Finally on-the-go zen for today’s busy traveller, the Buddha Machine from FM3 plays nine different drones successively, with lengths ranging from 2 – 42 seconds long – The machine has its own built-in speaker, in case one would like to fill a room with the drones, but there is also a headphone jack for more […]
Ah, the sweet sounds of the doppler effect – The rotating Leslie speaker design has a unique way of giving sounds a sort of warm temporal quality. There are many electronic simulations attempted but designing and building actual mechanical effects is plain awesome. Update: As a commenter pointed out – the above video doesn’t reflect […]
A user on the LadyAda.net forums has created an arduino shield for controlling a first-gen SNES audio processor. No samples up as of yet but this could prove to be much 16-bit fun. – Arduino SNES audio shield [via] Related: Making Arduino sing, Part 4 In the Maker Store: Arduino Diecimila
Over at the Steampunk Workshop, Jake inaugurates a new Guest Artist Project feature with the wonderful Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich as the first artist in residence. Molly shows how to update an antique Cannonball Empire headset with modern headphone innards. Porkshank’s Dieselpunk Headphone Mod – Link Related: The Ambiance Enhancer (retro MP3 player) – Link
If you don’t already know, I love the Arduino, and Sonic Body has a great interactive sculpture made with one of these cool little microcontrollers. The Sonic Body is an audio-installation that uses interactive technology to create an orchestra of the human body. Developed as collaboration between four interdisciplinary artists and a heart surgeon, the […]
