The trees are alive with the sound of music
Diego Stocco made this short composition Music From A Bonsai by tapping, rustling, and bowing various parts of a Bonsai tree.
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.
How-To: Sound-dependant light-up Moog theremin hack
Joe Saavedra hacked his Moog Etherwave Theremin kit with sound-sensitive RGBs and a custom acrylic top he designed and laser-cut. This DIY project basically has it all: Arduino, music, LEDs, and a laser cutter. What’s not to love? A few more pictures after the jump. See all the pictures at Joe’s Flickr set.
512 buttons of monome
Backlit-button-lovers of the world – behold the most massive monome yet. The “512” is a super limited production run from pro-maker Brian Crabtree’s Catskill,NY based workshop, and sports the meticulous build quality typical to the monome brand. Check out more pics from his manufacturing process over @ monome.org. And for those still wondering what the […]
Homebrew — My Servoelectric Guitar
Inspired by living near the birthplace of Les Paul, I decided to come up with a variation on this iconic instrument.
Seriously Heavy Metal
Guitars are cool, but there’s a whole other way to make heavy music.
Analog Tape Glove
This fantastic Analog Tape Glove installation from makers SignaltoNoise really blurs the line between performance and art. I’m curious to know if there’s a Laurie Anderson sample in there somewhere. [via Core77]
Music video animated using dice as pixels
A commenter on this morning’s letterpress dice printing post pointed me to this amazing video for British band Fujiya & Miyagi’s song “Ankle Injuries,” which is, apparently, animated from still photographs in which each individual frame has been built as a mosaic from a field of variously-colored and -rotated dice. [Thanks, Jeffrey!] More: Open source […]
