5Volt has published a design for a simple light to sound converter: The circuit is very simple and is based and pretty well known building blocks. The whole device can be built on a small piece of perfboard and the output can feed a pair of head phones or a small speaker. PC speakers could replace… Read More Simple Circuit Synthesizes Sound From Light
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A23E635A3C1DC212 These videos document the creation and functions of MusicMIK’s MonoMiK analog synthesizer, a sophisticated synth DIY project. You can find information on the MonoMiK at Michael Kukat’s site.
This is pretty geektacular – an excerpt from an improvisation on a hand built modular synth, controlled by and being processed by Max/MSP. The set-up also includes a hand made photocell controller for Max.
This video demos a Gakken SX-150 being controlled by a DIY linear sensor.
Dmitriy Morozov, aka VTOL, created Digital Noise Guitar – a custom project based on HT-8950 voice changer chip. The small circuit was mounted right in the body. It can process sound like lo-fi ring modulator, 8-bit pitch shifter or simple guitar synth. Mad self-oscillation is possible, too.
The quality of this video is a bit iffy – but it demos an amazing DIY analog modelling synth project. Here are the details: Broadly, the purpose of this project was to create an Analogue modelling musical synthesizer; that is, a synthesizer implemented using both analogue and digital components that intends to emulate the sounds… Read More Amazing DIY Synthesizer
This is a demo of the GorF, a minimal step MIDI sequencer that offers analog-style sequencing. It sends MIDI notes and velocity on a user selectable MIDI channel, along with two MIDI CC’s (user selectable. the GorF offers variable sequence length. You can also turn steps on an off using the buttons, though this is not demo’d.… Read More Gorf Minimal 8-Step MIDI Sequencer
Interesting Expert Village tutorial on shooting a music video.
Casey Pugh put together this time-lapse movie of the creation of a very cool Daft Punk helmet, which has been called “the single best Halloween costume ever”: http://www.vimeo.com/2402904 “It’s a 16×5 LED matrix installed inside a cheap motorcycle helmet I found on Amazon,” explains Pugh. “I used the Arduino to program all the animations.” via… Read More How To Make A Daft Punk Helmet
Synth.nl has published a nice series on building a PAIA 9700s modular synthesizer: It was a lot of fun building and it was actually my first experience with a modular at all. And after building this I just wanted to build more. The kit supplied by PAIA is very complete and the instructions in the manual… Read More A Guide To Building A PAIA 9700s Modular Synthesizer
