instrument-a-day 6: buddha bonk
February 7th, 2009
Buddha Box, wire, brass, and conductive foam.
The Buddha Box is a little electronic gadget that plays any of 12 chants over and over again. I wired it up with a brass tablet and drumstick so I can play it like a drum– each hit switches to a new chant. (A little bit of conductive foam on the end of the drumstick muffles the tapping sound.)
It sounds like this.
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1. » Moonmilk’s &hellip | February 21st, 2009 at 7:58 pm
[...] highlights from the making I want to show to you. Day 19 – Garden Grammophon. How poetic! Day 6 – Buddha Bonk. Electronic Buddha Machine goes [...]
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