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.
Mads sent us info on this project which derives beat sequencing data from barcodes – It questions whether barcodes can contain musical qualities and be used as a media of sound and rhythm. It is intriguing to see everyday items, like milk, transform into sound. The user uses a standard barcode scanner to scan a […]
A variety of cool handmade synths and more can be found over @ Kingofcapitolpunishment.com. Bunches of different knobs, cases and unique paint jobs – creative design inspiration + sound samples. Related: Squarecave – homegrown synth design In the Maker store: Loud Objects Noise Toy Kit
This project by artist Greg Chatonsky generates sound from vibration sensors placed on the exterior of a defective computer hard disk. The amount of vibration is picked up and changed to sound in real-time though a program written in Pure Data on the PC. The sounds (at the link below) are pretty amazing considering their […]
Matt Gilbert’s speech synthesizer let’s you recreate vocalsounds via touch interface – Rather than typing or otherwise encoding text, the way you control speech with this synth is by imitating the shape made by a throat when speaking. When you lay your hand onto the controller, the tips of your fingers correspond to your mouth […]
Starting a band and writing an album’s worth of songs with your own MIDI control scheme is cool. Using video game controllers as your interface is very cool. Doing all that with a fresh style that people can actually get into – that’s pretty much unheard of! The San Francisco Guardian describes them – Like […]
Thomas will be showing off (and playing) the electronic drum @ Maker Faire, he writes… A guitar string is suspended above four strips of aluminum tape. When struck with a drum stick, the string touches the aluminum tape, closing an electric circuit that triggers an electronic drum. Foam covering the PVC pipe softens the blow […]
Another nice NES hack that turns the old cartridges and controller into a portable MP3 player / boombox to take on the road. NES Controller MP3 Player Sports Functional Cartridge Speaker [via]
