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.
This cool musical instrument is based on the circuit bending 5 toys, and a trigger system made from mouse pads and sheet metal. The website has audio samples, electrical diagrams, and pictures of the whole process. If you want to try this one yourself, be warned, this is not your every day circuit bending. – […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Member Filmosity built this microphone to amplify a blues harp. He also made a minty amp to go with it – cool idea for portable playing. I made this harmonica mic from scrounged pieces of other items. I got a $20 dynamic mic from Radio Shack and used the element […]
Bill writes – Why would you want a USB port in an electric guitar? The answer is simple: convenience. By putting a small USB port and audio codec in a guitar, you’re adding an extra sound board. So when you record, your guitar is digitized locally and the signal is transmitted to your computer over […]
Insomartin writes – Here is a e-drum set just for a game called DTX mania and Drummidi. and a drum controller for FL. i don’t want to purchase a module since i’m still starting to play my game and study drums. many play this game but don’t have the controller to practice at home. or […]
“Build Your Own Clone” has a ton of different DIY guitar FX pedals that are all ready to be soldered up and plugged in. Most of the pedal kit links feature a video so you can see and hear the pedal in action. For those of you out there that are a little fearful of […]
Just when you thought the Arduino name permutations would stop – they don’t! Enter the “Ardrumo”: This is a software MIDI interface designed to accept serial data from an Arduino board and convert it into MIDI drum data in OS X. The application acts as a bridge between sensors connected to the Arduino board and […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Ranjit created this tiny synthesizer for the thing-a-day project. Though only about two inches long, this noisemaker has five sliding switches to augment tone and a pitch control on top. Unfortunately, no schematic was made available – but one book was cited as a source: Handmade Electronic Music takes a […]
