The bathroom section of IKEA might not make you think of furniture for your music studio. Here's a hack to turn toilet roll holders into a modular synthesizer case!
Home or project studios are certainly convenient, but not always well-designed spaces. If you're interested in taking your home studio to the next level here's how to make the room nice and quiet.
If you've ever wondered what a MIDI Controller built from 4 computer keyboards (made out of 400 keys) would be like, then this 3 minute video will be your cup of tea.
Want an easy DIY music project that'll result in a nifty MIDI sustain pedal? You're in the right place. Joshua Casper shows how to easily create your own MIDI sustain pedal circuit.
Blokas have created pisound, an ultra-low latency high-quality sound card and MIDI interface for Raspberry Pi which you can even run Pure Data patches from.
Jens Paldam tipped us off about his new video which is more awesome than I can put into words. He shows how to make your own Eurorack case out of cardboard that looks great and can be modular too.
Martin Walker has created an expansion for the Korg MS-20 that looks to take it to new heights'¦ literally. If you don't immediately mutter 'wow' you need to check your pulse.
Here's a project which won't take long and you'll end up with a capacitive touch keyboard piano. Sweet. And you can re-use the aluminum foil as a hat to keep your ideas secret and safe from'¦ 'them'.
Teensy is similar to Arduino, but perhaps better suited to making a USB MIDI controller. Liam Lacey shows how to make your own DIY MIDI controller using Teensy with 8 retro arcade push buttons.
It's not everyday you wake up and think, I'm going to make a drum machine in 3 days. But that's what KBob has done. And It's using Mutable Instruments modules, Teensy, JIGMOD and a 3D printer!
Liam Lacey, winner of the Element14 Open Source Music Tech Design Challenge, for his hardware polyphonic digital synthesizer shares 5 pieces of advice for every aspiring DIY hardware synth maker.
If we told you that you could build your own omnidirectional condenser microphone for less than $8 in under 3 minutes you might not believe me. But you can! And Joshua Casper shows you how.
Joshua Curry has created a Raspberry Pi synthesizer, named Blue Order. It's menu system has been written in Python mainly based from example script that came with the Displayotron Hat display.Â
Ben Heck's video showcases the best of the Berlin MusicTechFest Hack Camp, a 24 hour challenge where teams build incredible machines and systems for musicians in one day.
A guy called Tom (that really is how we refers to himself) has created an alternative way to interact with sound and instruments. It's called «WOMB» and is a real hands on experience.
If you want to open a box and start playing a hardware bass synth in seconds, this might not be for you. However, this 555 Javascript Bassline Synthesizer is, cheap, easy and unique.
Curious about building your own amplifier but aren't sure where or how to begin? Here's a great place to start! Joshua Casper takes you though a simple DIY project to make an amplifier on a budget.
As scarce as details on the Hyve Touch Synthesizer are, we've managed to find a new video of it in action, and conversations its creator, Skot Wiedmann, has had where some features are revealed.
Imagine creating a fully functioning, full-size electric guitar out of match sticks. Probably around 40,000. That's what Dean Fraser has created and it's pretty incredible.
Curious about building your own hardware synthesizer but aren't sure where to begin? Here's a great place to start. Joshua Casper takes you though a simple DIY project with noisy results.
First it was an acoustic wooden toy piano. Then it became a MIDI controller. Now it's become a polyphonic digital hardware synthesizer!! Here's the story behind Liam Lacey's amazing Vintage Toy Synth.