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.
Before the G1 was released and Android was only available via emulator, Jeffrey Sharkey reverse engineered DACP and created a really slick Android iTunes remote that functions just like the Remote app on the iPhone. The Digital Audio Control Protocol (DACP) was recently introduced by Apple, and is built into all recent iTunesâ„¢ versions. DACP […]
Turn two salad bowls into a spherical array, ball of sound with amazing results. Pick up MAKE Volume 11 for other great projects.
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PopSci posted a nice article and video covering the goings-on @ the last Handmade Music event – Last Thursday’s event had the air of an interactive science fair, and while some attendees sat in the corner drinking, chatting, and soaking in the sounds, most crowded around the projects for demonstrations and the chance to take […]
Groovypancakes posted this SX-150 hacked into total funtime awesomeness with touch contacts, “weird sound switch”, and the button mod we featured recently – Nice. And along with that comes the conveniently handy Atari Punk Console flashlight –
artrat801’s thorough SX-150 mod/conversion rehouses the analog synth kit as a desktop console along with a ‘sq-150’ homemade sequencer. Nicely done, those wood side panels that just seem to whisper “analog”, don’t they? [via Matrixsynth]
The Astra synthesizer from Not Breathing – 2 VCOs, 2 LFOs, VCF, noise source, ring modulator all built from salvaged parts the keyboard is from a gutted lowrey wandering genie keyboard. i recycled most of the capacitors in the unit from the genie and a dead tr606 […] i didn’t buy anything for this unit. […]
Who said patch bays were just for analog gear? … well someone at some point did, I think. Mike’s styling MIDI controller sports a re-reoutable panel full pots and photocells fed through a MidiTron board – The controls on the instrument include 20 assignable potentiometers (knobs), 5 assignable photocells (at varying resistance), and a patch-bay […]
