Frankenstein, an all-tube home theater system
What could be better than a tube amplifier? How about an entire surround sound system built out of tubes!
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.
Monome clone using arcade buttons
Travis Chen wrote in to let us know he just finished making his own Monome clone using full-sized arcade buttons. Each of the 64 hand wired Happ arcade buttons is lit with a super bright green LED.
DIY guitar looper
Here’s how to make a little pedal for electric guitar. The idea is to connect the Arduino pedals, and using software to control sound processing, we made ourselves with Pure Data. Here I show you an example of a looper, but it can also be a rack of effects without problem.
Bassline generator prototype
4ms shows off the proto for their upcoming bassline module, part of the “Andromeda Space Rockers” series – The Autonomous Bassline Generator creates deterministic bassline patterns in a sci-fi retro sound by generating melodies on the fly, based on a knob. It’s just an AVR (attiny44) chip doing all the work, plus an opamp to […]
Heavily bent mini-keyboard looks & sounds quite nice
Tanner of Noystoise demos a rather sweet little synth he’s housed inside of what appears to be an alarm clock’s former enclosure – mini keyboard heavily modified to make synthesizer sounds. frequency divider triggers an envelope generator that modulates the vcf with resonance at 1/256? of the vco. the vco is divided in 1/2, 1/4, […]
Re-make: Tie with hidden iPod stash
Look, just because I have a pink Nano doesn’t mean I’m some kind of a…pink necktie wearer! Oh wait, NM: It’s British. And the company’s name is Pink–Thomas Pink, of London. Pink gets €55 for one online, which is like more money than there is in all of America right now, but if you are crafty or have a crafty friend it should be a fairly simple sew job.
Enter the Laser Cave
Beyond having what may be the greatest name ever, Suryummy’s projection-mapped Laser Cave installation is overflowing with cool! [via Create Digital Motion]
