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December 19, 2007
What does a protein sound like?
Book of Joe has a round up of what a protein sound like, molecular biologists translated protein sequences into original classical compositions - [via] Link & music.
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Dec 19, 2007 12:01 AM
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December 13, 2007
Minty Amps kits
In response to Mark's posting of the LM386 amp project on BBtv, this guy posted a link to his Minty Amps kit. I don't think we've ever blogged about this kit here. If you're lazy and want a kit version of this simple, low parts count project, these kits and PCBs look like a good way to go. If you're pathetically lazy, you can even get one pre-assembled for a mere $7.45.
Minty Amps - Link
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Dec 13, 2007 06:00 PM
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LM386-based amp on BBtv
Our pals over at BBtv celebrate their 50th episode with Mark Frauenfelder showing how he built an LM386-based guitar amp. This is basically the same amp that was used in MAKE Volume 09, in the Cracker Box Amp project. The episode also includes a short video by MAKE contributor Bill Barminski (and Christopher Louie).
BTW: Mark complains in the video that the sound out of the amp is a little fuzzy. In the MAKE piece, Blind Lightnin' Pete says that you can get a cleaner tone with more headroom by using the LM386N-4 variant of the chip and driving it at a higher voltage (it can handle up to 18V).
Mark makes a mini amp / Funky cowboy (BBtv's 50th!) - Link
From Make: Books:
The $5 Cracker Box Amp project, as well as another LM386-based project, Mousey the Junkbot, can be found in our new 75-project collection, The Best of Make.
The Best of Make
Price: $34.99
Buy: Maker Store - Link
After two years, MAKE has become one of most celebrated new magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the MAKE phenomenon and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best DIY projects from the magazine's first ten volumes -- a surefire collection of fun and challenging activities going back to MAKE's launch in early 2005.
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Dec 13, 2007 02:00 PM
Electronics, Music |
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December 12, 2007
Homemade boom box
Antti writes -
Situation - A demand for a portable and self powered audio solution. Two weeks time and 250 euros budget: realistic equation? Well luckily I had my brother sharing the cost of this project and giving a helping hand on the construction work.Homemade boom box - [via] Link.The main idea of making a portable loud speaker system like this is to use sensitive speakers and high efficiency amplifier to keep the battery as small and light (and cheap) as possible. It will have only RCA input where audio source gets connected.
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Dec 12, 2007 10:00 AM
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December 10, 2007
Control a modular synth with a Wiimote
Max and Luis show how they control a modular synth with a Wiimote, thanks Dnny!
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Dec 10, 2007 06:00 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
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December 6, 2007
Violin-playing robot
I remember when it was all about which robot could run or ride a bicycle, now it's which one can play the violin... -
Toyota Motor Corp.'s new violin robot performs during a press unveiling in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. Compared to a virtuoso, its rendition was a trifle stilted and, well, robotic. But Toyota's new robot plays a pretty solid "Pomp and Circumstance" on the violin. The 152-centimeter (five-foot)-tall all-white robot used its mechanical fingers to push the strings correctly and bowed with its other arm, coordinating the movements well.Violin-playing robot - [via] Link.
Related:
Murata boy - bicycle riding robot - Link.
QRIO and AIBO, the memories (huge photo gallery) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 6, 2007 09:00 AM
Music, News from the Future, Robotics |
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December 5, 2007
Make music with veggies
The "Vienna Vegetable Orchestra" turns your average fruit and veggie dinner into a noise making masterpiece. Above are some pictures of the "Carrot Recorder", "Cucumberphone", "Leek Violin", and "Pepper Trumpet". The group was founded back in 1998 by a bunch of non-vegetarians who just got together and started jamming in their gardens. Best of all, after a concert, the group dinner is already taken care of.
