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November 2, 2005
Mint-Tin Amp PDF
In MAKE 04 we show you how to make a rocking pocket amp from a mint tin (Penguin, Altoids, etc). You can preview the PDF here, or you can subscribe to our iTunes feed and have all our new audio shows, videos and PDFs delivered to your iPod. Click here and click subscribe in iTunes.
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Nov 2, 2005 10:00 AM
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Make speakers from hard drives...
Sven writes "About a year ago, inspired by other projects like Afrotech's Hard-disk Sound System, I built a first version of my harddisk speaker. The first one was just a very quick hack to see if it would work and was destroyed due to too much power melting the coils and cables. We hooked it up to a 50W guitar amp and pushed the volume a bit to far... Since it sounded really great, I decided to build a second one." Link.
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Nov 2, 2005 05:46 AM
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Cigar box guitar Maker - Ben Prestage
Doug writes "Just was reading the latest issue (of MAKE) and was looking at the guitar article. A guy that plays here in Florida named Ben Prestage plays a home made cigar box also. He makes his using broom sticks for the neck and the pick ups are made out of sewing bobs wound with copper wire, it is then all grounded to bottle caps stuck on to the end on the broom sticks. He is a one man blues band playing all the instruments himself. Here is one of his tracks where he is playing the cigar box Giver." In volume 04 we show you how to make your own cigar box guitar.
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Nov 2, 2005 05:38 AM
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October 29, 2005
HOW TO - get audio output on RS-232 (serial port)
Here's a really neat project that plays audio out of a PC serial port running Linux. It works by resampling audio to the baudrate of the serial port. Some comments on the site point out that this is a lot like the old days of TRS-80s, TI-85's and Sinclair ZX's when you wanted to get audio out of them. [via] Link.
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Oct 29, 2005 07:13 AM
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USB-Based Guitar shipping...
Brian Moore has taken their excellent iGuitar line of digitally-equipped guitars, and added class-compliant USB, via the new iGuitar.USB model. Plug it into a USB jack, and you have instant access to your sound in recording and effects software, no drivers required. Fully bus-powered, so you don't even need a power brick. Unlike Gibson's so-called "digital guitar," what's great about the iGuitar.USB is that you can connect a single USB cable between your guitar and your computer for audio: no breakout boxes or multiple cabling required. [via] Link.
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Oct 29, 2005 07:08 AM
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October 28, 2005
DIY ROXR - Sync iTunes to a TREO (and more)
Here's an iTunes add-on for Mobile Phones. This free software allows PalmOne Treo 650 & 600 smartphones, Sony-Ericsson's Walkman phones, Nokia's XpressMusic and Samsung MP3 phones (with hard keys to control playback) to be synchronized with iTunes. It enables them to be a virtual iTunes phones like the Motorola ROKR, but without the 100 song limit. Link.
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Oct 28, 2005 11:40 AM
Cellphones, Music |
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October 27, 2005
Super-simple DIY synth plans
"From Ray Wilson, inventor of the Soundlab Mini Synth comes the Wacky Electronic Noise Maker Thingy. It's a much simpler circuit, which produces surprisingly cool pulsing, bleeping type noises. You can hear sound clips here. It's made with a handful of components, a few pots and switches and a 9v battery. There's a very clear schematic, a PCB design and a stripboard layout." Thanks Tom! Link.
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Oct 27, 2005 05:27 AM
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October 26, 2005
The PEZ MP3 player is here!
Pat Misterovich is a stay at home dad with a one-person company, he had a dream - make a MP3 player that looked like a PEZ dispenser. We've been covering Pat's PEZ MP3 player throughout the year, reading his progress and milestones, anxiously awaiting the arrival of this dream turned PEZ MP3 player, and now it's here! Here are the photos!
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Oct 26, 2005 06:16 AM
Music, Portable Audio and Video, Reviews |
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Advances in toaster music technology
Peter writes "It's toasters as musical instruments: people are stuffing guitar amps and effects and synths into vintage toasters, with tricked-out options like chrome paint, rubber tires, and flame throwers. And yes, they still make toast." Link. Also worth mentioning, Peter has 3 great DIY music articles in MAKE 04.
