Eric of LEMUR talks trons, slime, and sound – Eric Singer has more than just a penchant for making his musical bots. In fact, he has a separate category altogether for very innovative musical controllers he creates and calls “Trons.” Here, we take our first look at the Slime-o-Tron – a controller that works by […]
Check out all the fun and excitement at this year’s Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. People from all over the world came to experience this amazing event. Take a look at some of the highlights and make plans to attend the next Maker Faire. To download Maker Faire 2008 MP4 click here or subscribe […]
Anonymous writes – I was real interested in music theory and how to computationally create something aurally pleasing. Though the square waves may not be aurally pleasing (for most), I was able to make a PIC-based organ that played random chord progressions. The resulting cardboard music box makes sings a pretty sweet tune – dig […]
We’re thrilled to have the well-known steampunk band Abney Park as part of the Saturday Night Steampunk Spectacular, a new evening program at this year’s Maker Faire. If you’re not familiar with the band, check out their website and media found there. Abney Park is not only a great band, they’re also makers, with some […]
From the Make: Flickr Pool: V2 of my Tape Delay Machine uses two walkman type tape players. One is a Realistic Stereo Mate and the other is a Memorex XB. Both players have a similar footprint, so I arranged them side by side and connected them together. A single tape loop runs through two modified […]
Monk, a commenter on a previous post, pointed out this clip of James Taylor performing with ‘Slap Leather’ with his drumming machine, Big Foot. Not the most elegant device, but effective – and perhaps not what you’d expect to accompany Mr. Taylor on stage. Related: Drum machine, unplugged
Arman wrote us with a confession – I make strange things – music, movies, devices, pictures, software … I like Make. Fret not good sir, you are in good company! Though I have not seen many DIY multi-effects devices housed in such a way – In the summer of 2002, I constructed a stereo effects […]
