Music Control System
Set up a cheap wireless server for your song collection.
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.
Cloud controlled oscillators
Interesting siren-like drones from this experimental instrument – 6 oscillators being triggered by light sensors reacting to the movement of the clouds across the sun – followed by a composed 16 min soundscape where each of the 6 oscillators are fed through echo’s and reverbs. They seem to sound a little sad every time the […]
Turn your broken Rock Band kit around
If you are like most people who play “Rock Band” religiously, chances are you’ve broken your kit and are debating whether or not to toss it and buy a new one or call Harmonix and ask for a refund. This hack shows a rather complex, but do-able way to fix your ailing plastic musical life. […]
MAKE open source MP3 player (daisy) – getting started guide
I had some time this weekend to assemble my Daisy MP3 player kit. This amounted to 3 or 4 hours of soldering everything together, making a few mistakes, and working around some minor problems. Now I’m listening to the Make podcast on my first open source MP3 player, and I’m happy to say my feeble […]
HOW TO – Give Front Row a new theme
I’ve been toying around with my new iMac and so far my favorite new feature is Front Row, the simple movie theatre app that’s enabled on the newer IR remote equipped machines. You may have heard about a hack to enable Front Row on older Macs, but that’s not what this hack is about. I […]
Insanium abstract vocal synthesizer
Lorin Parker has created a unique vocal synthesizer using a microcontroller, basic principles of analog and digital synthesis and an integrated “Speakjet” chip. The source code is open source, and schematics, hardware plans and kits will be posted soon too – Link. [Link updated, thanks Sam! -cc]
Keyboard and MIDI keyboard all in one!
Under the wrist rest of this keyboard are 37 music keys for MIDI keyboard playing. For $44 it’s not a bad deal, but there aren’t any Mac/Linux drivers yet so I’m going to hold off for a bit – [via] Link.
