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.
Artist Kitty Clark bent several circuits to shape this piece entitled “Remote Controlled Hand” – A hybrid of a remote controlled car & mechanical hand generates random music. The car is controlled by an altered remote, which is triggered by 2 desk fans. When the fans are directed at the remote, contacts are blown together […]
Core77 has an interview video with Brit Leissler, who made (and is still making) the Octopulse. From the site: Brit Leissler, of Shoot the Stylist Studios in London, demonstrates the Octopulse, an experimental instrument designed for Yamaha’s Product Design Laboratory. This little creature has as a goal to turn listeners of music into players of […]
A commenter from our previous humongous woofer post points out another contender for biggest-sub-ever – Enter(literally) the Matterhorn – The most powerful sub ever created. It was born out of a military request and is housed in a 20′ x 8′ x 8′ shipping container. 40 drivers, 40 kwatts of self powered and built in […]
This “obnoxious noise maker” called the “Ubnox-O-Phone” by its maker is a combination of a sound generator and Ruby Guitar Amp who’s schematic can be downloaded from their site. The whole project only cost $35 so it’s a pretty cheap way to annoy people. Check out the video at the link below. The Ubnox-O-Phone!!!
Here’s a nice how-to on pitch bending a standard cassette walkman. This hack uses a photocell as a tripper pot on the device. Check out the link for instructions on how to put this together. Primer: Pitch-Bending a Walkman
My friend has been carrying around this empty shell of a Micro Muzak Model 1008 for years with the intention of converting it in to something… someday. Apparently this was used in a university to pump the college station through all the buildings and had long since been left to fall in to ruins. Using […]
This is an “eight step sequencer” that has additional volume and speed controls. It looks like there might be an Arduino in there, but I’m not sure. I wish there was more information on this project. A little more about the Vectrex Standalone Sound Sequencer
