RSS
Archive: Music
Page 9 of 31 << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 >>
August 25, 2007
Mr. Midi 2
Here's an ATMEGA168 based MIDI recorder: SD card with LCD, IR remote and full FAT16 support, it also has a SD card bootloader - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 25, 2007 02:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (3)
August 21, 2007
Wah-wah boots
These boots were made for wah-wah-ing and that's just what they'll do... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 21, 2007 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
August 17, 2007
Wood practice amp
Beautiful wood practice amp, check out the build gallery... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 17, 2007 04:16 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (3)
$100 DIY preamp
Ruel Oquindo writes about his DIY preamp for under $100 -
$100 DIY preamp - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 17, 2007 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
August 15, 2007
Sotavento - what does a tree sound like?
If trees made music..
Sotavento is an artistic sound abstraction of the passionate and endless relationship between millions of trees and one single, inexorable wind, a wind that we all share. We establish an Internet-based, real-time movement communication between moving trees located in different countries. The trees' "dance" is tracked down by two dual-axis accelerometers, each fixed to the tip of a branch. We use the complex branch movements to generate or to trigger sounds. In this installation a tree is a self-replicant sound maker of its own dance. The audience can perceive the relation between the "dance" of the tree and the music it produces. Even is there is no wind, the tree in Mexico can "ask" (via Internet) for movements to a tree in Italy and generate its sounds with this information. The sounds are to be listened thanks to a set of four speakers installed around the tree.Sotavento - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 15, 2007 09:00 AM
Arts, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
August 14, 2007
Bot rock with the Robotmakers
It's called "Building a Robot," but it's not actually about building bots, it's a silly-cool video featuring a plastic wind-up robot toy, called The Personal Apprentice (one of which sits on my desk staring back at me while I type this), and lots of cool analog synths, some home-built. Lots of animated patch bay action.
Building a Robot - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 14, 2007 06:00 PM
Arts, Music, Retro, Robotics |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
HOW TO - Repairing faulty headphones
Chris writes -
About a year ago I picked up a pair of Shure E2C headphones. Well worth their somewhat expensive price, I use them all the time. They provide a ton of isolation, so they're great on the bus and when flying.HOW TO - Repairing faulty headphones - Link.But, in my experience, the actual headphone plug leaves a lot to be desired. Within about 8 months of regular use, I started getting the traditional crappy connection problems you get with cheaper headphones. After a few months of constantly trying to tweak the connector in order to get a good connection, I finally decided to replace the connector myself.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 14, 2007 01:00 PM
DIY Projects, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
Decomidi
Code, layout and PCB for a 32 output MIDI decoder - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 14, 2007 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
August 13, 2007
AVR based headphone amp
Here's an AVR based headphone amp from AVR freaks. Simonetta writes -
Headphone amp using National LM4832 audio processor that is controlled through I2C from AVR Tiny13. Unique design has one potentiometer and a single pushswitch. On power-up, the pot controls volume. On first switch press, pot controls treble. Next press, pot controls bass level. On third switch press, the pot goes back to controlling volume. The amp retains the parameter settings set by the previous switch modes. AVR sleeps between 1/15 second intervals. An AVR Tiny13 reads the potentiometer 15 times a second and creates the I2C clock and data signals needed to change the settings of the LM4832. I needed a small but loud headphone amp and was given these LM4832 samples at work. None of the old-school engineers could figure out how to control or program an I2C connection. The code shows a simple but effective way to use I2C with AVR assembler.AVR based headphone amp - Link.
Related:
MAX - headphone amp - Link.
Altoids headphone amp - Link.
Altoids and tin cases archives - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
Mint-Tin Amp. Pocket amplifier punches up headphones. MAKE 04 - page 141. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition or get MAKE 04 @ the Maker store.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 13, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
August 11, 2007
Condenser mic in a tin can
We continue our impromptu series on tin can tech with this scratch-built condenser mic housed in a food tin.
The ultra-lowtech condenser microphone - [via] Link
Related:
- Fire-powered, bean-tin battery charger - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 11, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
August 10, 2007
Transform an old laptop into a MP3 player
Tony took an old laptop and made it in to a big MP3 player, good reuse. I'm hoping he posts the Windows Media skin he made, looks handy - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 10, 2007 12:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Green, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
August 6, 2007
MegaDrum MIDI trigger
Atmega8/Atmega32 based MIDI trigger, schematics and source included -
MegaDrum is a simple to construct yet very powerful MIDI drum trigger. This is a DIY project and uses widely available and very inexpensive components. MegaDrum gives you flexibility in what modules you want to build and what components to use.MegaDrum MIDI Trigger - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 6, 2007 02:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
August 5, 2007
Flashlight beams make music on photo-electric marimba
Modern Mechanix 1935
MODERN electronic engineers duplicate the music of a primitive marimba band with light beams, photo-electric cells and radio tubes. Dr. Phillips Thomas of the Westinghouse Research laboratory recently demonstrated a "light music" instrument which played by waving flashlights held in each hand.Dozens of photo-cells and radio tubes are lined up side by side atop the new musical device. For each musical note there is an oscillating circuit which produces electrical vibrations when light is directed on that circuits photo-cell. Reproducers convert the electrical vibrations into sound which is directed into the marimba pipes.
