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 Member Xelent turned a tape recorder alarm clock into a 5 second loop machine. (ok, 4.9 to be exact) Check out the sound sample on Flickr – LoFi Looping Tape Machine Mmmm, analog-y! Member Xelent tuned a tape recorder alarm clock into a 5 seconb loop machine. (ok 4.9 […]
Michael writes – Hey Makers! I’ve been busy building my very own MIDI-controlled Drumbot using the HighlyLiquid MIDI decoder kit. I’m going to be conducting a workshop detailing how to build and implement the kit on Friday, May 2 as part of BENT festival Minneapolis. Free kits will be given to workshop participants, limited to […]
MIDI Control by Peter Kirn. Music equipment language isn’t just for audio anymore. Page 158 – MAKE 7. Read this article now in the MAKE digital edition. Or get MAKE 07 as part of The Second Year from the Maker store and/or subscribe to MAKE (use code CMAKE for $5 off USD). You can view […]
Jim writes – Why write a music program for the internal speaker when the speaker sounds so terrible? Because the journey is more important than the destination. Ultimately, I wrote it to teach myself OOP techniques, and simply to see if it could be done. Along the way I felt that I learned what it […]
Gijs made this really nice synthesizer that sounds great. Make sure to check out the website, because it has a lot of photos, videos and MP3’s of the synth in action. It started out as a experiment to make a DSP with a atmel using the arduino language.. But the sound quality was kind of […]
I found this really interesting hacked synth made by “sonofcastille” on YouTube. Unfortunately I don’t know much more about it, or the maker. If anyone has more information, post it in the comments and I will update the entry. Update: James from Retro Thing said they are made by Mike Ford. You can find more […]
Ubi de feo points out this interesting musical interface – the reactogon . . . er, “reacTogon” to be specific. Arpeggio notes are determined through the relationship of individual tiles placed across the surface, each tiles symbol determining note behavior. The device seems to be a variation on the ReacTable but structured in a tile […]
