Collaborate Disseminate
For better or worse, the fundamental design of guitars has remained familiar since they electrified around a century ago. A few strings, a fretboard, and a body of some sort …read more Continue reading Cyberbass Brings Bass Guitar To Modern Era
The Family BASIC keyboard was a peripheral that was built for programming on the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicom. As [Linus Åkesson] demonstrates, though, it can do so much more. …read more Continue reading Family Bass Is Musical NES Magic
It’s a constant battle for musicians — how to practice your instrument without bothering those around you? Many of us live in apartments or shared accommodation, and having to wait …read more Continue reading Rock Out Without Getting Knocked Out
The soul of a rock band is its rhythm section, usually consisting of a drummer and bass player. If you don’t believe that, try listening to a band where these …read more Continue reading Beat Backing Box for Bassists
Playing music as part of a group typically requires that not only are all of the instruments tuned to each other, but also that the musicians play in a specific …read more Continue reading 3D Printing the Key to a Bass Clarinet
Surely we’ve all played some bass riffs on a stretched-out rubber band before, right? [Nicolas Bras] found that the ultimate musical rubber bands are bungee cords, and used seven of …read more Continue reading Bungee-Corded Bass Zither Really Slaps
[Jake_Of_All_Trades] wanted to take up a new drumming hobby, but he didn’t want to punish his neighbors in the process. He started considering an electric drum kit which would allow him to practice silently but still get some semblance of the real drumming experience.
Unfortunately, electric drum kits are pretty …read more
A visit to the hardware hacking area of the recent Hacker Hotel hacker camp in the Netherlands would bring plenty of interesting pieces of hardware to delight the eye. Among them though was one to delight the ear, and on hearing it we asked whether its creator could put it …read more
No drummer? No problem! With a little ingenuity, you can stuff the essentials of a drum kit into a box, and automate your rhythm section.
Mind you, [Franco Molina]’s “DrumCube” doesn’t quite have the flash of a human drummer, but it does keep a steady beat and has a charm …read more
Continue reading Play to the Beat of this Robotic Drummer in a Box
Koko died in Woodside, California, on Tuesday. The beloved primate was 46. Continue reading RIP Koko, the Kitten-Loving Gorilla Who Communicated With Humans