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 photo pool Rob had PCBs made up for his layout of the classic atari punk console noisy synth circuit – Circuit board version of the famous Forest M. Mims circuit, for use in my upcoming workshop. (before anyone gets excited, these aren’t available for sale outside of the workshop, sorry!) Definitely […]
Jörg Piringer‘s speakingObject vocal synthesizer uses accelerometer control to create some very interesting sounds – during my 11 days at STEIM i did a working prototype of the second incarnation of the “speakingObject” (no better title still). it’s basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer. it works without a […]
The PSP (Pocket Sound Performer) by Berlin-based artist Niklas Roy, is a mini 6-bit synthesizer that has a lineout for amplification. The type of music it creates is called “hi-score” and it’s built with a few resistors as a digital to analog converter and a single transister as an amplifier. The six LEDs (seen in […]
The “Bird Box†outputs a seemingly random sequence of triggers intended for use with a drum machine. In fact the sequence it produces is not random at all just extremely long – and filled “suggestive self-similarity and evolving motifs”. Eric Archer, the box’s creator, explains more – One of my favorite digital logic constructs is […]
German performance/media artist Johannes Kriedler created a composition comprised of samples taken from his own music collection. In order to legally present the work he is obligated to register each sample with GEMA(Germany’s equivalent to the RIAA) by way of formal paper documentation. So what’s the big deal? Well, Kriedler’s piece uses a whole lotta […]
Some screws, a cardboard tube, and a half-pound of dry lentils and you’ve got yourself a Shamanic sound-maker. How to Make your very own Rainstick! More: DIY Rainstick
The “Arduinome” is yet another Monome clone built with the Arduino controller. Check out the video for details on how this kit works. arduinome, via CreateDigitalMusic