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Oct 26, 2005 01:19 AM
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October 24, 2005
Phonograph Makers' pages
Rob writes "The Phongraph makers' pages - A meeting place for makers of modern phonographs, i.e. cylinder players that give an electric output." ...when browsing through the entries, no two phonographs are alike, in fact they are very different, an expression of the creativity of their respective makers. Link.
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Oct 24, 2005 12:02 AM
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October 22, 2005
120 Years of Electronic Music...
Fantastic timeline with instrument, inventor, country, date and information page - This site charts the development of electronic musical instruments from 1870 to 1990. For the purposes of this project electronic musical instruments are defined as instruments that synthesise sounds from an electronic source. The main focus of the site is on instruments developed from the beginning of the century until the 1960's. Link.
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Oct 22, 2005 12:29 AM
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October 21, 2005
Hamster Powered MIDI Device
Bob writes "Cornell student Levi Lorenzo wanted to do a project about MIDI music technology, so the project he came up with was to build a hamster controlled music generator. The hamster controller uses 6 hamsters to control 3 rythmic tones. One hamster controls the "rythmic qualities of the melodies", and the other controls the note sequence. As the hamsters wander back and forth in their passages, the music created changes according to their position. The music is actually not bad!" [via] Link.
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Oct 21, 2005 10:57 AM
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September 13, 2005
The Singing Dictionary
These are pretty clever. Pronunciation: 'dik-sh&-"ner-A-O-ke - Definition: Audio clips from online dictionaries sing the hits of yesterday and today. The fun of karaoke meets the word power of the dictionary. Link.
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Sep 13, 2005 02:55 AM
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September 12, 2005
HOW TO Dubbing with GarageBand...
Nice HOW TO via #joitto on IRC - Apple's GarageBand is a great piece of software for making music. Its not a pro-application though and wont interface with all sorts of fancy real time control devices. Anyway, if you are using software that came free with your Mac you probably are not investing thousands in outboard control gear anyways. That means that when it comes to making dub, you just cant have the same feeling as when you are working in a studio with a mixing desk... Link.
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Sep 12, 2005 05:48 AM
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September 3, 2005
A User's Guide to DRM in Online Music
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently created a plain English guide to several fair use restrictions that major online music services force on their customers via Digital Rights Management (DRM) laden music files and End User License Agreements (EULAs). [via] Link.
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Sep 3, 2005 05:48 PM
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The ReBirth Museum
The ReBirth Museum download archive includes the RB-338 CD-Rom files, as well as the collected works of user created ReBirth Mods, Songs, and Extras. Visitors are welcome to download these items and experience first-hand the excitement and history of the 338. [via] Link.
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Sep 3, 2005 03:02 AM
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September 1, 2005
Music device in a CD case
Merging his interests in physical computing and electronic music, artist and composer Tristan Perich will give a presentation on his recent project, One Bit Music. Electronics programmed and packaged in a standard CD jewel case by Perich play minimal glitch/dance music when headphones are plugged in. The device is meant to fit into the standard album-based method of music distribution: you will find it along other CDs in a record store and it has different tracks; it will be released by Cantaloupe Music in the upcoming months. [via] Link.
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Sep 1, 2005 02:49 AM
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August 29, 2005
The Future of The Body: The Soundtrack
Popular Science commissioned contributing troubadour, Jonathan Coulton, to write and record a soundtrack to their current Future of the Body issue. Each of the five songs he has crafted accompanies a feature article in this issue and, using clever lyrics, catchy hooks and secret harmonic frequencies, unlocks powerful regions of your brain not normally used in the reading of magazines. There are five songs, each inspired by an article, and CD cover art for available for download... Link.
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Aug 29, 2005 02:48 PM
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August 28, 2005
HOW TO serve your iTunes library to your Sony PSP using WiFi internet
Good HOW TO for Mac and PSP 2.0 firmware owners who use iTunes. “Wouldn’t it be great if I could just delete some songs and and add new songs from my iTunes library, wherever I was using the WiFi internet connection?” It can be done, for a small cost (about $22 U.S.) Here's how- Link.
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Aug 28, 2005 02:17 PM
Music, PSP, Portable Audio and Video |
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Tube amps!
MetaFilter has a round up and a great discussion on tube amps. Some cool little tube amps. The world's smallest production tube amp and world's Smallest Vacuum Tube hi-fi stereo amplifier. These are too cool. Link.
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Aug 28, 2005 01:56 AM
Gadgets, Music |
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