instrument-a-day 16: softone workshop
[video link] I taught a workshop at NYC Resistor with floppy fabric toy synthesizers. (Previous video: www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/8370894693/)
View Articleinstrument-a-day 17: prospect park west
[video link] Ambient sound of the street through the intercom.
View Articleinstrument-a-day 18: teensy drone
[video link] I took the teensy screamer (day 12) and hooked it up to a computer to get a slightly less horrible sound.
View Articleinstrument-a-day 19: the clamp
[video link] A bar clamp with fishing line stretched over it. Amplified with a contact mic.
View Articleinstrument-a-day 21-23: catch-up whistlefest
[video link] 21: Vi Hart’s paper recorder: vihart.com/paperinstruments 22: Milled a fipple and plug for Day 5′s General Purpose Shiny Thing to make it into a whistle. 23: Grabbed a chunk of aluminum...
View Articleinstrument-a-day 24: stroh clamp
[video link] No more mic and amp – the Stroh clamp is all acoustic! Still sounds like screaming goats, though. The acoustic amplifier is made from a round mint tin, an old bike horn, and a laser-cut...
View Articleinstrument-a-day 25: whirlarang
[video link] A DC motor makes the string whirl around. A second DC motor acts as a hub, and is connected directly to an amplifier.
View Articleinstrument-a-day 26: (nearly) silent windchimes
[video link] Silent fabric windchimes won’t bother the neighbors.
View Articleinstrument-a-day 27: unsilent windchimes
[video link] Yesterday’s silent windchimes, hooked up to a computer via usb midi. The chimes are made of conductive fabric, suspended by conductive thread from a microcontroller which sends midi notes...
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