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o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:06 am

Lets see some pics of instruments or gear you have made(not software), or any projects your planning.

Here are some of mine:

More info on these with sound clips here too: http://omalleysound.panicnow.net/gear.html

This summer I'm planning on making a new cajon, a merimbula, some gourd instruments, and maybe a Fender P Bass clone. Also, some day when I get the money, I'm going to build me a custom drum kit.

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:40 am

o'malley wrote: This summer I'm planning on making a new cajon...

a "new cajon? That implies you've already made one...

Show us your cajones!

(very cool stuff, btw! what grit sandpaper did you end up using?)

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:00 am

ouroboros wrote: a "new cajon? That implies you've already made one...

Show us your cajones!

(very cool stuff, btw! what grit sandpaper did you end up using?)

I've built 4 so far, sold 3 of them.

The first picture up there was the seconed one I built. It's the one I use. I traded the first one I built to my drum teacher for drum lessons. This is the latest one I sold:

The new one will be even more like a box.

I don't remember, but I think the sandpaper was 120 grit. That and the thumb piano were really easy and cheap to make. Pretty much just found the materials around the house.

Cheers,

CC4 · Post by **CC4** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:01 am

i've been wondering myself about the DIY electronic kits, as i see you could make a harware reverb unit for about $20.

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:03 am

really very cool o'malley

between your synths and your physical instruments, you've built a band!

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:07 am

CC4 wrote:i've been wondering myself about the DIY electronic kits, as i see you could make a harware reverb unit for about $20.

You can make really cheap guitar pedals too. I started making a fuzz box once but I never finished it.

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:35 am

pretty much any household item has its musical properties... my bro effectively used a vacuum cleaner and a refrigerator on one of his albums (no effects other than a small dab of reverb for mixing purposes)

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:05 am

Do I get to play?

Regards

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:10 am

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:16 am

Here's a quick TomG synthology... That micro1 looks like crap and it was ... Loved that opto Theremin!! Time Passed... I got better

Then the two guys from the last post.... Missing a few here and there...Got a new modular going now.

I'm a little crazy

Regards

knockman · Post by **knockman** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:06 am

cool thread, i've nothing to compete with tomg, however i'm lucky to have a junk/recycle shop down the road from me, and japanese junk is quite something! haven't built much yet, but here's an old akai sampler that cost me next to nothing, and a pair of homemade pads which can be hit or stood upon, and further used to transmit midi - great for practical jokes when placed strategically:

my true purpose is working toward an art installation (long-term), these pads will trigger both sound and mechanical contraptions a la heath robinson, here's an example of giant insects:

regards

cheater · Post by **cheater** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:44 pm

well, no pictures here (i got no camera, and it's ugly anyways

) but i made a pvc didge. and it's the best thing ever. the sound is so deep and i can change the timbre in so many ways, it's unbelievable. the sonic range is so big and i only play it recreationally once in a while... wonder what the best didge players could do with it.

I made a 3 strong bends in it to add upper harmonics, loads of bumps, and made a small bell by pushing the heated pipe on a bottle of cheap wine (the kind that reaks of sulfur

). (i dumped the wine into the toilet

). I didn't make a mouthpiece, i don't really know how to do it, and it works just fine without a mouthpiece (i melted the mouth end so it doesn't have rough edges and kinda extends in a way that lets me put my mouth inside it)

other than that, i make all my cables. Especially midi cables, they're at least 50 times cheaper to make than the ones you can buy at the store. And they're at least 5 times longer. And have the same connectors

I also made my midi "interface" for my SB Live. I fit the whole darned thing inside the joystick jack. Was tough, but i succeeded

Clockwork, though.

I took my old pc speakers and put new speakers inside them. Just left the boxes. They perform okay, and definitely much better than what a poor maths student could afford

Got an amp for them, which was "broken", all i had to do is change the output transistors - an equivalent 2 USD

:)

Once i get around some cash, i'm gonna make a midibox sid from http://www.ucapps.de which is a 4-voice multitimbral analog synthesizer with midi, patch memory and whatnot.... also, perhaps i'll make myself a drumkit, the 8080 (clone of 808

)

Don't be afraid to experiment. it's good for you...

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:01 pm

cheater wrote: I didn't make a mouthpiece, i don't really know how to do it, and it works just fine without a mouthpiece (i melted the mouth end so it doesn't have rough edges and kinda extends in a way that lets me put my mouth inside it)

Got an amp for them, which was "broken", all i had to do is change the output transistors - an equivalent 2 USD :)

I found an old bamboo didg in a basement once, fixed all the cracks and made a new mouthpiece with beeswax. Works pretty good.

I had a friend that made a PVC didg like yours though, it was pretty awsome!

I had another friend that got a broken DJ mixer for free, and all he had to do to fix it was reverse two wires inside.

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:06 pm

tomg wrote:

I was going to build that once!!!

I never found the CMOS hex invertor chip though.

... I didn't look very hard though.

maximilians1 · Post by **maximilians1** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:38 pm

cheater wrote:well, no pictures here (i got no camera, and it's ugly anyways

cheater your not going to get away with not posting a pic of your frankenstien creation

It sounds awesome and something I could make. What angles are the bends at, how many, and how is the bell made, did you saw the bottom of the wine bottle off or something?
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