Create Your Own 8-Bit Music with a Pocket Sized Synth
These pocket-sized synths are designed to create 8-bit noises known as chiptunes. Attach a MIDI controller and make your own video game music
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Play That Funky Tune…with Weekend Projects!
The LDR Synth is a light-to-sound noisemaker built with relatively common components. Build it on a breadboard, follow our perfboard design, or come up with your own permanent circuit layout. We’ll show you how-to with Weekend Projects!
Herb Deutsch and the First Moog at Maker Faire Detroit
Moog synthesizer co-inventor Herbert Deutsch played Maker Faire Detroit as part of The Henry Ford’s 50th anniversary celebration of the first Moog.
Where DIY Electronic Music Goes to Party
MAKE presents Moogfest’s circuit bending competition.
LitteBits and Korg Release Synthesizer Kit
Combine snap-together electronics gurus littleBits with Korg’s synthesizer mastery and you get an impressive kit for creating modular synths.
Five More Awesome Projects Shared by MAKE Readers
“Your Projects” is a column that features some of the awesome creations our readers have been making. These projects from our readers come from the MAKE Google+ Community and beyond.
Birchwood and Hammer Synthesizer
Niklas Roy created this whimsical synthesizer from a hollowed out birch log. Using an ATMega8 as the tone generator, the design of the device is quite simple but charming in its execution.
