This video showcases the Thingamakit, a fun DIY project that lets you build your own anthropomorphic noise maker. Comes with: detailed instructions fully labeled components simply layed out circuit board with minimal hand wiring. 2 ready to blink LEDacles control panel and face stickers
Bleep Labs has introduced the Thingamakit – a DIY project that lets you build your own anthropomorphic noise maker. According to Bleep Labs, the Thingamakit features “all the sounds of Thingamagoop plus triangle wave LEDacle with shape and speed control. Second photocell patchable to modulator and photocell rate. Square and Triangle wave output. The satisfaction… Read More Bleep Labs DIY Thingamakit
Here’s something fun I saw highlighted at the Califaudio blog – the Theremug, a DIY project that turns your cup of coffee or tea into a theremin, of sorts. Here’s Kyle McDonald’s explanation of the Theremug: 1 Prepare some tea 2 Expose the L/R leads on an 1/8″ cable 3 Immerse leads in tea 4… Read More Turn Your Coffee Cup Into A Theremug
If you need any more proof that interesting synths can be made from just about anything, for very little money, check out the Sonic Picnic Set: the sonic picnic set is a low tech modular system connections are made as needed using crocodile clips these pictures show some of the boxes You gotta love this… Read More The Sonic Picnic Set
This video demos a cheap dub siren, made from a circuit bent sound generating keychain. Full instructions at GetLoFi.com.
This video demos the Tapehead Inspector – a sort of tangible sampler. Here’s the background on it, via Roy Mohan Shearer: Inspired by the reversal of the name of a musical trio that I play in with Chris Croasdale and Mr. Jonnie Common. We’re really into tapes, and as Chris’ birthday was coming up Jonnie and I decided to… Read More The Tapehead Inspector
This video demonstrates making a cheap multitouch control surface, the MTmini: For this to work, all you need is a room with (at least) some light. The results will be best when the room lighting is even (no bright lights shinning from one direction onto the multitouch pad). When you place you fingers on the surface,… Read More How to Make a Cheap Multitouch Pad
Instructables has a project that shows you how to make your own Daft Punk outfit: As a lighted costume designer, I get a lot of questions from people who want to know how to make their own EL wire costumes (many of them seeking to mimic the immensely popular Daft Punk red robot suits, which… Read More DIY Daft Punk Outfits
Here’s something different – Andrew Benson’s battery-powered wrist synth, aka the Whisper Synth: Here’s another video of the whisper synth in action. I tweaked the circuit a little bit to make the sound a little louder, and am using a 9v battery now with a 7805 regulator to power it. The little lithium coin cells… Read More The Wrist Synth
Remember the Beavis Board DIY effect pedal kit? The OpenStomp Coyote-1 is a similarly open-ended effects processor, except that it’s for digital effects. Coyote-1 is an open source audio effects processor, built for guitar players. But there’s no law that says guitar players get to have all the fun! With the Coyote-1, users can develop… Read More OpenStomp Coyote-1 Is An Open Source Effects Processor
