The Genie Lets Music Tech Out of the Bottle
The Genie is a guitarist who surrounds himself with a phalanx of tech that drops more grooves than a five piece band. Find out how he does it.
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Manipulating Vocals Using Arduino
Amanda Ghassaei made a vocal effects box that digitizes the human voice using the granular synthesis function on Arduino.
Build a Custom Tremolo Effects Box
The latest addition to our Weekend Projects series is an Optical Tremolo Box. Inspired by Charles Platt’s article about online DIY guitar stomp-box communities (MAKE Volume 15, page 82, “Stomp Box Basics: Tremolo and Fuzz”), MAKE Technical Editor Sean Ragan took up the challenge of building this project. He used a cadmium sulfide photoresistor as […]
GuitarExtended Uses Arduino and PD to Control Effects
GuitarExtended is a multi-effects system that can digitally alter the sound of a guitar using PD. The user has a box with multiple switches on it that change the alteration to the sound, and the variables of that sound are controlled using a homemade expression pedal with the help of Arduino.
A look inside the Electro-Harmonix factory …
Joel Johnson of BoingBoing TV gives us a peek into what goes on behind the curtain at the Electro-Harmonix sonic factory in NYC. Quite awesome to see how very hands-on and down-to-earth their staff and production process is. Keeping it this real is likely the only way one could maintain a rep for such creative […]
Musician’s rig database on Guitar Geek
Steven Leckart writes on CoolTool: Ever wonder what instruments, pedals and assorted gizmos Eric Clapton used on stage with Cream circa 1968? If you’re a gearhound, amateur musician, professional journeyman, or weekend warrior, Guitar Geek is a fantastic resource (and a major potential time suck). In addition to a laundry list of gear, with each […]
Programmable guitar effects pedal
Imagine using a stompbox that can be programmed with your own custom effect via open source software. The Coyote-1 aims to be just that – The OpenStompTM Coyote-1 is an open source audio effects processor built for guitar players. With the Coyote-1 users can develop custom audio effects in software (like distortion, echo, chorus etc.), […]
