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If you have an iota of musicality, you’ve no doubt noticed that you can play music using glass bottles, especially if you have several of different sizes and fill them …read more Continue reading Pour One Out for This Bottle-Playing Robot
Following last year’s release of the Rise 2 expressive digital instrument, the UK’s Roli has launched an updated version of the Seaboard Block controller, which “promises to bring infinite expressive possibilities to musicians everywhere, whether at ho… Continue reading Roli takes Keywave expression for another spin around the Block
Back in mid-2020, a project out of Taiwan launched on Indiegogo to produce a gorgeous little mechanical music box that could play tunes loaded in using a smartphone app. Now its makers are aiming for double the fun with the Muro Box N40.Continue Readin… Continue reading Beautiful app-controlled mechanical music box extends the range
Over the years, we’ve seen DOOM run on pretty much everything from an 8088 to a single keycap. We’ve also written up one or two controllers, but we don’t think …read more Continue reading Playing the Guitar of DOOM
Music generation guided by machine learning can make great projects, but there’s not usually much apparent control over the results. The system makes what it makes, and it’s an achievement …read more Continue reading GETMusic Uses Machine Learning to Generate Music, Understands Tracks
These days, there is a plethora of cheap hardware and software which you can use to make digital music. Back in the 1980s, though, this was still a nascent field, …read more Continue reading Building the Cheapest MIDI Home Studio from 1988
When we think of MIDI devices, we typically jump straight to drum machines, rack synths, and keyboard controllers. However, there’s nothing saying you can’t build your own MIDI controllers that …read more Continue reading Building a Breath-Controlled MIDI Device
[Joren] recently did some work as part of an electronic music heritage project, and restored an 80s-era NeXTcube workstation complete with vintage sound card, setting it up with a copy …read more Continue reading MIDI Interface for NeXTcube Plugs Into The Past
[Kevin] over at Simple DIY ElectroMusic Projects has released a complete DIY modular design for simulating the classic 80s Yamaha TX816 DX/FM modular digital synthesizer. This beast of a synth …read more Continue reading An RPi-Powered Multi-DX7/TX816 Style Synth
Limitations placed on any creative process often paradoxically create an environment in which creativity flourishes. A simple overview of modern pop, rock, or country music illustrates this principle quite readily. …read more Continue reading Compose Any Song With Twelve Buttons