Electric gongs
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool: these electric gongs are by Eric Archer are destined for installation in Austin, TX.
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.
Cigarette tin “boom” box
Tiny “boom” box, built from a Lucky Strikes tin, an old MP3 player, an LM1877n-9 amp chip, and some garage sale speaks. It’s dubbed the “Mobile Oppression Unit.” Can it really be THAT loud? Or maybe it’s the likely lo-fidelity when cranked that makes it oppressive. Mobile Oppression Unit
External CD-ROM headphone amp
Gio over at diyAudioProjects writes: This is a small headphone amplifier that I built into a dead external CD-ROM. The enclosure works real well as it already had a switch, inputs and an output. The circuit is a simple single-ended circuit using a small mosfet as the output device. Most importantly, the amp sounds very […]
Lucky Dragons’ homemade sound device
Luke Fishbeck of Lucky Dragons demonstrates his homebrewed interface sound synthesis using firewire interface and some custom electronics in yarny decor. On top of all those pretty shimmering sounds, it looks beneficial in respect to social bonding – Lucky Dragons makes us a baby (Thanks, Ed!)
Homebrew Nintendo DS music apps
Wonderful collection of homebrew Nintendo DS music apps via Waxy. Source code available for some of them too. More: Nintendo DS MIDI. Nintendo DS homebrew paint application. DSMidiWifi – Nintendo DS wireless MIDI controller. Tracker for Nintendo DS, DS homebrew music roundup.
Wind-powered string plucker
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ranjit from Brooklyn created this pleasant device and displayed it at the recent Figment Festival – seems a prime candidate to replace the windchime, hmm … windstring? – come see and hear this– um– whatever it is
Gestural vocal performance with an infrared shirt
Sonic explorer ADACHI Tomomi absolutely tears it up in this performance. His Infrared sensor shirt allows for some very dramatic and at times downright surreal control of the effects applied to his own vocals. Things get quite intense by the 3 minute mark.