Music

Weekend Project: Strung Out

Make a unique one-string, electric or bass guitar out of PVC and wood. Thanks go to Tom Zimmerman for the original article in MAKE, Volume 09. To download The Strung Out MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Strung Out article in MAKE, Volume 09 “Strung Out” and you can see […]

Pocket gramophones

I’ve always been fascinated by the pocket gramophones of the 20s and 30s. I discovered there’s a bunch of them on YouTube. The top one here is a Mikiphone, from 1926. The second one is a Peter Pan gramophone, from 1930. Some models of the Peter Pan even had a clock built into the carrying […]

Circuit face bending

Here’s a new twist on art, electricity, biology and music from Tokyo based dj Daito Manabe. His site is in Japanese and English, which helps a bunch. Redefining the existent media and technologies from unique angles, I have been active in the various fields, such as art, design, and even research and development. I produce […]

The banjo synthesizer

The banjo synthesizer

The Electric Peasant’s Banjo Processor takes the traditional instrument to sonic realms few have dared before, using a pitch-to-voltage converter along with a collection of bonus features – When The Peasant built the SynthCase project, a keyboard was not included, as playing one is not something that he has ever learned to do. However, The […]