Made On Earth — These Kids and their Trashy Music
“A real violin is worth more than a house” in the slums of Cateura, Paraguay, according to local music teacher Favio Chávez.
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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.
RFID-Based Music Sequencer
Mike Cook, whose Junk Box Monome project has appeared on MAKE before, has created a new and cool project: an Arduino-based physical music sequencer.
Topaz & Arrow Event Video
Last month I told you about Topaz & Arrow’s inaugural event, which looked like a smash hit. For those of us who couldn’t attend, here is a lovely video by filmmaker Raul Zahir De Leon of the gorgeous space and incredible handmade moments that were being created throughout.
Robot-Assisted Xylophone
The makers of MakeBlock, a very cool and sophisticated extruded aluminum building set, are showing off their stuff with this fantastic xylophone-playing robot controlled by an Arduino. MakeBlock, as you can see from the photo, is very beautiful (love the blue anodization!) and it’s extremely well thought out. They’re a startup located in Shenzhen, China. […]
Fender Jazzmaster-Style Guitar, Built from Scratch
This gorgeous homemade electric guitar, modeled after the Fender Jazzmaster, was made from a 2″ slab of alder wood. From there, the maker planed, jigsawed, wired, sanded, sealed, primed, lacquered, buffed, and copper shielded their way to the finished pale green guitar, which is quite handsome. After going through the whole painstaking process, the maker comments at the end: “Whew…. I kind of want to build another…. Am I a sadist?”
Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Cover 3D-Printed
Anna Kaziunas France, of Global Fab Academy, prints out a 3D model of the iconic Joy Division album cover art for Unknown Pleasures. Did you know it’s a radio waveform from the first pulsar ever discovered? And that it was lifted directly from an astronomy encyclopedia?
“Being John Makervich” and Musical Chess at Maker Faire Seoul
Preview of great projects showing at this weekend’s second annual Maker Faire Seoul.
