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.

Make your own marimba

Make your own marimba

When Instructables user RocketScientist wanted a marimba to practice at home, instead of buying one (at 7K), he build his own DIY marimba. It’s an ambitious project, and he throws in a tutorial video for wrapping your own mallets while he’s at it. More marimbas: Flashlight beams make music on photo-electric marimba ABSOLUT MACHINES – […]

Flashback: Bass Shaker Seat

Flashback: Bass Shaker Seat

One of my favorite projects is a favorite not for its complexity but for the effect it provides. In “Let’s Rumble” from MAKE Volume 02, Craig Engler shows us how he added bass shakers to his home theater chairs to pump up the movie effects. I’m not much of a movie buff, but I love […]

Sound Lab Ultimate project from MFOS

Ray Wilson of MusicFromOuterSpace gives a very in-depth review of the new Sound Lab Ultimate‘s features (skip to the 7min mark for sound samples). The Ultimate is an expanded sequel to the popular Sound Lab analog synth project, which adds a bunch of new features and makes the project fully patchable – Three Musically Accurate […]

Singing solenoids prefer Bach

Woah, I never knew solenoids could be this good at impersonating audio oscillators! — plus I had no idea copy machines had such advanced easter eggs. Dspdude explains – This test fixture for a photocopier uses solenoids that are driven by a special song. Reminiscent of the Honda commercial for the early 80’s. The easter […]