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March 17, 2006
HOW TO - Make a waterproof mp3 player & headphones
Radiorental writes - "Altoids tin mp3 player inside a waterproof latex bag, in a neoprene bag, on a velro wrap, connected to earphones covered in a light silicone layer. phew." - Link.
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Mar 17, 2006 10:31 PM
DIY Projects, Music, Portable Audio and Video |
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Mini Sound Lab
Fred writes "Turn an old Radiola Videopac into a Mini Sound Lab..." Link.
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Mar 17, 2006 02:12 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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The Melloman - DIY Mellotron using 13 old Walkmans!
Michael writes - "This is my interpretation of the Mellotron, a classic instrument invented in the 1960s. It was one of the first sample players, and was used by The Beatles, and countless psychedelic and prog bands. The Mellotron played strips of tape to emulate flutes, strings, choirs, orchestras, etc. The flutes at the beginning of Strawberry Fields are a good example of the Mellotron.
My version, The Melloman, uses Walkmans and cassette tapes to play original Mellotron samples, or whatever cassette tapes you want to put in. Inside the box, there are 14 continuously running Walkmans mounted side by side. The first Walkman is designated for drums, and the next 13 provide sampled loops for 25 notes. - Link.
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Mar 17, 2006 12:50 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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Boombox Tablet PC (with video)
This project has been around for a bit, but I'm seeing more cheap Tablet PC's on eBay - so here is some inspiration to go make something! - [via] Link. There is also a video here.
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Mar 17, 2006 09:39 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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March 16, 2006
Circuit Blasting
I think GetLoFi just identified the next trend in electronic music - "From what I hear "Circuit Blasting" is a new technique of blasting devices with extreme voltages using Victorian style science devices and it is something that Mark Pilkington will be dabbling into at 3pm this Sunday 19 March 2006, at the Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG." - Link.
Mark's Flickr page - Link.
The only other mention on the internet seems to be here - Link.
If any London Makers go, send us a report!
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Mar 16, 2006 04:21 PM
Electronics, Music |
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March 15, 2006
Cassette Stylus Test
Jeff writes - "After all the attention for hacked cassette decks on Make:BLOG and elsewhere, I was eager to hear what it sounded like to take the read-head out of a tape deck and play it across a tape "canvas". Video included." Link.
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Mar 15, 2006 05:20 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
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March 13, 2006
Cigar box guitar
MAKE Flick photo pool member Hatchibombotar made a really nice cigar - "It's not perfect (I went a little nuts with the epoxy; some of the hardware is a little too large; many of the holes are a little ragged) but it looks OK, and it works. Next step: install the pickup to make it an electric guitar!" - Link.
Related:
- Photo set - Link.
- 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 guitars - Link.
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Mar 13, 2006 09:46 PM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Music |
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HOW TO - Acoustic guitar pickup
Adam writes - "Turn your acoustic guitar into an acoustic/electric! This is a simple and inexpensive design you can make at home to get that special one-of-a-kind sound you've been looking for." - Link.
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Mar 13, 2006 09:12 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables, Music |
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March 11, 2006
Guitar made from AK-47 - The Escopetarra
Tom sent in this great guitar mod - "Street musician Cesar Lopez was playing in front of a Bogota country club destroyed by a guerrilla car bomb when he noticed an army guard carrying his rifle the same way López plays his guitar. ''I saw that our body movements were the same,'' Lppez said. ``He had his gun. I had my guitar. And BOF! It hit me.'' The first escopetarra -- a combination of escopeta and guitarra, the Spanish words for rifle and guitar -- was born a few months later." [via] - Link.
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Mar 11, 2006 12:31 PM
DIY Projects, Music |
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March 10, 2006
Hands-free tunes
Troy writes - "Assemble a switch box to switch from listening to music on head phones to listening to answering your phone with your left ear, while music continues in the right." Link.
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Mar 10, 2006 12:50 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, Portable Audio and Video |
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March 6, 2006
Keyboard and MIDI keyboard all in one!
