5mm or 10mm LEDs will work just fine for most projects, but if you really want to light up a room, consider using some of the “high-power” variety. With forward currents of up to a full amp, you’ll need a way to dissipate heat – but the results are very much worth the extra effort. […]
Check out this awesomely practical little guitar pick punch. You could buy a huge pile of picks for what it retails for, but then you wouldn’t get the satisfaction of creating your own custom picks out of flat pieces of plastic and other pick-worthy scraps you’ve got laying around.
You need to install Adobe Flash Player, or use an HTML5 browser that supports H.264 video. In this episode of Spine TV’s Into The World Of…, they visit the studio/workshop of sound sculptor and musician Henry Dagg (Faversham, Kent, England) who hand-built a beautiful pin-barrel harp commissioned by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. […]
However you care to aesthetically classify this lunchbox amp, it’s a cool, thoroughly detailed project which can be applied to any type of styling. It uses the 2 Watt Stereo Kit from Carl’s Electronics. Dieselpunk Stereophonic Amplifier More: Vintage headphone mod
Long before the dawn of digital music, folks employed the power of the electric color organ (aka “light organ”) to add some synced visuals to their hi-fi experience. Schematics for building such a beast based on AC power and incandescent bulbs can be be found fairly easily on the web, but plans for comparable LED-based […]
Think Reactable from Björk’s Volta tour meets Revenge of the Nerds jam band meets a steel drum playing organ grinder. That about sums up this fabulous technobusker apparatus that’s sure to attract numerous patrons.
Check out Travis’ (Saskatoon, SK, Canada) sweet stereo casemod using a 60s-era Fleetwood model 4057 cabinet stereo record player/radio (like sold via Sears) with a modern turntable (a Stanton T.80 turntable, capable of digital S/PDIF output), a digital music system (via a mini-ITX computer), amp and controller. Console record player retrofit
