Knobs in precious metal
Jason Nicholls of Endelss Knobbing recreates knobs, fader caps and other musical equipment hardware using precious metals – because, let’s face it, nothing’s too good for your audio interface – Endless Knobbing
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.
DFW Synth DIY Meet up
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Rob sends word of an event this weekend for synth-makers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – The plan is to have a regular meet up (maybe monthly) where we can share ideas, play with circuits and maybe show off our latest creations. DIYers of ALL LEVELS are welcome. If […]
Results from the electric junk guitar workshop
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ranjit’s workshop seems to have gone very well – some great sounds can be heard from these resulting instruments. Time for a handmade jam! From the pages of MAKE: MAKE:09 p.115 Strung Out – make a one-string electric guitar
Image scan MIDI sequencer
An interesting sort of update to the classic player piano design – The sequencer plays the notes as a arpeggiator, i chose for this playback method because i dont have a midi device that can play 24 keys at the same time.. There are 2 different arpeggio modes. One rearranges the playback sequence to the […]
Arduino guitar effects
Kyle writes – A friend of mine wanted a bitcrusher/samplerate reducer pedal for his guitar — I thought “you could probably do that with an Arduino”. The quality turned out surprisingly reasonable. I’ve released the code, which sets up the pins on an Arduino for doing 10-bit DSP at reasonable sample rates The design includes […]
Massive audio sampler of impressive bigness!
The circuit artiste known simply as “bwack” has created what is probably the most excellent sampler I will see in this lifetime (unless a giant-sized trend begins after this). Instead of taps, this things accepts punches as input – he was commissioned by our good friends from the band family force 5 to construct the […]
Pitch bending thumb piano
Jamoflage made this incredible pitch bending thumb piano! It sounds kind of like a steel guitar when it’s plucked, then kind of like twisted steel drums. And you can change out the blades. Totally cool. Via Oddstrument Collection