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April 2, 2006
Making an Organum Mathematicum
Jim writes - "Here's a description of my project to resurrect part of the "Organum Mathematicum," a 17th century device intended to be used by non-musicians to compose church music (among other, more important functions)." - Link.
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Apr 2, 2006 01:16 PM
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HOW TO - Make a homemade pop filter
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Ihorner made a pop filter for audio recording, he writes - "I put this together from garden supports, and support hose. Total cost, $2.00 and I have enough material left over for 2 more. " - Link.
Related:
HOW TO Make Your Own $6 Microphone Pop-Filter - Link.
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Apr 2, 2006 07:47 AM
DIY Projects, Music, Podcasting |
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March 31, 2006
Synth module of the month
Here's an interesting idea, a synth module a month to build your own modular synthesizers - "You begin your plan by purchasing the "ENTRY-22-1" on the order form for $120. The next month, order the second installment of $120 and we'll begin building your cabinet/Power Supply/Cable Harness and ship them to you. This normally takes 2-3 weeks. Each month thereafter you will receive the items listed in the plan above once your payment is received. Each module is calibrated and tested, ready to install into your system. It only takes a screwdriver." [via] - Link.
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Mar 31, 2006 01:07 PM
DIY Projects, Kits, Music |
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March 30, 2006
Weird DIY Instruments - Les Luthiers
Sonoradar writes - "Les Luthiers are a comic musical ensemble from Argentina. They fashion their own instruments -DIY style- from everyday objects, they call them "Informal Instruments". Some of their inventions are a little wacky, how about a violin made from a ham can, or a bass made from a barrel. This site is in spanish, but just looking at the pictures can give you some fresh ideas. BTW when they perform, they are HILARIOUS." - Link.
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Mar 30, 2006 11:12 PM
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March 29, 2006
Texas Instruments Speak and Math Geetar Mod
Get LoFi has a h0t circuit bend - "This revolutionary Texas Instruments Speak and Math Geetar Mod is sure to turn heads after you strap it on and let the glitches rip Jimi Hendrix slylee. I would suggest that the builder used 1x1 inch for the case and PVC for the neck. Of course the instrument is spray painted mate black to go with the S&M theme." - Link.
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Mar 29, 2006 10:04 PM
Electronics, Music |
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HOW TO - Make your sound sing with Vocoders
The O'Reilly Digital Media Center has a fun how to on making Cylon-y sounding voices - "You've heard their smoothly sexy yet alien voices. Vocoders are devices that make ordinary sounds sing or speak recognizable words. In this hands-on tutorial, Jim Aikin explains how vocoders perform their magic and how to set up your own software vocoder, and shares some unexpectedly cool uses for vocoding." - Link. The sound samples are great!
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Mar 29, 2006 09:58 PM
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HOW TO - Make a DIY mic windscreen (Zeppelin) on the cheap
At a recent conference I met Joel Greenberg and saw that he made a great homemade windscreen, I asked him to cook up a how to, and he did! - this fuzzy project can cut wind noise for a fraction of the price of professional models. - Link.
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Mar 29, 2006 10:55 AM
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March 28, 2006
Artist makes fabric with voice
That's a nice dress you have, why thank you, I sung it myself! - "An Australian digital artist is using his voice to design textiles. Pierre Proske has developed computer software that translates different frequencies in someone's voice into spiral patterns, producing what he calls 'voiceprints'." - Link.
Related:
DigitalStar - Link.
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Mar 28, 2006 06:50 AM
Arts, Music |
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Wet playing of reel tapes
Susan writes - "Marie O'Connell writes a guest-article on Richard Hess's blog about audio tape restoration. O'Connell's piece is mind-blowing for its ingenuity. She solved the problem of Sticky Shed Syndrome with an IV bag, tubing, piano felt, windshield wipers, and a tape deck... oh, and of course, isopropyl alcohol." - Link.
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Mar 28, 2006 03:41 AM
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March 27, 2006
HOW TO - Satellite Radio on your mobile device
Wired has an article about some Makers who got tired of waiting for satellite radio to get to their phones / mobile devices, so they did it themselves - "Fans of U.S. satellite radio have been waiting eagerly for nearly a year to get XM or Sirius onto their cell phones. But as the two satellite radio providers carefully ponder their mobile strategies and chew over business plans, a small group of technically savvy devotees are taking matters into their own hands." - Link.
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Mar 27, 2006 02:44 AM
Cellphones, DIY Projects, Music, Wireless |
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March 26, 2006
NINJAM - Novel intervallic network jamming architecture for music
But wait, there's more! More music collaboration over the web! Tyler says - "NINJAM is a program to allow people to make real music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking. NINJAM is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac OS X and Windows." - Link.
Related:
- eJamming - Play music with others, real time, from around the world - Link.
- NINJAM in Toolbox. The best tools, software, gadgets, books, magazines, and websites. MAKE 05 - Page 177.
