Simon writes – This is a little music box I created using a HK828 voice recorder and playback IC. This one chip allows you to record and play back 30 to 60 seconds of audio (depending on the quality) with a minimum of components quite easily. I made a simple ‘A Team music box’ but […]
Some screws, a cardboard tube, and a half-pound of dry lentils and you’ve got yourself a Shamanic sound-maker. How to Make your very own Rainstick! More: DIY Rainstick
A maraca with built-in piezo mic played through delay-looper & pitch-shifter effects can make for some good sounds … but upgrade that shaker with mannequin-limb enclosure and you’re in for some stylistically enhanced neo-surrealist good sounds. [via GetLoFi]
Brooklyn musician Moldover shows his approach to converting a standard MIDI controller into something more suited to the fast-paced live loop manipulation – aka ‘controllerism‘. For a more in depth info on his hardware and software techniques be sure to check out Moldover’s Approach to Controllerism part 1 & part 2 [via Matrixsynth]
If you’ve used a Korg Kaossilator, you may have noticed the device’s 2-bar loop length can wear out a melodies welcome quite quickly. David Battino shares info on a simple hack which extends that length to a relatively luxurious 4 bars – If you power up the Kaossilator while holding down the Tap and Loop […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr user [fluxa] put an Arduino board to work outputting control voltage to a DIY SoundLab synthesizer. While the PC software has yet to be released, the Arduino code is pretty straightforward – using a pulse width modulated output through a simple resistor/capacitor filter. – CVAirSequencer Project on Flickr […]
Dorkbot Seattle recently played host the Catastrophic Cacophony Workshop: Josh Kopel, former co-organizer of MakePhilly, brings the maker challenge to Seattle. The theme is catastrophic cacophony and the challenge is to build the loudest, craziest, flashiest automated “musical” instrument ever. You will have to be able to step back and let your creation play by […]
