From the MAKE Flickr pool Rotormind puts a new spin on a classic concept – The Micro Rhythm Orchestra is an update on the venerable music box tradition. I made it from a wooden cigar box and head-park solenoids scavenged from old disk drives. The solenoids are controlled by a microprocessor. Instead of playing a […]
Continue Reading… well it’s certainly some sort of touch-sensitive plantlife with audio feedback. The above seen glimpses were recorded at the Theremin Sensors Orchestra workshop in Munich where capacitive sensors are used with non-traditional objects and later incorporated into group performance. [via Create Digital Music]
Continue ReadingEric Beug posted up this awesome footage from the last Handmade Music event here in Brooklyn. It includes some great detail shots of E-Squared & Pete Edwards instruments in use. [via Create Digital Music] … and just in case you missed it, here’s the video I grabbed from the event –
Continue ReadingI spent some time getting acquainted with the Gakken Premium Theremin and was pretty impressed with it, especially considering the relatively low price tag. Unlike most theremins this one runs off battery power, so an armband contact is used in place of an earth-ground reference. The unit sports fine/coarse pitch & volume pots, 1/8″ audio […]
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From the MAKE Flickr pool Arduino co-founder David Cuartielles shares pics of his new interface for sound exploration, the Peacock – It is an instrument for live performace or personal exploration of both live and digitized sounds. You can get sound from an SD card or record it through its mic-in. The sound will be […]
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The Electric Peasant’s Banjo Processor takes the traditional instrument to sonic realms few have dared before, using a pitch-to-voltage converter along with a collection of bonus features – When The Peasant built the SynthCase project, a keyboard was not included, as playing one is not something that he has ever learned to do. However, The […]
Continue ReadingAfter scoring some bargain-priced touch screens, James set to work on building the Touchduino – I used two analog pins and one digital pin for this project. I wired the touch screen to the 3v pin, the Gnd pin and the analog pins 0 and 1 set to input. In the code (digital) Pin 3 […]
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