LittleBits Designed To Streamline Electronic Experimentation

littleBits is an open source library of discrete electronic components pre-assembled in tiny circuit boards, designed to make experimenting with electronics easy and fun. Just as Legos allow you to create complex structures with very little engineering knowledge, littleBits are simple, intuitive, space-sensitive blocks that make prototyping with sophisticated electronics a matter of snapping small… Read More LittleBits Designed To Streamline Electronic Experimentation

August 13, 2008August 13, 2008Leave a comment

Steampunk Music Sequencer

Gijs Gieskes’ image scanning sequencer scans images and plays the image as MIDI notes: It uses LDRs to measure the gray-scale of specific point of a image, and triggers midi notes from a selected threshold. When the threshold is reached the velocity will be set by the darkness at that point. the darker point the… Read More Steampunk Music Sequencer

August 4, 2008August 3, 20081 Comment

How To Build A Basic Midi Controller

A video guide to building your own dj controller from scratch using a few simple tools. via djtechtools.co

July 31, 2008July 31, 20081 Comment

Make A Monome Clone

Julien Bayle’s site features an interesting work in progress looking at building a Monome clone. Even more interesting, his project features multi-color LEDs. It’s a heavy duty project, requiring coding, wiring and design skills. But if you can’t wait for a Monome or just don’t have the bucks, it could be the way to go.

July 27, 2008July 16, 201112 Comments

Synth-DIY 2008 Cambridge/UK Impressions

A collage of impressions from the recent Synth-DIY meeting in Cambridge/UK, focusing on the DIY aspects.

July 24, 2008Leave a comment

Bride Chamber Intros New Synth DIY Panels, PCBs, Kits

Synth DIY supplier The Bride Chamber has introduced a variety of new products: Nine new modular synth panels, including designs for Oakley Triple LFO, Oakley VC-LFO, the Wogglebug and more PCBs – YuSynth CV Standards boards and kits. EMS-style knobs Bride Chamber is turning into a great resource, offering supplies for building CatGirl, Music From… Read More Bride Chamber Intros New Synth DIY Panels, PCBs, Kits

July 23, 20081 Comment

Beautiful Steampunk Synths

Sonofcastille has published a set of videos demonstrating beautiful steampunk-style synths and noise generators. Here are a few of the coolest: WSG This is Ray Wilson’s Weird Sound Generator circuit off of musicfromouterspace.com, plus audio amp scavenged out of a Radio Shack amp. The case was an old telephone from the 70s.

June 29, 2008June 28, 20084 Comments

Awesome Open-Source Interface Modules

There’s a new interface project to watch at MachineCollective.org that looks to be like Legos for computer interfaces: In spite of all the smart, multifunctional and state-of-the-art controllers that are commercially available today, there has always been demand for custom physical interfaces and specialized controllers. That’s why we have developed a modular prototyping platform. The… Read More Awesome Open-Source Interface Modules

June 27, 2008June 27, 20083 Comments

The Beavis Board Is A DIY Stompbox Toolkit

Beavis Audio has introduced the Beavis Board, an effects pedal DIY kit designed to streamline the creation and testing of pedal-styleeffects. According to Beavis, the kit is designed to make it easy to: Build a huge array of stompbox circuits including overdrives, distortions, fuzzes, filters, amplifiers, tremolos, noise generators, oscillators, and more. Learn about the… Read More The Beavis Board Is A DIY Stompbox Toolkit

June 18, 20083 Comments

Secrets Of Synth DIY Building

Nice video from MusicMik that looks at the mechanics of building a DIY synthesizer. This video includes segments culled from 6 hours of synth construction.

May 31, 2008Leave a comment

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