DIY + Unusual Gear Music Tech
Coffee cups, pizza boxes, everything’s an instrument: watch clipping. play
You know the game “I spy…”? Every object in the room becomes a musical instrument, activated by the robotic MIDI percussion of the dadamachines automat toolkit. Watch this brilliant performance by the ensemble clipping., led by producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson, plus turntablist Kid Koala, on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.
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Code turns MacBook hinge into a creaking door, Theremin
Apple’s MacBook series has had sensors in the hinge since 2019. One developer, Sam Henri Gold, decided to put that to use, first transforming the hinge into a creaking door, and next a playable Theremin.
Peter Kirn - September 8, 2025
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Tech
Endlesss is making a limited-edition Beat Machine full-sized arcade cabinet
Forget buying licenses, In-App Purchases, or subscriptions. The future is a fistful of quarters and heading down to the Music Arcade! Meet the Beat Machine arcade machine from Endlesss.
Peter Kirn - February 23, 2023
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Pirouette machines: sound and computation from screw cans and fluidics, with Ioana Vreme Moser
Peter Kirn - January 30, 2023
DIY + Unusual Music tech Tech
bela Gliss: expressive touch meets computation in crowd-backed Eurorack module
Peter Kirn - December 8, 2022
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Dart, a line of open source MIDI and DMX controllers, in wonderfully wacky variations
Peter Kirn - April 6, 2022
DIY + Unusual Gear Motion Music tech Tech
Go check out people making music and visuals by connecting synths to plants
Peter Kirn - March 15, 2022
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Music tech Tech
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