Highly liquid points to this awesome MIDI-controlled circuit bent telephone modem - what a great use for an old modem, there are millions of them just getting tossed…
laboratory fermicirrus - [via] Link.
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Ok, who’s going to be the first to make an orchestra out of six second sections of that Hall and Oats song private eyes? I double dog dare you to do it! - Link
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All you need for this is the bit out of a piezo, an 1/8 inch jack and a tin can. You got a simple way to make a mic? Drop a note in the comments! - Link
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Ned writes -
“Chris Johnson’s audiophile studio - mainly from scratch, with an emphasis on non standard audio assessments. Or something.” - Link.
Related:
“Speaker icon” speakers - Link.
HOW TO - make folding speakers - Link.
HOW TO - Build wireless speakers from RF headphones - Link.
Fold-Up Speakers - Link.
Easy mount speakers - Link.
HOW TO - Make hard drive speakers - Link.
Speaker projects @ MAKE - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
Made on Earth. Page Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a shopping cart go-kart, the “Solar Death Ray,” a demolished house sculpture, a gas tank bass instrument, and some seriously big speakers. MAKE 03 page 16. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition or get volume 03.
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If you have a Zune, or know someone who does, you’re likely disappointed that it’s pretty much the only music player that doesn’t let you access the hard drive on it, all 30 GB are hidden because it’s “confusing” and we’re all “pirates” or something - but Dan seems to have figured out a way around, here’s how –
1. Make sure your Zune is not plugged in and your Zune software isn’t running
2. open up regedit by going to the start menu and selecting “run”. Type regedt32 and hit “OK”
3. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Enum\USB\
4. Search for “PortableDeviceNameSpace”. This should be contained in the Vid_####&Pid_####\########_-_########_-_########_-_########\Device Parameters within the above …\USB\ The ##’s listed here will be numbers and letters specific to your Zune
5. Change the following values:
EnableLegacySupport to 1
PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell to 0
ShowInShell to 1
6. Plug in your Zune, and make sure the Zune Software starts up.
7. Hopefully at this point you can open […]
Here are over 40 cylinder recordings from the early 1900s @ Archive.org - “The cylinder recordings available here are an online project started in 1998 by Norman Bruderhofer, a phonograph collector and audio preservationist from Berlin. Dedicated to the invention and development of the phonograph, the Cylinder Archive serves as a detailed source of information for hobbyists. One component of Bruderhofer’s project is a monthly release of a new cylinder recording. The releases are produced by carefully filtering electronic transfers from the original cylinder recording. Altogether, these recordings provide a syllabus of recorded sound that ranges roughly from the 1890s to the 1920s.
The easiest and most entertaining way to learn about the heritage of recorded music is to tap the main source itself, the original recordings, which provide a window on a time that has been closed for a century.” [via] - Link.
Related:
The Cylinder Archive - Link.
Cylinder preservation and digitization […]
Retro Thing has the history and some links to these amazing animated records, seems like you could do this with a CD player if you modded the heck out of it (would be worth it!) or just get a record and start experimenting… - “These were cardboard children’s records with the animation printed right onto the disc itself… The Red Raven included a little mirrored device that you pop onto the turntable’s spindle that reflected the animation in such a way that while the record plays you get to see a little cartoon.” - Link.
Related:
Red Raven records (video) - Link.
FILM-KARUSELL - Link.
Red Raven movie records - Link.
Children’s Music - Link.
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Here’s a really neat way to see sound waves… With fire! I think if I ever make a fireplace, it’ll have something like this. Twinrawk writes - “The classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane and fire. Created for Flash Forward 2006, but useful in any case where you are not allowed to have fire. I push through the tube 449 Hz then higher frequencies, then some jazz and then some rock. This is real life sound visualization.” [via] - Link.
Related:
Other things, with fire, on MAKE - Link.
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The National Park Service has a collection of early recordings (1888) recorded on phonographs and paraffine cylinders, in MP3 format… [via] - Link.
Related:
Edison National Historic Site, 48,000 disc and cylinder recording collection - Link.
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Sometimes I stumble across items that are just over the edge. What would you do with a midi blender? How could you rock a disc drive guitar? I don’t know the answer, but I can’t wait for someone to find out!
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I like that these come in a little zip lock baggy. I wonder if the cardboard boxes actually enhance the sound and work as a bass box or just make them more stackable? [Via] - Link
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Neptune is a band that plays rough musical instruments roughly. If you live in Seattle and you’re into dirty DIY music action, you probably already have tickets for tomorrow night’s show. Check out some photos of their instruments. - Link
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Here are some cool circuit bending projects! I love the case for this less than $20 audio looper! We had an article on circuit bending in Make Volume 4 and you can learn more at the author’s anti-theory circuit bending website. - Link
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Brad Fuller over at the O’Reilly Digital Media blog pointed to a new Bob Moog memorial foundation established by the Moog family that is going to have scholarships, a Bob Moog memorial museum, outreach programs for disadvantaged students and special events for electronic music - [via] - Link & check out the documentary series podcast.
Pictured here, a Moog doll designed by Archer Prewitt, author of Sof’Boy. Photo courtesy of Press Pop Gallery - from our MAKE article, MaxiMoog: A tribute to the man who gave us so many … - Link.
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