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...
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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...
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,...
The classic Buchla 208 / Music Easel gets a new DIY expansion – and it can sound totally evil
Plenty of classic moments in modular have been remade or cloned. This project goes further, and expands on the original...
Novation’s Launchpad 2.0 adds widgets that adapt to your DAW shortcuts, expands customization
More like this, please. Novation's Launchpad 2.0 updates (for Launchpad Mini and X) are a great example of how manufacturers...
Resolume 7.8’s REST API turns your visual tools into tweakable web servers
In a huge boon to coders and hackers, Resolume's Arena, Avenue, and even modular Wires now all can be accessed...
8-bit painting – watch a DIY light pen for the IBM PCjr
Jozef Bogin, Slovak engineer and hacker, has just posted this short video of a light pen - PCjr interface, and...
Futility is a shortcut-packed answer to working faster in Ableton Live, and it’s just four bucks
Futility v4, developed in Max for Live, has just arrived. And it's an incredible timesaver - get channel strip, mixing,...
Futility is a shortcut-packed answer to working faster in Ableton Live, and it’s just four bucks
Futility v4, developed in Max for Live, has just arrived. And it's an incredible timesaver - get channel strip, mixing,...
open·control is a Kickstarter-backed controller for Ableton Live triggering, looping, everything
Live just turned 20 years old, but there's still no end to personalized ideas for how to control it. The...
