From cigar guitars to MIDI machines, we delight in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse.

At normal listening distances, an array of twelve speakers arranged on the faces of a...

While tidying up my workshop, I found some clear 3" PVC pipe left over from...

MAKE contributing editor Charles Platt proposed a "Hypothetical Tremolo Wheel" in his article about online...

If you're playing Rocksmith (and I think you should be), and you're playing standing up...
This gorgeous homemade electric guitar, modeled after the Fender Jazzmaster, was built by someone* who...
I've always been a huge fan of the legendary 1979 Joy Division record, Unknown Pleasures,...
Get to the 2nd annual Maker Faire Seoul in South Korea this weekend to experience "Being John Makervich,"...
Earlier this week I ventured out to Brick and Mortar in San Francisco to check...
Sebastian Tomczak's DIY Polyphonic Drum Machine and Rhythm Looper is powered by a Teensy micrcontroller....
If you missed David Neevel at Maker Faire Bay Area, you missed out. David, who...
Graphic designer Lucy Sansom turned her sister into a human theremin and then made...
Instructables user vigothecarpathian adapted a holiday decoration to create a fully functional Beaker puppet that...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNK8FCGnc3s Today at Maker Faire, ArcAttack's Steve Ward showed me why he comes to Maker...
The first day of Maker Faire opened Saturday with an exuberant crowd of tinkerers, experimentalists,...
Space Palette is a fun instrument that combines visual and musical outputs. It works by...
What can you make with two cake pans, 20 toothpicks, some lumber, and a handful...
I really enjoy Jack Conte's music, creative video editing, and now, his behind-the-scenes look at...
The tuning peg might be one of the trickiest parts of a stringed instrument to...
While I’m best known for chance-based “circuit bending,” I’ve been composing and playing deterministic music...
Iain Sharp of Lushprojects built this sweet treasure chest synth by adding the boards of...
The second annual Austin Mini Maker Faire is right around the corner on Sunday, May...
Perennial music maker and sound artist Ranjit Bhatnagar will be exhibiting The Singing Room for...
Andrew "MilLs Dj" Miller's modified DJ Hero turntable allows you to bend the sound and...
Iain Sharp found this sweet PT-82 at a thrift store and added his LushOne modular...
Well, I really like the looks of these Theremin Goggles by Sarah Petkus, and I...
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to...
Austin, Texas-based artist and audiophile Christopher Locke takes old horns and transforms them into amplifiers...
It certainly looks challenging to play, and I'm not sure why the three instruments weren't...
MAKE staffer Chris Connors made didgeridoos out of PVC pipes with a beeswax coating on...
Andrew Deagon was inspired to create NeckFX after he dreamed up the idea while recovering...
Fran Blanche is a self-described "corset maker, pedal designer, engineer, artist, musician, occasional radio DJ,...
Saying Meara O'Reilly is a sound artist is not just a fancy way of saying...
This documentary, filmed by Craig Mederios, details the work of Tanner Galvin who creates electronic...
This weekend I went down to Palo Alto to check out the DIY Musical Instrument...
Kacper Ziemianin conceived of a pretty simple audio interface: a row of photoresistors arranged like...
Vaclav Pelousek and friends pack a ton of features into their Arduino-based microGranny musical instrument,...

Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/MonoBox+Powered+Speaker/2396/1 Learn the...
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/MonoBox+Powered+Speaker/2396/1
Learn the basics of audio amplification with a portable powered speaker that you build yourself. With some light soldering and clear step-by-step instructions, you will first wire up a simple amplifier circuit using a popular IC. Then, outfit an enclosure with the speaker you want, and design the enclosure to suit your style. Lastly, plug in your MP3 player or any 1/8″ line-in source and rock out!

Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/Optical-Tremolo-Box/2276/1 Inspired by...
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Optical-Tremolo-Box/2276/1
Inspired by Charles Platt’s “Stomp Box Basics” article (MAKE Volume 15, page 82), follow along as we build this Optical Tremolo Box, which reads a patterned disk with a light sensor to create a warbling audio effect (tremolo).
For this project, MAKE Technical Editor Sean Ragan used a cadmium sulfide photoresistor to provide us with our light sensor – a component we have used in previous Weekend Projects. Not only does it look cool and sound great, but once you’ve made the project, you can customize it by making your own effects disks!

Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/Infrared-String-Bass/2049/1 You'll convert...
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Infrared-String-Bass/2049/1
You’ll convert light to sound in this Weekend Project. Using the LM386 amplifier, and pairs of infrared emitting and detecting diodes, we’ll show you how to build a four-string optical bass guitar. Mount your hardware onto a piece of lumber, or build your own classy chassis. Then, get ready to rock!

Bill Gurstelle shows you how to make a tuning fork from a piece of aluminum...
Bill Gurstelle shows you how to make a tuning fork from a piece of aluminum in this video complementing his column in MAKE Volume 29.
Subscribers can read Bill’s article here: http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol29/?pg=174&pm=2&u1=friend

It's amazing what a little disk can do ... when it's layered with piezoelectric crystals....
It’s amazing what a little disk can do … when it’s layered with piezoelectric crystals. Piezo disks are impressively sensitive to vibration and can easily be adapted to work as a contact microphones. The trick is the preamp — a basic circuit used to match the piezo’s signal to levels compatible with modern audio gear inputs. The resulting piezo/preamp combo can be used for electrifying an acoustic guitar or simply exploring the lesser-heard world of small sound around us.

http://bit.ly/prZRJ1 A true classic for DIY synth makers and circuit benders, the Atari Punk Console...
A true classic for DIY synth makers and circuit benders, the Atari Punk Console can kick out some ear-catching square waves. It’s easy to build and a lot of fun to play around with. It may be challenging to make traditional music with an APC, but hey — there’s enough of that around already, right?

Assembly of the Gakken Mini-Theremin kit @ warp-speed - complete with error correction! http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKGK10
Assembly of the Gakken Mini-Theremin kit @ warp-speed – complete with error correction!
http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKGK10

http://blog.makezine.com/?p=95705 Measuring brainwaves is not just for neuroscientists anymore — new affordable consumer-level EEG devices...
http://blog.makezine.com/?p=95705
Measuring brainwaves is not just for neuroscientists anymore — new affordable consumer-level EEG devices (and even some toys) do a respectable job at measuring tiny voltage pulses given off by neurons firing in the brain.
Cool — but how shall we use these newfound sensory powers? To automatically compose electronic music, of course!
While I’m best known for chance-based “circuit bending,” I’ve been composing and playing deterministic music...
I love making my own musical instruments. Nothing beats the feeling of playing your own...

This is a six button model of a wind instrument with a force sensor powered...

This tutorial will give you step-by-step instructions to make your own musical glove that will...

By replacing the doorbell's original speaker with a recording module, the wireless doorbell is able...

At normal listening distances, an array of twelve speakers arranged on the faces of a...

In this article, you will learn how to improve your collection of Snap Circuits blocks...
This gorgeous homemade electric guitar, modeled after the Fender Jazzmaster, was built by someone* who...
I've always been a huge fan of the legendary 1979 Joy Division record, Unknown Pleasures,...
Get to the 2nd annual Maker Faire Seoul in South Korea this weekend to experience "Being John Makervich,"...
Earlier this week I ventured out to Brick and Mortar in San Francisco to check...
Sebastian Tomczak's DIY Polyphonic Drum Machine and Rhythm Looper is powered by a Teensy micrcontroller....
If you missed David Neevel at Maker Faire Bay Area, you missed out. David, who...
Graphic designer Lucy Sansom turned her sister into a human theremin and then made...
Instructables user vigothecarpathian adapted a holiday decoration to create a fully functional Beaker puppet that...


