Steampunk Beetle Built from a Broken Violin
Nottingham Hackspace member Jake Howe built this beautiful beetle from an old violin, with a little laser cutter action mixed in! Check out Jake’s instructable showing how to do it.
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.
iTurntable Digital Music Dock
These days there are plenty of tactile input options for the digital DJ that try to recreate the traditional UI. Most of these are newer devices are vestigial rotary encoders tacked onto purpose-built decks. If you’re not a DJ, but would like to recreate the tactile experience of an old phonograph with your digital music device, check out this charming iTurntable iPhone dock from maker Austin Yang.
Circuit Benders’ Ball Lineup Announced
Circuit Benders’ Ball looks amazing! Here are the performers participating: Roth Mobot – Chicago Blight Side of Life – Nashville Brain Lesion – Murfreesboro, TN Elegant Bassterds (Ben Marcantel and Derek Schartung) – Nashville Josh Gumiela, Kelli Shay Hix, Lucas McCallister – Nashville Hadals – Nashville / Montgomery, AL Joey Molinaro – New York City […]
Cypress Hill Played Through a Squid’s Fin
Cephalopods like squid and octopuses have color-changing cells called chromatophores, which enable them to blend into their surroundings to hide from predators and prey. Chromatophores can be triggered by electrical signals, so watch what happens when the folks at Backyard Brains play music through a squid fin. The song selection is Cypress Hill’s 1993 classic track, […]
Fisher-Price Flashback: How to 3D Print Plastic Records
Back in the day, before iPods were standard-issue for the under-10 set, the Fisher-Price record player was, literally, the jam. Kid-friendly, fully functional phonograph fun. With your own collection of toy plastic records, you could rock out to any number of beloved childhood tunes until Mom came to tuck you in.
Bleep Labs Debut New Gadgets
I totally dig Bleep Labs‘ new creations! They look like tons of fun. Dam-Drum Dam-Drum is a handheld drum machine and sequencer with four unique sounds selected by Dam-Funk. This is a collaboration with Dam and Bleep Labs, who designed and built the drum in Austin, Texas. Only 100 Dam Drums were built and they’re […]
Musical Hacks For Raspberry Pi
Peter Kirn writes about the first wave of musical hacks for Raspberry Pi over at Create Digital Music: Apple may have started the conversation about the “post-PC” age. But part of what this means is that a “computer” doesn’t necessarily have to be something costing hundreds of dollars, in a conventional desktop or laptop form […]
