IKEA Hack Music Visualizer Table
An ordinary IKEA table becomes the center of attention when it’s turned into a music visualizer!
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.
CD Case Audio Player
Dmitry Grinberg, like many people reading this, needed a holiday card. Many people would settle for something normal printed on cardboard, or even a “fancy” card with an audio chip embedded in it. This wasn’t good enough for Dmitry, and he instead decided to construct his own “card”, using a CD jewel case as the […]
Sleep-Wake Disorder Synthesizer: Turning Weather into Sound
Quintron’s new project turns weather into sound using an all analog synthesizer setup, and is streaming 24/7 over the Internet.
3D Printable Death Star Shaped Speaker Enclosures
Rich Olson at nothinglabs has released a very cool parametric speaker enclosure on to Thingaverse. You can load up the page, set the right specifications for the driver of your choice, and print a Death Star shaped enclosure of your very own. These look absolutely fantastic, and according to Rich, sound fantastic if you find […]
10 Gifts You Can Make From Your Vinyl Record Collection
Needing a last minute gift? Have some vinyl records laying around? Here are some neat ideas for things you can make at home!
Punks and Makers
The punk rock revolution democratized the tools of production in a way that is now echoed in everything from desktop manufacturing to crowdfunding.
A Sound-Reactive RGB LED Bookshelf
What can a guy that has a 5000-volume library complete with a 1930’s era pipe organ (see around 2:20 in the video below) do to enhance his reading space? I’m not sure what my answer would be, but for Craig Landrum, the answer was to build a sound-reactive shelving unit. Not only does it react […]
