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Spooky Music To Level Up Your Halloween Decor
Halloween is fast approaching, and what better way to weird out your neighbors and spook your guests than some creepy theremin music. A staple of suspenseful soundtracks and low rent sci-fi, this...
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Taking the 1980s 2-D with TDK Ultra-Thin Speakers
Our corporate mission is a joy to live up to: Contribute to culture and industry through creativity. We hit the trifecta with our recent boombox project with Joe Grand; it highlights all three key...
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The Maker Music Festival Needs Musical Makers!
The Maker Music Festival is back for it’s third year, and the call for makers is open! If you’ve got the groove and want to participate, you need to get signed up before April 16th. The lineup of...
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Hot Off the Presses — Make: Volume 85 Is Here!
The new issue of Make: is making its way to subscriber mailboxes and the digital version is available for Make: members and digital subscribers starting today. And it’s packed! What’s in the issue: In...
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Where Baby Dolls And Music Meet
I’m sorry. I don’t have much to say about these, but I can’t get them out of my mind. Now they’re in your mind too. This delightful musical device is made by Moon Armada. They make all kinds of...
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You’ve Never Seen Instruments Like These: Maker Music Festival
The Maker Music Festival is coming up quick! This educational, virtual, musical event is taking place on may 20th. I absolutely love the ingenuity and creativity of the folks who create musical...
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How I Built A Guitar Picking Robot
The idea came to me while I was listening to a great Seattle fingerpicking guitarist, the late Klaus Lendzian, at a favorite local restaurant. I’d been hearing him play at various venues around town...
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The Quest To Make Player Piano Rolls Using lasers
I’ve found player pianos fascinating since I was a kid. The first time I saw a player piano was at the Mall of the Bluffs in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a grand piano playing away with no one around. A...
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A Can Full of Tone
Vintage Gibson electric guitars had a special circuit for modifying the sound of the pickups: the Vari Tone (Figure A). You could set the knob to get six different guitar sounds, from a funky nasal...
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OpenPipes Revolutionizes the DIY Pipe Organs
Note: If you are considering a vacation in Italy in October, remember that Maker Faire Rome The European Edition, one of the world’s largest Maker Faires, will be taking place in Rome from the 20th to...
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