DIY + Unusual

Circuit bending progenitor Reed Ghazala has new ideas to share – with invisible rays

"Father of Circuit Bending" Reed Ghazala isn't done transforming musical bending techniques. For starters, there's this magnetic-patch, chip-talk, chance-based aleatron...

RNBO (“rainbow”): Start in Max’s UI, deliver to plug-ins, Web browsers, hardware, any OS

The new Max thing Cycling '74 has been teasing is here, and it's pronounced "rainbow." Maybe the easiest way to...

The Commodordion: 8-bit instrument made of taped-together C64s and floppies

Eat your heart out, Roland V-Accordion. Meet the Commodordion, an 8-bit chip instrument with bellows made of floppies and gaffer...

MVMNTS: Vibrating, shuddering sounds from Hiro Kone x Roxy Farman benefit Pakistan relief

Welded sheet metal and springs have a contact-mic dialog with modular synths in a chillingly brilliant EP by Hiro Kone...

Join Afrorack and tour the Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments – from home!

It's Afrorack gone Swiss! Afrorack aka Brian Bamanya has a fantastic video sweeping through the world's largest synth collection. And...

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...

Make your own MIDI-to-CV adapter in a skull, with a 3D printer and CircuitPython

Liz Clark over at Adafruit has a great DIY project. It's compact. It's beginner-friendly. It teaches you some simple embedded...