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Back in 2013, a company called Zivix launched a successful Indiegogo for an ultra-portable MIDI guitar for iPhone for noodling on the move. Then six years later the Jamstik was joined by a 24-fret headless bigger brother called the Studio. Now a S-type… Continue reading Zivix heads into familiar design territory with Jamstik Studio MIDI Guitar
Despite the huge strides in computing power and functionality that have been achieved in the past few decades, there are still some things that older computers can do which are …read more Continue reading How To Restore a Musical Amiga
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
MIDI controllers can be simple straightforward keyboards, or wild magical devices that seem to snatch notes from the very aether itself. As you might expect from the name, the Nanoaetherphone …read more Continue reading Nanoaetherphone Is a Special MIDI Controller
We love retrocomputing and tiny computers here at Hackaday, so it’s always nice to see projects that combine the two. [Eivind]’s TinyLlama lets you play DOS games on a board …read more Continue reading TinyLlama is a 486 in Your Pocket
The first project from Sweden’s Teenage Engineering was an art installation in 2007 comprising 22 wooden dolls that formed a singing ensemble. The absolut choir has now inspired the creation of a smaller collection that can voice a bunch of classic son… Continue reading Teenage Engineering gets choral with ensemble of singing wooden dolls
Canada’s this.is.Noise – the folks behind the Kickstarter-funded Noise Machine from 2020 – has launched an interesting MIDI controller on Indiegogo called the MIDI Blaster, which brings a new level of gesture control to music creation while also adding… Continue reading MIDI controller lights up music expression with the wave of a hand
Hardware projects often fall into three categories: Those that flash lights, those that make sounds and those that move. This virtuoso performance by [Kevin]’s “Lo-Fi Orchestra” manages all three, whilst …read more Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra Learns Tubular Bells
Startup Sensy has launched a guitar-shaped electronic instrument featuring a fretboard crammed with follow-me lights designed to get noobs playing tunes quickly, but can also be used by seasoned pros as a MIDI interface or eye-catching melody maker.Con… Continue reading LED-packed Sensy Guitar lights the way to easy music creation
[poprhythm]’s Touch Tone MIDI Phone is a fantastic conversion of an old touch tone phone into a MIDI instrument complete with intact microphone, but this project isn’t just about showing …read more Continue reading Touch Tone MIDI Phone And Vocoder Covers Daft Punk