Music

Chladni plate singing

Meara O’Reilly, who works on magazine projects in MAKE Labs, is also a talented sound and visual artist. She’s just completed a short video, with her friend Lisa Foti-Straus, of the Chladni music she’s been working on. She built her Chladni (CLOD-knee) plate after working on the Chladni article in MAKE, Volume 16. She’s been […]

Theremin plants?

… well it’s certainly some sort of touch-sensitive plantlife with audio feedback. The above seen glimpses were recorded at the Theremin Sensors Orchestra workshop in Munich where capacitive sensors are used with non-traditional objects and later incorporated into group performance. [via Create Digital Music]

Steve’s cigar box build notes

Steve’s cigar box build notes

MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink has posted the details on the building of his recent cigar box guitar. Cigar Box Guitar Speaking of cigar boxes, check out this cool cigar box amp posted (sadly, with no additional info) on Cigar Box Nation (via Dinosaurs and Robots). More: See all of the cigar box projects on Make: […]

Weekend Project: Mooftronic Mini Synth

Make some crazy sounds from a teensy-tiny musical instrument. Thanks go to Brian McNamara for the original article in MAKE, Volume 15. To download The Mooftronic Mini Synth MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Mooftronic Mini Synth article in MAKE, Volume 15. and you can see that in our Digital […]