Anonymous writes – I was real interested in music theory and how to computationally create something aurally pleasing. Though the square waves may not be aurally pleasing (for most), I was able to make a PIC-based organ that played random chord progressions. The resulting cardboard music box makes sings a pretty sweet tune – dig […]
We’re thrilled to have the well-known steampunk band Abney Park as part of the Saturday Night Steampunk Spectacular, a new evening program at this year’s Maker Faire. If you’re not familiar with the band, check out their website and media found there. Abney Park is not only a great band, they’re also makers, with some […]
From the Make: Flickr Pool: V2 of my Tape Delay Machine uses two walkman type tape players. One is a Realistic Stereo Mate and the other is a Memorex XB. Both players have a similar footprint, so I arranged them side by side and connected them together. A single tape loop runs through two modified […]
Monk, a commenter on a previous post, pointed out this clip of James Taylor performing with ‘Slap Leather’ with his drumming machine, Big Foot. Not the most elegant device, but effective – and perhaps not what you’d expect to accompany Mr. Taylor on stage. Related: Drum machine, unplugged
Arman wrote us with a confession – I make strange things – music, movies, devices, pictures, software … I like Make. Fret not good sir, you are in good company! Though I have not seen many DIY multi-effects devices housed in such a way – In the summer of 2002, I constructed a stereo effects […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow – Holotone grafted a toy phone circuit to an old PC gaming joystick and added onboard speaker, touch contacts, photocell/LED control, pitch control and more! – thus the Tiny Optotouch is born. The joystick itself is just two potentiometers, so I use them as switchable pitch adjustment on […]
The hills of Bay Area Maker Faire shall be alive with a whole lotta music. Make sure to bring your feet for tappin’ because the Tarantulas will be in attendance! – The jug band tradition emerged from Kentucky and Tennessee in the early 20th Century when poor but creative individuals built their own instruments from […]
