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.
Imagine using a stompbox that can be programmed with your own custom effect via open source software. The Coyote-1 aims to be just that – The OpenStompTM Coyote-1 is an open source audio effects processor built for guitar players. With the Coyote-1 users can develop custom audio effects in software (like distortion, echo, chorus etc.), […]
This “WiiMote Music Controller Suit” (called the “W_space”) by Israeli-born, Netherlands based composer Tom Tlalim uses eight Nintendo Wii controllers to create and manipulate sound in realtime. Connected up to the body, each Wiimote senses a different aspect of the wearer’s movement to produce songs in the sound software “SuperCollider”, as he or she dances […]
This “Noise Box” is based on the gating properties of the 4066 Quad Switch and is amplified with an LM324 Quad op-amp to produce some truly horrifying noise. “Sound” would be too pretty a word to call the sonic mess this device creates. The project runs off of two sets of 9 volt batteries while […]
Olaf Ladousse makes these eye-catchingly awesome noise devices called “Doo-Rags”. Inspiring array of appropriated cases! – Doo-Rags on Flickr [via Ladyada’s ranting] In the Maker Shed: Loud Objects Noise Toy kit
This looks like an excellent all-in-one solution for those wanting to get started in DIY guitar effects fast. The Beavis Board kit comes with pretty much every necessity for development – A true-bypass i/o breakout box that makes it easy to connect circuits to the real world, i.e. your guitar, amps and pedals A pair […]
ChimSyn is a little, fully customizable, midi patch synthesizer. You can use it on it’s own, or as a midi input device. The ChimSyn has (30) 2mm sockets, which allows for almost infinite possibilities. The bC16 miniature patch synthesizer wraps up a fully featured VCO, LFO, 24dB VCF, VCA, envelope generator, noise source, ring modulator […]
In August of 1951, BBC reporters travelled to the University of Manchester and captured what is now believed to be the earliest recording of computer generated music. The performer featured was a Ferranti Mark 1 computer – During the session, the temperamental machine managed to work its way through Baa Baa Black Sheep, God Save […]
