ThingamaKIT build photos
Our pal John Edgar Park has posted photos of his building of the new ThingamaKIT from Bleep Labs.
Music
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.
Build a custom volume pedal for your synth
This hack shows how to build a custom volume pedal for various synthesizers out of a discarded electric organ called a Baldwin Model 5. The organ in question was built before potentiometers had been invented so the maker added the necessary ingredient to make his pedal work. Lots more info at the link below. Swell […]
Singing sock puppets
These musical hand puppets by Matthew Irvine Brown look irresistibly fun to play with. Sensors in the puppets mouth measure how wide it’s open and that data is converted to a musical scale. These puppets can be tuned to sing in any scale or mode. At the minute their voices come from a small Max/MSP […]
Hydraulophone: Water pipe organ
This Hydraulophone is located outside the Ontario Science Centre. I would love to know more about how it works because it sure looks, and sounds, great. I wonder how they play it during those long Canadian winters? Hydraulophone video Presently the world’s largest hydraulophone is the main architectural centerpiece out in front of the Ontario […]
Breadboard VU meter
Here’s an Instructable on building a breadboard VU meter around the LM3916 (or LM3915/LM3914) dot/bar display driver chip. We even get treated to the pounded out volume units of that ’80s Siouxsie & the Banshees classic “Peek-a-Boo.” LM3915/LM3916 VU Meter
Modular sound toys
Designed for preschoolers, these Interlocking sound cylinders are loaded with samples via software and can be used individually or combined in stacks. Hack/bend-ability seems an obvious potential here but beyond that it’s an appealing take on physical sample sequencing. Mmmmm … modularity. – Alle Meine Klänge [via Synthtopia]
‘Voice-changer’ synth/effects box
Vtolus put a voice changer to work in this standalone device, decked out with circular light show – my new diy synth based on voice changer chip. This small box can produce thousands variations of bleeps, noises, feedbacks, ring-mod sounds and drons. It can also process external signal – than it works like ring modulator, […]
