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.

TouchDesigner has a free meetup today on kinetic installations

London’s Music Hackspace has kicked off a series of free TouchDesigner meetups – and anyone can join from anywhere online. Today’s episode is on at 5 pm London time (check that world clock!), featuring kinetic installations.

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2025

Afrorack with a DIY MIDI-CV converter on the Nile, robotic shakers and kick drum

Our friend Brian aka Afrorack has kept up his must-see series of DIY video tutorials in his home Uganda. And as ever, he’s producing brilliant instruments and fantastic music on a budget, thanks to some serious ingenuity.

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2021

A DIY machine imagines 808 kicks if they were made of actual fire

Peter Kirn - January 24, 2019

Watch futuristic techno made by robots – then learn how it was made

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2018

R is a reactive, emotional robot speaker from Teenage Engineering

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2017

Here’s how Mouse on Mars are using robots to expand their band

Peter Kirn - May 15, 2017

KOMA’s Field Kit, connecting contacts pickups, and motors, is now reality

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2017

dadamachines is an open toolkit for making robotic musical instruments

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2017

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