Halloween is fast approaching, and what better way to weird out your neighbors and spook your guests than some creepy theremin music. A staple of suspenseful soundtracks and low rent sci-fi, this electronic musical instrument is controlled without physical contact by the musician.
When Covid killed their live gigs, musical group ArcAttack pivoted to create their first DIY musical Tesla coil kit. Then the pandemic struck again.
In this conversation with Helen Leigh, we talk about technology from reel-to-reel tape recorders to synthesizers and to making electronic music with Makey-Makey and the Bela board. Helen is an advocate for people learning how to make their own instruments, to experiment with music and be makers of your own kind of music.
A mad musical inventor turns 45 Furbies into an adorably animated weapon of sheer sonic horror.
Turn a guitar headphone amp and a vibration speaker into a decent practice amp.
Find a homemade instrument project and get building with the revamped plans archive at Cigar Box Nation.
Matt and Kaitlyn Hova went down the 3D printing rabbit hole and came out with a 3D printed violin (aka the Hovalin).
