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.
Here’s a unique circuit for guitar effects builders. It uses readily available SIP sockets to allow easy transistor swapping. Experiment with different values for a personalized sound – and change it up on a whim. You can also recreate a bunch of popular pre-existing fuzz distortions with it: Some of the fuzzes you can make […]
Finally found a use for the NY Times from Lily on Vimeo. Ever wondered how HTML and image data would sound as beat samples?Bill writes: I’ve written a Firefox addon that makes it possible for a monome or arduino to interact with your browser. The url below is a video of me “playing” the raw […]
Check out the great gallery of projects that used this MIDI controller kit – Pocket Electronic (abbreviation: “PE” in the following) is an universal electronics DIY kit to built your own MIDI control box. Up to 16 controlling elements can be connected to PE transmitting 16 different MIDI messages on different (or even the same) […]
Here’s a preview of a custom built musical instrument by Espen Sommer Eide, artist and member of Alog and Phonophani. The SlÃ¥ttberg will premiere at the Borealis Festival for contemporary music Bergen, Norway late february 2008 – Link.
Mark writes – Here’s an electric bass created using 1 broken bass string, 1 piezo transducer, part of a cheap wooden easel leg, and 2 metal rods from a bookshelf. DIY Electric stick bass – Link. Related: SensorBib upright bass augmentation – Link. Weird bass guitars – Link. HOW TO- Make a Guitar/Bass Pickup – […]
From the MAKE Flickr Pool: OverWired designed and built this PC-based jukebox using arcade button switches and a KeyWiz keyboard controller. More KeyWiz info from RetroBlast: The KeyWiz Max 1.5, by Groovy Game Gear, is a PS/2 keyboard encoder for MAME controller applications. It’s a compact 32-input encoder unit, with a “Shazaaam!” shift function to […]
Synth designer Ray Wilson is now selling kits for his “Weird Sound Generator Reborn” standalone instrument module. It’s a quick build and makes for some very cool noises. There’s even professional-grade front panels available for use on the enclosure. Ray’s site is a great resource for learning about synthesizers and electronics in general. His circuits […]
