Discouraged by high prices and limited availability, Kentaro knew his chance at owning one of the much-sought-after Tenori-On electronic instruments were slim-to-none. Undaunted by those obstacles he created his own version – free of those extraneous LEDs, function buttons, chips, and well … electronics in general. Hey – everybody loves the feel of popping bubble […]
Tyler at Oddstrument built this neat working paper train whistle model (pdf), designed by Rob Ives of Flying Pig.
There’s still time to vote for your favorite garden instrument over on Oddstrument.com. There are some really creative entries!
Make pal Mad Maxine sent me this video of musician T.J. Hill playing his electric musical saw – a 26″ Stanley hand saw with a contact mic, run through his guitar effects and amped to 11, I believe.
A bunch of cool MIDI projects have shown up in our photo pool of late, time to catch up on the goings-on – Recotana posted this new controller design sporting an ATMEGA16 and transparent case. – USB MIDI controller trial make D.St-Amand is currently working on this sleek and compact controller design – the board’s […]
Create Digital Music’s Michael Una posted a nice roundup of Arduino sound synth projects, including Octopusss circuit bend seen above and even one from myself :) There’s definitely a lot of interest interest in this area of Arduino dev, which makes sense considering the platform was developed with artists in mind. I’m sure we’ll be […]
As an homage to Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein axe, Connecticut electro-percussionist Steve Lovelace created this kit of impressive visual loudness – OK folks… Here it is, in all its ’80s glory: the 6-sided Red Rig. Made to mimic the look of the vintage drum pads, it’s made of 100% PVC pipe and copper pad fittings. […]