Flashlight beams make music on photo-electric marimba - Link.
Related:
"Tales of Futures Past" - Link.
This would be a fun (re)Make, you could use a MIDIsense, MIDItron....
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 5, 2007 03:00 PM
DIY Projects, Modern Mechanix, Music, Retro |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
August 2, 2007
Atari punk console inside a old Ericsson telephone
Check out MAKE Flickr photo pool member Dnny's Atari punk console inside a old Ericsson telephone. The number disc acts as interrupter - Link.
Related:
Atari Punk Console schematics - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 2, 2007 04:00 PM
Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
Get loopy with the DIY $10 Ableton Footcontroller (no soldering required)
Peter writes -
Mike Una has just written up a tutorial on how to make a $10 foot controller for music applications like Ableton Live, fashioned out of a QWERTY keyboard. (Other possible applications: gaming, VJing.) Clever keyboard mappings allow you to use your feet to control elaborate live music performances, whether you're a beatboxer, keyboardist, DJ, or violinist. We'd love to see what people do with it.Get loopy with the DIY $10 Ableton Footcontroller (no soldering required) - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 2, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
August 1, 2007
Trash can music
Check out Mctracz's amazing trash can music photos! - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 1, 2007 08:00 AM
Made On Earth, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
July 23, 2007
Super Mario subwoofer
Here's a really nice subwoofer painted to look like a brick and coin box from Super Mario - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 23, 2007 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
July 20, 2007
100 GB Creative Zen Vision W
John added a 100 GB hard drive to a Creative Zen Vision W, not bad! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 20, 2007 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, Music, Portable Audio and Video |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
July 19, 2007
MIDI NES control
This fellow is jammin with a homemade MIDI Nintendo controller - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 19, 2007 04:00 PM
Electronics, Gaming, Music, Retro |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
July 18, 2007
Switchable audio homebrew solution
Mindtrip writes -
The Problem:Switchable audio homebrew solution - Link.
I recently installed a StarCom system for an upcoming tour of the Oregon/Washington coast. My girlfriend tours with me, and thus far we've used our own iPods with in-ear monitors for entertainment, and hand signals for communication. On this tour a buddy is coming along who wanted bike-to-bike communications; thus the StarCom. My girlfriend wanted to be able to listen to the radio conversations, as well as talk to me, but I realized that if I didn't do something, she was going to wind up running the iPod. We have different musical tastes, and while we both listen to audiobooks we're usually into different books at any given time. This meant I was going to have to listen to her stuff the whole time. Unacceptable!!!The Solution:
We use in-ear monitors, so I got the StarCom headsets that allow the use of your own headphones. I quickly realized this would make it possible to rig up some kind of switch or patch cable system that would allow her to listen to her own iPod if she didn't want to listen to whatever I had running on mine, but switch over to the intercom if I needed to talk to her. I scoured the internet looking for solutions, as well as all my local electronics stores, to no avail. No one makes a switchable audio input for personal headset use. However, I DID find a switch at RadioShack that lets you switch between computer audio input and an auxilliary audio, as well as switching output between computer speakers and headsets (clicky. And for only $2!! I figured if it were small enough, she could stick this in her pocket and switch between the intercom and her iPod at will.
All in an Altoids tin of course!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 18, 2007 05:00 PM
Altoids and tin cases, DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, iPod |
Permalink
| Comments (4)
Page 9 of 31 << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 >>
Features and more @ MAKE!
MAKE @ The NYC Toy Fair 2008 - Covering DIY!HOW TO - Build the arms of assistance.
MADE in Japan - Part I.
MADE in Japan - Part II.
MADE in Japan - Part III.
Make store - Blinky bug kit - Blink!
Make store - Loud Objects Noise Toy Kit
Makers - MAKE Flickr pool contest. Win cool stuff!
Makers - Join the MAKE Facebook page - Meet other makers.
MAKE on Twitter - Tweet! Tweet!
What you're reading in MAKE - Data!
Add MAKE to your RSS reader - Real simple.
Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!
Click here to advertise on MAKE!
Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
Tel: 707-827-7311
Gareth Branwyn
Robot Maker
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Researcher
Natalie Zee Drieu
Senior Editor
CRAFT
Becky Stern
Culture jammer
Collin Cunningham
Sound Maker
Marc de Vinck
CNC Maker
Current Podcast
AHAB High Altitude Ballooning - Best of Weekend Projects
mp4|mov|hd|3gp|3g2|itunes This week on Best of Weekend Projects, we look back at part two of the AHAB (High Altitude Balloon Adventure). In this epic Bre & Co. travel to Eastern Washington to launch a GPS and camera enabled balloon...
More...