The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra - Link
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Dec 5, 2007 08:39 AM
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Electronic Great Highland bagpipe and smallpipe
Gorgeous electronic bagpipe! -
Anders Fagerstrom, the brilliant Swedish musical electronics engineer, has outdone himself! Long famed for his outstanding electronic Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) practice chanter, the "Technochanter" (see detailed description here), his firm has just released a spectacular full-blown electronic bagpipe, the Technopipes, that emulates a Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe, a Scottish Smallpipe and more, and that fits in a pocket or purse!- Fagerstrom Techopipes - Electronic Great Highland Bagpipe and Smallpipe - [via] Link.
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Dec 5, 2007 06:00 AM
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December 4, 2007
AMP6 T-Amp: DIY Class-T amplifier kit
Gio writes -
Similar to some of the other 41hz.com kits featured on Make, the AMP6 is a simple and inexpensive DIY Class-T Amplifier kit. Despite the low cost of the kit and efficient power consumption (similar to that of a Class D design), the AMP6 delivers very good sound.AMP6 T-Amp: DIY Class-T amplifier kit - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 4, 2007 03:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Kits, Music |
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December 3, 2007
Atomo's Mochika sequencer synth!
Goodness, this is beautiful! Read more about the story behind this analog synth here - Link.
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Dec 3, 2007 05:00 PM
Electronics, Music |
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Super-Freq amps and pedals
Lovely collection of amps and pedals (and some how-tos/schematics along the way) from Super-Freq - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 3, 2007 08:00 AM
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Circuit bending challenge winners
GetLoFi writes -
Well everyone is a Winner in this competition because we all got to do something fun and walk away with an instrument! However 3 particular participants demonstrated not only excellent circuit bending skills, but also great production and entertainment values. And our top picks are…Circuit bending challenge winners - Link.
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Dec 3, 2007 02:00 AM
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December 2, 2007
6955 @ BLIP
@ the Blip festival 6955 had a Famicon IN a Casio! There might be a kit or unit for sale soon too! - Link.
...and here's one last video from the show!!!
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Dec 2, 2007 05:00 PM
Events, Music |
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December 1, 2007
Blip Festival 2007 - videos from day 2
3 videos to give you a taste of the bleepy blooping going from day 2 @ the Blip Festival 2007 - Link.
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Dec 1, 2007 12:20 PM
Events, Music |
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November 30, 2007
Photos and more from BLIP 2007
Day 1 of BLIP over - Here are some photos and couple videos to give you an idea of the electronic mayhem attacking my eyes and ears here - Link (photos tagged with blipfestival2007 in my photoset).
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Nov 30, 2007 03:00 AM
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November 27, 2007
New Robotmakers video
Roger Pellegrini writes:
Wanted to send you a note about a second video I did, also starring the wind-up toy robot and synths [featured in the first Robotmakers vid], but with some content that could be of interest to Makers. Back in the mid-1980's, I dug a couple of first generation laserdisc players out of the trash, and took them apart. The laser in these early players was an 8" he-ne tube, considerably more powerful than the tiny laser diodes in modern CD/DVD players. Also of interest were the orthogonal mirrors, mounted on galvanometers that were used to align the laser. By salvaging the power supply and combining these elements, you can cobble together a home laserium effect that works surprisingly well. If you power the x and y orthogonal mirror elements with the left and right channels of a stereo amplifier, you get a working oscilloscope. Of course, with synthesizers at hand, you can manipulate the projected imagery in interesting ways and it was bright enough to use on stage with a band I played in.In the new Robotmakers video, there are scenes (e.g. 30 seconds into the video) where I used the laser to create an interesting special effect seen in various sci-fi movies and in The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" from "The Kid's are Alright" film.
- First, create a circular image using the laser by feeding one channel (ie mirror) a simple waveform and the other channel a delayed version of the same waveform. For example, a sine and a 90 degree out of phase sine powering the x and y mirrors will produce a circle. The resulting light path will create a cone in space.
- Second, create fog. Not having a fog machine handy, I used a household steamer to spray steam from off-screen into the path of the laser.
- Place your actor (or Personal Apprentice) in the cone walking away from the source towards a camera placed within the cone, facing the laser source.
