Arduino

Polystepper, a gorgeous electroacoustic synth made with stepper motors, and more wonders

Analog, digital... we're onto the physical, kinetic, and electroacoustic. For one example, marvel at the Polystepper by artist/woodworker Love Hultén...

Game Boy Advance gets a new, free step sequencer, complete with p-locks

Dust off that GBA: it's a groove box now. Stepper is a free and open source 16-step sequencer with full...

Darwin Grosse, musical visionary and voice for Max and DIY learning, has passed away

The most powerful impact anyone can have in music is not just to find their own voice but to help...

Dart, a line of open source MIDI and DMX controllers, in wonderfully wacky variations

The Dart line of controllers is an Arduino-powered array of devices, either for DIYers in shield form and with open...

Go check out people making music and visuals by connecting synths to plants

Peope are finding new, organic inputs for synthesizers - the patterns of leaves, humidity and climate, and even electricity pulsing...

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...

Afrorack is back with cheap DIY modules, from African percussion to MS-20 filters

Afrorack continues to make richly textured polyrhythmic music and share secrets for cheaply producing powerful modular instruments with open tools....