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.
Although this project is considered old by blog standards (2002), we still like the simplicity of this device. The “Transparent Headphones” are a custom built pair of headphones with a microphone attached to the outside of each ear piece. The device detects nearby sounds and fades the sound out of the corresponding ear that detects […]
In honor of cracklebox inventor Michael Waisvisz’ recent passing, Chrome Dinette built this monster-sized version of the classic device using a big ol’ speaker cabinet – Ultimate Cracklebox
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool: these electric gongs are by Eric Archer are destined for installation in Austin, TX.
Tiny “boom” box, built from a Lucky Strikes tin, an old MP3 player, an LM1877n-9 amp chip, and some garage sale speaks. It’s dubbed the “Mobile Oppression Unit.” Can it really be THAT loud? Or maybe it’s the likely lo-fidelity when cranked that makes it oppressive. Mobile Oppression Unit
Gio over at diyAudioProjects writes: This is a small headphone amplifier that I built into a dead external CD-ROM. The enclosure works real well as it already had a switch, inputs and an output. The circuit is a simple single-ended circuit using a small mosfet as the output device. Most importantly, the amp sounds very […]
Luke Fishbeck of Lucky Dragons demonstrates his homebrewed interface sound synthesis using firewire interface and some custom electronics in yarny decor. On top of all those pretty shimmering sounds, it looks beneficial in respect to social bonding – Lucky Dragons makes us a baby (Thanks, Ed!)
Wonderful collection of homebrew Nintendo DS music apps via Waxy. Source code available for some of them too. More: Nintendo DS MIDI. Nintendo DS homebrew paint application. DSMidiWifi – Nintendo DS wireless MIDI controller. Tracker for Nintendo DS, DS homebrew music roundup.
