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.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Yapruder is the lamellaphone-pro! He made this dual thumb piano using a screw-down grounding strip and a cook’s chopping block – plus, of course, the optional buzz texture add-on. Hmmm, I’m starting to see my terminal strips in a new light – ground bar chop block on Flickr Related: […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Dave turned a Wii Guitar Hero controller into a full-on MIDI device – From the time i started playing guitar hero this last Christmas (i know, i’m a little late to the party) I just couldn’t help but think what cool real instrument it would be. I saw the […]
Current_tv segment on Etsy Labs’ monthly Handmade Music nights. Homemade Music Makers [via] [Editor’s note – The music nights usually with MAKE, but for this one the entire NYC team was out of town at another event, so that’s why you didn’t see MAKE — our makers were there though! – it’s usually Create Digital […]
Scaling up from the usual MIDI-to-solenoid designs – the Tonefloat milk/music delivery team plays the bottles while mobile. Originally commissioned by Walk the Plank for the inaugural and very first Manchester Art Car Parade, the ‘People’s Prize’ winner >> tonefloat
All toy instruments should have MIDI jacks – The idea was to take a child’s toy xylophone and get the computer to play it. Now I know that the computer is capable of making noises electronically but it is much more interesting to watch an instrument being automatically played. I am sure you have all […]
Dug North sent word of this interesting weight-driven music box – “Andante Grazioso” (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / KV331) played by a “Mechanical Music Box in a Drawer” made from recycling materials found in electronic-waste, bulky trash and at home. That can must be somewhat thick in order achieve such a bell-like tone – an impressive […]
Jose Angel Olivares & Matthew Young’s Picture Me Rollin’ – using your suitcase to play music Picture Me Rollin’ is a manufactured surface designed to produce beats as roller luggage is pulled across. Tones are produced as the wheels of the roller luggage encounter different textures, and these tones will be arranged in a way […]
