Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, we’ll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
Seen in action above – the Double Slide Controller, winner of the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition – Developed by composer and researcher Tomás Henriques, the instrument mixes computer music software, sensor technologies and flexible hand/arm gestures to generate rich, complex sounds. Certainly takes the traditional trombone format well into the digital domain! Check out the […]
Wayne and Layne, creators of the Tactile Metronome, are developing a “party game” called Nerdle that packs capacitive touch sensors on the exterior of the case. On a whim, I edited the program to make sound based upon the what the buttons sensed. 30 seconds later, this beautiful music emerged.
Neither Roger nor myself is interested in making Amazon out as the bad guy. They’ve invested a lot in the Kindle and they’re within their rights to try to protect that investment. And I’m betting the folks who ran TouchCo were more than happy with the terms of their buyout. Still, watching this video, I have a nigh-irresistible urge to play with a LinnStrument, myself, and it irks me that I can’t get one.
Linus Ã…kesson’s Chipophone is a 8-bit synth built into an old electric organ. All the original tone-generating parts have been disconnected, and the keys, pedals, knobs and switches rerouted to a microcontroller which transforms them into MIDI signals. Those are then parsed by a second microcontroller, which acts as a synthesizer. The synthesizer is implemented […]
Ranjit Bhatnagar writes: Motherboard tv was kind enough to ask me to make a music machine for them. Here’s their video of the process!
Custom electric guitar build by Travis S., incorporating an original Millennium Falcon toy over a hard maple backing block attached to a purchased neck black. I especially like the light-up engine blocks. More details are available here. [via Neatorama]
EFFALO is experimenting with using MakerBot printers in live performance.
