Fruit controlled music thing
Raphael wanted us to know that it’s official. France is our ally, and we can learn from them. Because — circuit bent twinkly noisy *fruit controlled* thing.
Music
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.
eDrum – DIY electronic drum controller
Wow, made an awesome “eDrum” – A DIY electronic drum controller. Source and schematics included! – Link.
Make an office amp
Fred writes – Here’s a very quick 30-40W/channel stereo amp that nearly anyone can make. It uses LM3886 chips, and is based loosely on the GainClone amps people seem to like making, using point-to-point wiring and off-the-shelf stuff. The amp sounds great, and is small enough to stick on the shelf at my office! Decent […]
RC4560-based headphone amplifier
This SMD op-amp project uses the TI RC-4560 dual op-amp chip and a salt water-etched PCB. The builder got the op-amp as a free sample from Texas Instruments and scavenged all of the SMD resistors from old hard drive electronics. The results are not pretty, but they’re functional. The circuit used (with some changes) is […]
360 Degree speakers
These are pretty neat, 360 degree speaker concepts over @ Yanko Design – [via] Link. In the latest volume of MAKE (11) we show you how to make a “ball of sound” … a low-cost spherical speaker array. MAKE 11 – Page 141. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition or subscribe to MAKE!
DIY 3-way Hi-Vi tower loudspeaker project
Adam has constructed a pair of 3-Way Tower Speakers using all Hi-Vi drivers. The speaker enclosure is divided into a bass reflex portion that contains a single Hi-Vi F8 Woofer and a sealed portion that contains a the pair of Hi-Vi F5 mid-woofers and a Hi-Vi SD1.1-A tweeter. The sound is divided using a 3-way […]
Personal beer speakers
Here’s another one for the homemade speakers using cardboard box collection… Link. Related: Portable cardboard speakers – Link. Fold-Up Speakers – Link. HOW TO – make folding speakers – Link.