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Mar 26, 2006 09:56 PM
Computers, Music, Online |
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eJamming - Play music with others, real time, from around the world
This looks like a lot of fun! - " Just plug any digital instrument - a MIDI-enabled keyboard, a MIDI-enabled guitar or MIDI-enabled bass, MIDI-enabled drums, or a MIDI-enabled wind-controller -- into your PC or Mac computer, fire up the eJamming Station and we're connecting you over the Internet to a whole world of musicians across town - or across the ocean. In Sync. In Real Time. Or in as close to real time as the laws of physics allow. " [via] - Link.
The site has a free trial for Macs and PCs. Set this up, get people to play music, send to shoutcast, pump in to a virtual music club, distributed musicians and audience!
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Mar 26, 2006 07:38 PM
Computers, Music |
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HOW TO - Make cheap and easy guitar pickups from junk
Lennyb writes - "here is a little tutorial about improvised guitar pickups made from easy to find junk" - Link.
Related: Other guitar projects - Link.
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Mar 26, 2006 06:33 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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March 22, 2006
Tracker for Nintendo DS, DS homebrew music roundup
Peter writes - "Boy, what a day: Metroid Hunters, AND a vintage-style Tracker sequencer / sample player / sampler music app for DS. NitroTrack runs via most homebrew hardware solutions for the Nintendo DS, and takes advantage of the DS' unique features: tracker interfaces, normally a pain to use, become a joy with a stylus inferface, dual screens make editing easier (you can even rotate views between them), and you can even sample with the mic." - Link.
Related:
How to run code on the Nintendo DS - Link.
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Mar 22, 2006 10:19 PM
DIY Projects, Gaming, Music |
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Cylinder preservation and digitization project
Listen to recordings from the early 1900's - "Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. They have long held the fascination of collectors and have presented challenges for playback and preservation by archives and collectors alike. With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the UCSB Libraries have created a digital collection of over 6,000 cylinder recordings held by the Department of Special Collections. In an effort to bring these recordings to a wider audience, they can be freely downloaded or streamed online." - [via] NYT & Link.
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Mar 22, 2006 07:15 PM
Music, Retro |
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HOW TO - Make a drumhead decal
Courtney writes - "I needed to make a two color decal for one of the drummers in my band. The best way to layer two different colors of vinyl is to use a light table. I don't have a light table, but I do have a glass-topped picnic table in my back yard. Here is a step by step tutorial that shows how I did it." - Instructable & blog.
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Mar 22, 2006 03:24 AM
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March 21, 2006
BENT 2006 Circuit Bending Festival
Mike writes - "I thought possibly you would want to know about the BENT 2006 Circuit Bending Festival coming up in mid April here in NYC. Circuit Benders will be coming in from all over the world to teach cool (and free) workshops on hacking toys and circuits, installing big weird art installations, and playing really great concerts at night. It will be strange and wonderful and seemed like something your audience might want to be aware of." - Link.
If any Makers out there are planning to go, let me know - we're looking for someone to cover this for us.
Related:
Circuit Bending. Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start playing some of the strangest sounds you've ever heard. MAKE 04 - Page 88.
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Mar 21, 2006 08:59 AM
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Build your own copyright infringer machine
Peter writes - "Handy with software and want to break some international copyright laws? Remix music with tiny fragments of copyrighted material. A new project (sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ!) that uses audio input to trigger remixed, sliced samples (so you can beatbox in sounds) will soon release GPLed C++, Python, and Pd code. If that sounds too tricky, a previous project called Recycle TV included an open-sourced patch for the graphical multimedia environment Max/MSP -- no coding required. Of course, this isn't limited to hacking apart old MC Hammer videos: the real trend here is DIY software that intelligently remixes live audio, and using unusual interfaces for control (like your voice)." [via] - Link & ways to do this yourself - Link.
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Mar 21, 2006 01:51 AM
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March 19, 2006
Homemade Steinberger "clone" (travel) Guitar
Bill writes - "Cigar box guitars are OK, I guess, but if you want a REAL guitar, and you want it to be portable, there's nothing like a travel guitar with real frets and six strings. Here is an article on modifying a "cheap" garage sale electric solid body guitar into a travel guitar, with additional info on DIY guitar setup, and some sources for guitar parts." - Link.
Related:
- Cigar Box Guitar by Ed Vogel. Build and play this sweet-sounding 3-string instrument in an afternoon. MAKE 04 - Page 76.
- More cigar box guitar projects - Link.
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Mar 19, 2006 12:07 PM
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March 18, 2006
Circuit bending is easy
Jeff writes - "I did my first circuit bending today thanks to Make vol. 04. Used a Staples "Easy Button." The results aren't too exciting, but I think you'll like the glitchy, ambient song I made from the sounds." - Link.
Related:
- Circuit Bending by Sabastian Boaz, Cristiana Yambo. Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start playing some of the strangest sounds you've ever heard. MAKE 04 - Page 88.
- More circuit bending - Link.
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Mar 18, 2006 07:48 PM
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