fifty feet of draft coil, two custom taps, inlaid old-growth woodwork bar with a split top for easy access to the kegs, an MP3 sound system modeled after a motorcycle’s hard pannier bag, and a back rack capable of holding three large pizzas for the unavoidable crowd that forms every time the bike stops.
Combine multiple guitar amps to save space
To help prepare for a move to a smaller place in the city, Michael Colombo is pairing down on the number of possessions that he has.
Master Looper, a fun little musical instrument
The Master Looper is a small handmade device that allows you the create real-time noise loops and sound effects at various speeds from x4 to x64. The creator, YouTube user grandtippler of Canberra, Australia, has a bunch of other videos of similarly small and neat electronic musical experiments, and he/she has an Etsy store to […]
Herbie Hancock demos a synth on Sesame Street
Very much digging this classic clip of Herbie Hancock demonstrating a Fairlight CMI to some of the kids from Sesame Street. Guessing such technology may not dazzle today’s youth quite as much.
Industrial Sound Controllers
Tristan Shone rolled out the ‘big guns’ for Maker Faire Bay Area 2010. His Industrial Sound Controllers are a musical force to be reckoned with and their sheer size and weight demand considerable attention upon seeing them firsthand. Tristan took a few moments out from setting up to speak with Becky Stern and myself before […]