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.
Gattobus writes – Nice experiment using my Nintendo Wiimote as a controller for the OSC frequency of my Moog Little Phatty… (Check out the OSC knob cursor moving on the LP)It sound like a Theremin ;-) Nintendo Wiimote Theremin with Moog Little Phatty – [via] Link.
Tuomo writes – This experiment is based on an example in Nicolas Collins’ book: “Handmade Electronic Music, The Art of Hardware Hacking”. The motivation for this experiment is to learn IC logic chips and to prepare inexpensive experiments for sound making electronics workshops. This is a first version, please be aware of possible errors. All […]
Paul modded a Juicebox into a Retro-phone for pictureframe / MP3 playback – Link. More: $20 Juicebox photo frame – Link. Run Linux on a JuiceBox – Link. HOW TO – Make a juice box pinhole camera – Link. Juicebox picture frame – Link. Juicebox Hacking – Link.
Incredible DIY boombox, watch the video! Feast your eyes on the result of weeks of work using the various remains of over a dozen cars — from 80’s BMW’s to a 1990 Toyota Tercel — it’s the glorious Turbo II Junkyard Boogaloo boombox. Ninety-two pounds of plywood and car parts joined together as an homage […]
Jenny writes in – This tutorial will show you how to stream your iTunes music library to your Wii through the Opera browser. The Opera browser can be download to your Wii for free from the “Wii Shop Channel.” This tutorial will work with both a Mac and a PC. Things you’ll need: Nintendo Wii […]
Jeff writes – You had covered the last “SteamPunk” Guitar I had built back in April called the “Villanizer” [Here’s] our latest build called the “Nautilus”, another more extensive SteamPunk Guitar. The Nautilus was inspired by the film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but certainly doesn’t aspire to look like a submarine. Starting life as […]
iTunes hacker Erica shows you what’s hidden inside those new un-DRM’ed music files from Apple, open one of the songs via terminal and you’ll see some of your account information inside the file – Link – it seems like these have always been in there (part of the ID3 tags).
