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.
Anonymous writes – I was real interested in music theory and how to computationally create something aurally pleasing. Though the square waves may not be aurally pleasing (for most), I was able to make a PIC-based organ that played random chord progressions. The resulting cardboard music box makes sings a pretty sweet tune – dig […]
This website has a lot of useful information on making a PVC flute. What makes this site unique is all the information on different pipe sizes and materials. There is even a link to software that will help you tune your finished flute. DIY PVC Flute Related: DIY: Pennywhistle in the key of D More […]
Steampunk artisan Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich (right) modded this awesome violin for Nathan Johnstone (left) of Abney Park. The faux vacuum tubes have LEDs inside and flash colors as the strings vibrate. The violin will premier at tonight’s Abney Park performance at Maker Faire, along with Culann’s Hounds, on the Main Music Stage (West Parking Lot).
We’re thrilled to have the well-known steampunk band Abney Park as part of the Saturday Night Steampunk Spectacular, a new evening program at this year’s Maker Faire. If you’re not familiar with the band, check out their website and media found there. Abney Park is not only a great band, they’re also makers, with some […]
From the Make: Flickr Pool: V2 of my Tape Delay Machine uses two walkman type tape players. One is a Realistic Stereo Mate and the other is a Memorex XB. Both players have a similar footprint, so I arranged them side by side and connected them together. A single tape loop runs through two modified […]
Monk, a commenter on a previous post, pointed out this clip of James Taylor performing with ‘Slap Leather’ with his drumming machine, Big Foot. Not the most elegant device, but effective – and perhaps not what you’d expect to accompany Mr. Taylor on stage. Related: Drum machine, unplugged
Students at Georgia Tech’s music technology and digital media groups have some new music performance work, including wireless computer keyboards worn as guitars for use with custom software for rockin’ out. Scott Driscoll writes: There was a multi-touch table with a variety of games and interactive movies, two Indian songs involving computers writing their own […]
