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.
Tomorrow marks the first ever Maker Music event, hosted by the folks that put on the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire. It will be an evening of epic proportions, with demonstrations and musical performances going on until late in the evening.
Moritz Simon Geist has made a physical version of the famed TR-808 drum machine.
Cool rotary optical beat sequencer, based on a record turntable, from French media artists Jesse Lucas, Erwan Raguenes and YRO. It’s called “Dyskograf.”
Mark Crosbie’s cool Lego drum sequencer scans a “card” of bricks to form the beat.
Dodecaudion is a gesture-based, spatial interface that allows performers to create music by moving hands or other body parts around the 12-sided structure.
Who DOESN’T want to yell this message to every young lady out there. Well, the talent and brains behind Emotistyle, Molly Austin and Shamikah Martinez, provide the lecture for us in the most humorous and catchy way…with an original song/rap/music video. Thank you, ladies for encouraging creativity over the “Sexy ____” costume so many girls go for.
Iain Sharp built a single-board, open source modular synth packing some pretty cool features: The LushOne kit is designed to provide the core functions of a modular synthesizer in a low-cost single board design. The LushOne can be controlled from a MIDI keyboard or PC interface to allow you to play the instrument with equipment […]
