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 […]
Scaling up from the usual MIDI-to-solenoid designs – the Tonefloat milk/music delivery team plays the bottles while mobile. Originally commissioned by Walk the Plank for the inaugural and very first Manchester Art Car Parade, the ‘People’s Prize’ winner >> tonefloat
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 […]
The Noise Toy kit by Loud Objects is an easy build that delivers some impressive bit-bleeping goodness. After some simple soldering, you’ve got an excellent little synth-noise generator that can double as a programmable experimenter’s board – great for those interested in microcontroller sound synthesis. Next week, we’ll go into more detail regarding such programming […]
Popsci has a quick how-to on building theremin-esque device for under 20 bucks – A full-fledged Theremin will set you back nearly $400, but with the instructions below, you can build a pocket-sized Theremin-like instrument that won’t break the bank. Unlike the real McCoy which relies on grounded variable capacitance for changing frequency and volume […]
This would be a blast for music-parties! (I trust I’m not alone in wanting more of those) Easy to imagine a MIDI version with piezo triggers as well. – Musical Rumba series tables [via]
With no new song downloads for Guitar Hero on the Wii (as of yet), what to do with that controller once all that ‘rawk’ has grown tired? Jason writes – This posting describes a project in which the author gets an Arduino reading input from a Wii Guitar Hero guitar. Included is a function library […]
