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.
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Meara O’Reilly, projects intern I’ve been tinkering with the electronics on various cigar box guitars for a while, but I’d never had the chance to build one from […]
Jan Van Nuenen made this solar-powered strobe-opto-theremin-synth-thing, the Sunnan Synth. Built using a $20 desk lamp and a couple dollars worth of electronics, it lets you get your beeping and bleeping in while away from the grid.
Unigamer points out Andy Gadget’s Instructable for building an ultra-portable melody/beat box – super cute! This tiny box will give you hours of fun composing your own tunes. You can vary the tune tempo and switch between a pentatonic and blues scale as well as producing a variety of percussion sounds. Load up a different […]
Wow, not sure how I missed this one – the Bliptronic 5000, a relatively low-cost (aka hackable) melody grid sequencer from ThinkGeek. The 50-dollar device sports 8 casio-esque voices, tempo control, and can be linked up with additional units to play longer sequences. CDM posted an interview with product dev Ty Liotta revealing a very […]
Every now and then we all need a break from making things. So sit back, relax, and enjoy “Our Place in the Cosmos” by Symphony of Science.
Incredible… Synth Britannia – BBC video of the birth of synth music. It starts off with Kraftwerk with interviews from OMD and whatnot… Thanks Jason! Parts 2 through 9 in the related videos on the YouTube page.
The Therething is an open source MIDI controller based on an Arduiono.
