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.
If you’ve been following the mightyOhm’s series on building a WiFi radio, you’ll enjoy these pictures of the finished radio cabinet. He’s going to showing off the finished project at Maker Faire, so if you get a chance, stop by Expo Hall Booth 166 and check it out. Sneak peak at my finished Wifi Radio […]
Chris pushed the ‘optical theremin’ idea to the next level using 6 photocells, each controlling their own oscillator – Don’t worry, It’s meant it go dark in the middle! Here’s something fairly obvious to try with a hex schmitt trigger inverter chip. Wire up all six sections as optical theremins with 3 in each channel […]
[warning: volume spike around 1m35s] After running into some trouble assembling a Gorf sequencer kit, Larsby decided to design his own – I wanted a bigger display, so that I could fiddle around with different setups and functions. I wanted rotary encoders (endless) so that I would need fewer then 1 per step. I wanted […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Wow – Gomhi made these incredible little speakers out of actual eggshells! – Handcraft loudspeakers using chicken eggshell as cabinet. They sound narrow, but I’m pleased about the result. Driver unit is Hi-Vi B1S. (I’ll kindly omit the usual “egg” puns) I’d imagine cutting the shell so neatly would be […]
Flickr member Segwaymonkey got the new Spikenzielabs’ SpikenzieLabs Drum Kit-Kit and was inspired to create a set of laser-cut pads for it. Sweet. I love the engineering of the vibration-dampening “springs.” The Drum Kit Kit Laser Cut Rig
At last year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, Nathan Johnstone of Abney Park debuted a violin at the Saturday night show modded by artisan (and MAKE contributor) Molly Friedrich. Later in the year, at the Steampowered convention, Nathan debuted the Von Slatt Strat, a guitar modded by MAKE, Volume 17 cover maker Jake von Slatt. This […]
This week’s flashback installation comes from lucky MAKE Volume 13: the R-Tronic 8-Bit Toy Music Sequencer by Brian McNamara. Phil Torrone originally blogged this sequencer about 2 years ago. He had seen it on Etsy, made by seller RareBeasts (Brian’s shop). Brian shared this how-to with us about a year later in Volume 13. As […]
