Make a DIY velocity-sensitive e-drum kit with Brian Bamanya aka Afrorack

No budget for an electronic drum kit? No problem. Brian Bamanya reports from Uganda on how to DIY the whole kit with readily sourced parts – and even adds velocity.

CHAIR made an amazingly realistic snare plug-in – get a CDM discount, then play it on a table

The Center for Haptic Audio Interaction Research have been busy – and they’ve made a snare model unlike any you’ve heard in software. CDM exclusive discount for you, and – table drumming. Really.

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2021

A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project

Deep in the Arctic Circle, the USSR was drilling deeper into the Earth than anyone before. One artist has combined archaeology and invention to bring its spirit back in sound.

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018

Watch a VU meter turn into percussion, control voltage

Peter Kirn - March 16, 2018

Down with Sequencers: The Age of Glass Finger-Drums Through Their Beats, Live [Videos]

- July 22, 2013

Slap That Desk: Turn Any Surface into an Instrument, with a Plug-and-Play Accessory

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2012

Kitchen Contact Mic Chemistry: Make a Mic from Baking Soda, Cream of Tartar

- August 22, 2011

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