Here’s an interesting vid of an omnichord modification – this new take seems to allow easier access to the instrument’s individual touch controls. What’s an omnichord, you ask? In a nutshell – it’s sort of an electronic version of an autoharp. A chord button is pressed on one side of the instrument, allowing the user […]
Every good instrument deserves an appropriately cool enclosure. After building the Loud Objects Noise Toy kit, I decided to case it up with some added flare. Read on for more pics & info. Related: HOW TO – build the Noise Toy Noise Toy – crash course in programming A friend brought me back a small […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow – Holotone grafted a toy phone circuit to an old PC gaming joystick and added onboard speaker, touch contacts, photocell/LED control, pitch control and more! – thus the Tiny Optotouch is born. The joystick itself is just two potentiometers, so I use them as switchable pitch adjustment on […]
MAKE will be @ Bent Festival NYC April 24-26. In addition to the requisite noise-blasting and glitch-casting, we’ll be bringing some select items from the Maker store – so stop by, check out some kits and say “HI” (please do speak loudly, so we can hear you over the collective noise-frenzy!) New York, NY (April […]
MAKE will be @ Bent Festival NYC April 24-26. In addition to the requisite noise-blasting and glitch-casting, we’ll be bringing some select items from the Maker store – so stop by, check out some kits and say “HI” (please do speak loudly, so we can hear you over the collective bend-frenzy!) New York, NY (April […]
MAKE will be @ Bent Festival NYC April 24-26. In addition to the requisite noise-blasting and glitch-casting, we’ll be bringing some select items from the Maker store – so stop by, check out some kits and say “HI” (please do speak loudly, so we can hear you over the collective bend-frenzy!) New York, NY (April […]
This looks like a good time for all those beantown benders, April 15th 7pm @ Willoughby and Baltic in Davis Square. Jimmie writes – I’m running a quick little workshop on circuit bending for the Boston area Dorkbot group. This is going to be a very quick introduction with a very low technical barrier. Hopefully […]