- Turn off lights, and enjoy! The actor will appear to be walking within a tunnel of light whose intensity varies according to the density of steam or fog.
The Modern Android Cybernaut - Robot, Lasers & Citizen Kane - Link
Related:
- Bot rock with the Robotmakers - Link
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Nov 27, 2007 02:56 PM
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November 25, 2007
The Ambiance Enhancer (retro MP3 player)
And you thought your Tokyoflash watch was big and nerdy lookin' Here's an MP3 wrist gauntlet created by "porkshanks" (aka Molly Friedrich) and posted in her DeviantArt gallery. Molly writes:
I bought a pair of vintage Cannonball Empire headphones off Ebay and I disassembled and gutted them. I then transplanted the working parts of a Sony MDR-006 (that I randomly found on the ground at a bus stop 2 days ago!) into them, and voila! Cool looking 'old' headphones that work just fine with my MP3 player ^ _ ^figuring out how to get the speakers into the Cannonballs was not easy. I actually ruined the prototype trying to do it in an overly fancy way with a different pair of Sony headphones.
So then I decided I needed some way to get my MP3 player to match my steampunk daily wear.
First I hand sewed a little cover for the MP3 player and attached the brown leather protection pad to it. Then I took a raw sheet of Brass and cut out the form, bending it into shape carefully and adding the lynch pins and strapping last. I wanted to be able to wear this on my jacket as well, so I created a little latch on the left arm of my jacket so it can be put on and off easily.
Voila! Retrofuture goodness...
The Ambiance Enhancer - Link
Related:
- Steampunky goodness on Make: Blog - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Nov 25, 2007 12:40 PM
Crafts, Music, Portable Audio and Video |
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November 21, 2007
Record a song with Adrian Belew
Musician Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Talking Heads, Zappa, NIN, Bowie, Paul Simon, the list goes on and on) has posted a contest on his site to "finish" one of the songs downloadable from his website:
If Fall gets your creative firepit stoked like it does mine, you're ready for our SMARTIE songwriting contest. here's the object:complete any of the "unfinished" songs we've been releasing as downloads**
by adding your own melody, vocal, and/or words.
then send your completed masterpiece to webmaster Rob Murphree.
please send MP3s or CDs.
entries will be based on creativity,
so feel free to add whatever you want.
keep in mind it's not a shredding contest but a creative assignment.
there will be 3 judges including yours truly.
entries must be sent to Rob by December 31.
the winner will be announced on January 10th.
the winner will be awarded an original Adrian painting worth 6 cents!!
and the winning masterpiece will be a free download for all the other
SMARTIEs to ignore...er, enjoy.
[BTW: SMARTIE stands for: "Singer-songwriter MusicianArtistRecording-type Independent Entities." Ugh.]
Calling All SMARTIES - Link [Thanks, Patti!]
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Nov 21, 2007 04:00 PM
Announcements, Music |
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November 20, 2007
MIDI foot
Designed by Paul Sobczak, Peter Arendt, and James Pachan -- The Midi Foot is a foot controlled switch box that interfaces with a computer via Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 20, 2007 11:00 AM
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November 18, 2007
End of the weekend, watch Weekend Projects
Have you made a flower out of currency this weekend? Get to it! I'm still waiting to see some creative currency in the Make: Flickr Pool
Video - Link
PDF - Link
Subscribe - Link
In other news, I posted an mp3 of the music I made for this video and some folks sent in requests for more so I put together a little zip file of 21 music bits from the past few months of videos. These aren't really things that you would just like listen to as a music album, but they have worked really well for me as background music during time lapse video and for transitions and these kinds of things. If you'd like to use them in your videos, that would make me happy! I released them under a cc attribution license, so go forth, download, and integrate them into your videos! More info and the zip file here. - Link
I'm looking to go beyond garageband in 2008, feel free to give me input and advice in the comments!
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Nov 18, 2007 02:55 PM
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