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.
“OSD-glitcher”, (Klomp, 2006, 2007) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen In the multifarious world of circuit bending outdated audio and video sampling devices, there is a strong community of artists and makers who are pushing the envelope on their designs with each new incarnation of their work. One of these impresarios is Dutch artist and maker, Karl […]
Day 2 of BENT is bending hard – Tonight’s acts include: 7:00 Aimee Norwich (NYC) 7:45 Computer at Sea (Maine) 8:30 EraSer (Italy) 9:15 Emilie Mouchous (Montreal) Erin Sexton (Montreal) 10:00 casperelectronics 10:45 Dr. Rek (Japan) 11:30 Roth Mobot (Distance Performance) (Chicago) If you’re in NYC stop by tonight (going on until 1am) or pop […]
Video highlights from BENT NYC 2008, day one. Furby Youth Choir Loud Objects Phil Stearns
MAKE is @ BENT NYC 2008, if you’re in the NYC area pop by 87 Lafayette! We have a lot of MAKE stuff here at a discount AND there are a TON of great musical acts all weekend! Concert 1 – Thu, Apr 24, 6:00 PM 6:30 Dr. Bleep (Austin) 7:00 Furby Youth Choir (Austin) […]
Arman wrote us with a confession – I make strange things – music, movies, devices, pictures, software … I like Make. Fret not good sir, you are in good company! Though I have not seen many DIY multi-effects devices housed in such a way – In the summer of 2002, I constructed a stereo effects […]
I’m not too sure how I feel about the greasy pizza box, but I give 10 points for ingenuity. This is a great input device for any application that allows you to virtually scrub audio or video, and it can be built in only a few minutes. Make a Pizza box scratch pad
Michael wins the best Guitar hero hack of all time! He created a circuit that takes in composite video, performs signal processing, and then correctly “hits†buttons on the guitar hero controller based upon what’s on the screen – AutoGuitarHero via Bunnie. What is the story? “I knew the only way I was going to […]
