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.
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Flickr member Aud1073cH turned a sweet thrift store find into something even better – I found this little battery powered amp at a second-hand store, and converted it to a “talker” by replacing the regular speaker with a compression driver (horn driver) that I pulled from a car alarm speaker. […]
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Steinway? nope. Matt the Modulator built this classy nano-baby grand from a kit, and an incredibly cute one at that. – elekit_piano2
Looking to enhance MIDI -> control voltage conversion for his x0xb0x synth/sequencer, Robin designed and built his own converter using Arduino and a 16-bit DAC chip – Having looked around the Arduino forums I found a lot of people using the PWM outputs on the Arduino and just running them through a low pass RC […]
Here’s an interesting acoustic sculpture by Jim Lee – he says it produces a “kind of choral moan reminiscent of a beehive”. Make sure you listen to the audio (links on his site), it’s a really cool sound.
This month’s Handmade Music event is shaping up to be a truly awesome hands-on showcase of sound maker bliss. Check out what’ll be on hand – Bizarre sonic objects made from dismembered mannequin torsos and legs, transformed into a Theremin and maracas Mouse & the Billionaire’s Gestural controllers, made with wood and 3D printers, shaping […]
It’s a sad time for those of you who appreciate the high-tech of yesteryear. QRS has decided to stop manufacturing player piano rolls. It’s actually amazing that they were still making them up until early 2009. Luckily for us there will always be plenty available on ebay. The halt in production comes 108 years after […]
Microsoft Research Songsmith… Sing in to it, and it makes music… Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own […]
