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.
Maker Iwan Roberts reconditioned this pair of headphones using coconut husks and some twine as a gift for a friend. They’re perfect for listening to a MAKE Podcast and rugged enough to bring along on the occasional three hour tour.
After last week’s Teach Your Family to Solder announcement, I couldn’t help but think of this cool little project as perfect soldering practice. The Rock ‘N’ Roll Speakers first appeared on the pages of our sister publication CRAFT in Volume 07 as a sneak peek excerpt from one of our books, Fashioning Technology by Syuzi […]
Simon Kirby sends word of a hot new group destined for stardom and driven by solenoids. Ladies & gents, put your hands together for – Cybraphon! […] a robotic orchestra in a large display cabinet, inspired by 19th century automata. The unusual feature of Cybraphon is that it is emotional. It’s mood is shaped by […]
This is a fun little amp that is easy to solder and was designed to fit into almost any box. I stuffed mine into the same box that was used for shipping it to my house! Solder it up, pick a box, and plug it in! More about the Box amplifier kit
Planetone shares plans to build the Morphatron, a big ol’ analog vocoder and formidable soldering project – I designed it from scratch, although I did investigate as many vocoder schematics I could get my hands on. I focused on using easily obtainable components that are inexpensive, and I tried to keep the circuit as simple […]
Cymatics.org offers a nice gallery of images and video from their experiments with vibrating fluids. Their test setup using a vacuum-formed speaker inlay + custom lighting rig produces some excellent eye candy. Pics + discussion of their process can be found on the site. More: Seeing sound waves From the pages of MAKE: Chladni Plate […]
Like tiny pixel synths made real, Beem Music shares pics of these super cute Lego synthstruments inspired by the previous paper versions. More to enjoy in the Flickr photoset.
