Here’s a DIY plate reverb, hacked out of IKEA parts for under $100

Can’t afford a pricey plate reverb? Use some IKEA shelving and piezos and get something that sounds amazingly good in this simple DIY tutorial. Best of all – you can do it for under $100 in parts, and it’s not a complex build.

Watch this video with tricks to get more out of KORG’s west-coast volca modular

It’s still some of the most fun you can get with patching on a budget – KORG’s volca modular. But if you need some new ideas, Audio Wanderer has some cute ones.

Peter Kirn - August 12, 2022

A DIY violin with a spring reverb tank inside

A funny thing happened on the way to the digital instrument age – builders rediscovered novel acoustic and electroacoustic inventions, too. Take this gorgeous example by builder/composer/musician David Hilowitz. And it all started with a broken amp part.

Peter Kirn - August 5, 2022

The classic Buchla 208 / Music Easel gets a new DIY expansion – and it can sound totally evil

Peter Kirn - July 25, 2022

Novation’s Launchpad 2.0 adds widgets that adapt to your DAW shortcuts, expands customization

Peter Kirn - July 4, 2022

Resolume 7.8’s REST API turns your visual tools into tweakable web servers

Peter Kirn - December 28, 2021

8-bit painting – watch a DIY light pen for the IBM PCjr

Peter Kirn - December 2, 2021

Futility is a shortcut-packed answer to working faster in Ableton Live, and it’s just four bucks

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2021

open·control is a Kickstarter-backed controller for Ableton Live triggering, looping, everything

Peter Kirn - November 2, 2021

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