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.
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Tremble at the feet of Rusty Sheriff’s mighty “555 astable tone generator with tuned keys” – sporting a big ol’ 8″ woofer and a laser-cut case. No performance samples to be found but the name/design alone is satisfying enough – Rusty Growler Please, share pics of your awesome works in […]
Game programmer Jack Kern took time out from coding pixels and turned his house into a holiday color organ using Processing – This is my first attempt at a computer controlled light show for our Christmas lights. Everything was DIY including the software which I wrote in Processing (processing.org). Simple wiring using parallel port output […]
”Colony” is an interactive, multi-player performance art project by Australian artist Troy Innocent. The project employs a freely downloadable iPhone app (“Colony” from the App Store) that allows up to 30 people to contribute to a shared sound environment by playing a number of networked totems in the physical location. Visitors without iPhones can also […]
”Colony” is an interactive, multi-player performance art project by Australian artist Troy Innocent. The project employs a freely downloadable iPhone app (“Colony” from the App Store) that allows up to 30 people to contribute to a shared sound environment by playing a number of networked totems in the physical location. Visitors without iPhones can also […]
David of Boing Boing points out this beast of an effect built by Chris Carter of the pioneering industrial group Throbbing Gristle. Originally built from a Practical Electronics article which can now be found in PDF form courstesy of Cloned Analog Gear – quite sweet … errr savory! – Chris Carter’s original GRISTLEIZER
Brad sends this about his son’s gift project: For Christmas this year, Lucas made his grandmom a battery powered amp for her guitar. This was a big project – first time with a soldering iron. Worked out well with only one minor burn. He did 80% of the soldering and drilled all the holes for […]
Circuit Ben warps some holiday standards with his Casio KS303. [via Synthtopia]
