Video from day 1 @ BENT
Video highlights from BENT NYC 2008, day one. Furby Youth Choir Loud Objects Phil Stearns
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.
MAKE @ BENT NYC 2008
MAKE is @ BENT NYC 2008, if you’re in the NYC area pop by 87 Lafayette! We have a lot of MAKE stuff here at a discount AND there are a TON of great musical acts all weekend! Concert 1 – Thu, Apr 24, 6:00 PM 6:30 Dr. Bleep (Austin) 7:00 Furby Youth Choir (Austin) […]
The magical toolbox of effects
Arman wrote us with a confession – I make strange things – music, movies, devices, pictures, software … I like Make. Fret not good sir, you are in good company! Though I have not seen many DIY multi-effects devices housed in such a way – In the summer of 2002, I constructed a stereo effects […]
DIY: Pizza box scratch pad for DJ’s
I’m not too sure how I feel about the greasy pizza box, but I give 10 points for ingenuity. This is a great input device for any application that allows you to virtually scrub audio or video, and it can be built in only a few minutes. Make a Pizza box scratch pad
AutoGuitarHero – HOW TO – Cheat at Guitar hero, the maker way
Michael wins the best Guitar hero hack of all time! He created a circuit that takes in composite video, performs signal processing, and then correctly “hits†buttons on the guitar hero controller based upon what’s on the screen – AutoGuitarHero via Bunnie. What is the story? “I knew the only way I was going to […]
Tiny optotouch
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow – Holotone grafted a toy phone circuit to an old PC gaming joystick and added onboard speaker, touch contacts, photocell/LED control, pitch control and more! – thus the Tiny Optotouch is born. The joystick itself is just two potentiometers, so I use them as switchable pitch adjustment on […]
Tarantulas jug band @ Maker Faire
The hills of Bay Area Maker Faire shall be alive with a whole lotta music. Make sure to bring your feet for tappin’ because the Tarantulas will be in attendance! – The jug band tradition emerged from Kentucky and Tennessee in the early 20th Century when poor but creative individuals built their own instruments from […]
