The MIDIator is a new synth DIY project that turns a PS2 controller into a MIDI controller. The current firmware supports remapping of the buttons to different notes or controllers. It’s based on a PIC microchip–full, explained source code and instructions for making modifications are supplied. Features: Supports official PS2 controllers, cheap knockoffs and wireless… Read More MIDIator Turns PS2 Controller Into A MIDI Controller
Make has introduced a new Noise Toy Kit, from electronic noise group the Loud Objects. Description: Plug in your headphones and glitch out, or jack into an amp and play it as an instrument. These kits come with a custom-printed circuit board, a noise generating microchip from their live performances, two buttons for modulating the… Read More Loud Objects Noise Toy Kit
Electronic Peasant has posted a great series of photos detailing his very cool SynthCase synth DIY project: This project is the first in a series of synthesizer “multi-modules” that will be built in heavy-duty equipment road cases. A friend had passed on to me a bunch of used cases from obsolete equipment that were being… Read More Incredible Synth DIY Project: The SynthCase
Slapyak has an interesting tutorial on creating a Guitar Hero MIDI controller. With the current version you can: play 2 octaves of an 8 note scale at a time change the starting note anywhere in the range of a regular keyboard change octaves change keys change tonal modes (Ionian, Mixolydian, Lydian, Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian, Locrian)… Read More Guitar Hero MIDI Controller
This video demo’s Midify, a DIY project that lets you add a MIDI port to a Game Boy. The Game Boy SP is running a synthesizer cartridge that would normally have to be played on the Game Boy buttons. With Midify installed it can be played with a MIDI keyboard, sequencer or whatever.
This MIDI DIY project looks at making a MIDI glockenspiel, aka Quasimodo’s Revenge The idea was to take a child’s toy xylophone and get the computer to play it. Now I know that the computer is capable of making noises electronically but it is much more interesting to watch an instrument being automatically played. I… Read More MIDI Glockenspiel Plays Philip Glass
Remember Synthwood – the company that offers custom woodworking for synths? They are also offering a pitch/mod wheel colorizer mod: Available for the synthwood Pro-One wood case conversion kit Comptabile with the DSI Prophet ’08 (shown), DSI Poly Evolver, Moog Voyager User selectable colors: Red, Green, Blue, White, Violet, Yellow, Turquoise and off Colors can… Read More Cool Custom Mod Wheels
Limor Fried, aka LadyAda, has introduced Wave Shield, a way to add audio output to Arduino projects: Adding quality audio to an electronic project is surprisingly difficult. People tend to end up either using low-quality ISD chips (you might get 8Khz sampling rate for 30seconds out of these, if you’re lucky!) or mucking around with… Read More Wave Shield Adds Music To Arduino Projects
The !Malfunctionator is a DIY synth project, designed to be “a handy UFO dector doubling up as a Electro Music Device.” It consists of 3 oscillators, each modulated by 3 low frequency oscillators. The oscillators are based around the hex invertor IC known as CD40106 aka 7HC04; the wave froms produced from this logic device… Read More Synth DIY Project – The !Malfunctionator
xelent‘s Tape Delay Machine uses two Walkman type tape players, a Realistic Stereo Mate and a Memorex XB, to create a tape delay. It’s Frippertronics on the cheap! A single tape loop runs through two modified cassettes (each which have had one of their left or right sides removed). The players themselves have had there… Read More Walkman Analog Tape Delay
