Ocarina from soda can
Ranjit made a one-minute tutorial on turning a diet coke can into an ocarina – the “Diet Cocarina.” Doesn’t sound great, but hey, it’s a start!
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.
Making Austin Weird: Robotic Drummer
From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Craig Newswanger’s HyperLumaMidiMagnaTronic robot drum set seems like a human drummer. Except, it can play with perfect timing and doesn’t need bathroom breaks: Afterwards, learn how […]
Gameboy theremin will space out your Donkey Kong tracks
This 4 Oscillator Opto-Theremin is built into a standard Nintendo Gameboy using a Quad 4093 Schmitt Trigger IC, 4 1uf electrolytic caps, 4 Photo-Resistors in the 140k Ohm Range, and 4 Diodes. Check out the rather small video on the link below to see it in action and listen to the effect it produces. Pretty […]
Play guitar with your tube lights
The “Optron” is a flickering noise making device that consists of a flourescent tube light plugged into an array of effects pedals so that it can play like a radioactive guitar. Watch the video to get the full effect of this beast. via Pink Tentacle
Dynamic music via mental control
The gentleman in the above may at first appear to be wearing earmuffs while staring in disgust at a digital jukebox – but he’s not. He’s demonstrating Musinaut’s MXP4 dynamic audio format and providing biofeedback via software monitored brainwave behavior. The interface is by Neurosky, a company that made news with their proprietary neural sensor […]
Kaossilator for MIDI control
Here’sa blunt but effective way to get the Korg Kaossilator to speak serially – use an audio->MIDI converter – Finally, thanks to internet, I found a Pure data patch to convert the kaossilator to midi data ! So I have now a kaossilator, and an XY midi touch pad for the price of a single […]
Casio SK-1 rail-contact roundabout bend-a-roo
Wow, Gijs’ mechanical circuit-bent Casio is starting to resemble an amusement park ride. Nice use of a motor/drag contact for sound, and apparently this instrument does more than just that – It has also got a video out, The video out is basically just the signals from the patch bay going throe a 1k resistor […]
