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Musical Glove

Musical Glove

This tutorial will give you step-by-step instructions to make your own musical glove that will produce a different note for each finger pushed.

Posted by Stephanie

Categories: Arduino, Music | 1 Comment


Drum Kit Kit

Drum Kit Kit

The kit contains the electronic parts required to make a drum kit. This includes the circuit board, resistors, diodes and pins. You supply the Arduino and the material to make...

Posted by SpikenzieLabs

Categories: Music | No Comments


Thumb Piano

Thumb Piano

The thumb piano, known as a kalimba, mbira, and by many other names, is a lamellaphone that uses prongs called tongues, keys, or tines that you pluck to generate acoustic...

Posted by RP Collier

Categories: Craft, Music | No Comments


Guitar Strap Gamepad

Guitar Strap Gamepad

If you’re playing Rocksmith (and I think you should be), and you’re playing standing up (ditto), you have probably run into the "where do I put the controller" problem. The...

Posted by Sean Michael Ragan

Categories: Music, Fun & Games | No Comments


Charlie’s RFID Teddy Bear

Charlie’s RFID Teddy Bear

This location-aware teddy bear reads RFID tags and plays different customizable sounds depending on where it is or what object it’s near — other toys, books, CDs, anything. Charlie’s Bear...

Posted by David Harris

Categories: Music, Arduino | 3 Comments


Easy Boombox

Easy Boombox

Many earbuds can play at high volume without distortion. Use them to drive paper cups, and the sound is surprisingly good. I first put this together when I really needed...

Posted by Matthew T Miller

Categories: Home, Music | No Comments


Light Theremin

Light Theremin

Anyone who’s shivered in the dark at a scary movie or laughed at the unintentional cheese-ball of a bad sci-fi (paging Ed Wood) knows the eerie sounds of the theremin....

Posted by Steve Hobley

Categories: Music | 11 Comments