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.
Here’s another great project PCB from MFOS. The Mini-Controller can be used with any synthesizer with a 1-volt-per-octave input. It uses a stylus probe and PCB keyboard contacts similar to the classic Stylophone synth used by David Bowie. Just to clarify – this is only an interface and doesn’t produce any sound on its own, […]
So Why would a web store like ThinkGeek stock a Korg synthesizer? Well, the Kaossilator isn’t a regular keyboard synth – in fact it’s not a keyboard at all, it’s a touchpad; Move your finger from left to right to change the pitch of the note, and up and down to change the sound. But […]
For its price, the Rock Band drum kit is a pretty good set of electronic pads. That is – if you can actually use it out-of-game. Chris shows us how this can be on OS X with only 2 pieces of software and minimal config time. RockBand Drums Controlling GarageBand –Link Related: Rock Band drum […]
It seems Rock Band’s plastic strum bar wasn’t good enough for this player. He used some professional quality wood fittings to mount an actual guitar string which triggers a spring-switch mechanism. Notice the lovely wood inlay inhabiting the former home of the strum bar. Looks quite “high end”! Related: Fixing a Rock Band strat – […]
David Ellis made this owl instrument, inspired by a player piano. – [via] Link.
Here’s a unique circuit for guitar effects builders. It uses readily available SIP sockets to allow easy transistor swapping. Experiment with different values for a personalized sound – and change it up on a whim. You can also recreate a bunch of popular pre-existing fuzz distortions with it: Some of the fuzzes you can make […]
Finally found a use for the NY Times from Lily on Vimeo. Ever wondered how HTML and image data would sound as beat samples?Bill writes: I’ve written a Firefox addon that makes it possible for a monome or arduino to interact with your browser. The url below is a video of me “playing” the raw […]