Under the wrist rest of this keyboard are 37 music keys for MIDI keyboard playing. For $44 it's not a bad deal, but there aren't any Mac/Linux drivers yet so I'm going to hold off for a bit - [via] Link.
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Mar 6, 2006 06:23 AM
Gadgets, Music, Toolbox |
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March 5, 2006
HOW TO - Make your own conga drum
Realta writes - "Do you want to play the conga drum and are held back because of the stiff introductory purchase price attached to a commercially made "professional" conga? If you can build a bird house then you can make a conga drum--satisfaction guaranteed." [via] Link.
Related:
- Home-Made Cajon - Link.
- History of the Cajon - Link.
- Cigar Box Guitar by Ed Vogel. Build and play this sweet-sounding 3-string instrument in an afternoon. MAKE 04 - Page 76.
- LEGO Instruments by Tom Whitwell. People have been building playable musical instruments from LEGO for some time. MAKE 04 - Page 83.
- More music making - Link.
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Mar 5, 2006 09:58 PM
DIY Projects, Music |
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Use non-iPods with iTunes - iTunes agent
Like iTunes, but don't have an iPod? Now you can use just about any MP3 with iTunes with this app (Win) called iTunes agent - [via] Link.
Pictured here, my non-iPod, the PEZMP3 player - Link.
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Mar 5, 2006 12:20 PM
Music, Portable Audio and Video, iPod |
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March 4, 2006
Gameboy case 6 oscillator synth
Master over at LoFi turned this old Gameboy case into a 6 oscillator synth, check out the pictures, info and video - Link.
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Mar 4, 2006 11:29 PM
Electronics, Music |
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IR Audio bridge
Here's how to mod a pair of cheap wireless headphones to play music from a computer across the room - [via] Link.
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Mar 4, 2006 02:48 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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March 2, 2006
Old hard drive orchestra
Old hard drives with sound pickups are powered up and "played" as the hard drives boot, spin, etc. [via] Link with photos and sounds!
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Mar 2, 2006 07:41 PM
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HOW TO - Dual voltage regulated power supply for CD-ROM in a truck
Talking Electronics writes - "A friend of mine who runs an electronic shop wants to install an old cd-rom to be used as a stand alone cd-player in his truck. His problem was to find a suitable power supply for this purpose. A cd-rom uses 2 power supplies, 5 Volts which is used in its logic circuit and 12 Volts for its servos. With these parameters I needed to make a dual regulator that produces 5 Volts and 12 Volts output in one input voltage. Trucks usually uses 2 lead-acid batteries so that will be around 24 Volts." Link.
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Mar 2, 2006 06:40 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, Transportation |
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Experimental Musical Instruments
David from Durham writes - "Many Make readers will probably remember the print zine Experimental Musical Instruments. It's not in print anymore, but still has a website for back issues etc. and a great set of links & resources. They also sell very cool hardware for making said instruments, for instance, 5/8" magnetic spot pickups, piezo film transducers of odd sizes. Fun stuff, no doubt." Link.
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Mar 2, 2006 12:09 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
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February 28, 2006
Mystery Circuits - Sound Gizmos!
A wonderful collection of things that make music, Mike writes - "Here are most of the projects I've built/modified from 2000 to present. Click on each picture to see the details of the instrument. Some of the older projects will just have a sound sample when you click rather than link to another page with extra detail. Some won't do anything." Link.
Related: Circuit Bending - Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start playing some of the strangest sounds you've ever heard. Info & article, page 90 MAKE 05.
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Feb 28, 2006 11:46 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, Retro |
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DIY MP3 player - $26
There's an IDE MP3 controller board for DIY music player on eBay might be worth checking out -
Board Description:
* Stereo Design.
* Support 2.5" and 3.5" IDE hard disk up to 200G.
* Support ID3 Format
* 7 Level Equializer
* MP3 Chipset STA013, CS4340
* Black Light LCD display with 7 buttons.
* 3.5mm Earphone output with Vol Control
* DC +5V.
Package includes:
* 1x MP3 IDE Controller Board
* 1x LCD Display Board .
* 1x Configuration CD.
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Feb 28, 2006 07:12 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, Portable Audio and Video |
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