instrument-a-day 8: walnut rattle
I don’t know why I kept all those walnut shells. Finally, here’s a
use for them.
use for them.
photoblog
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instrument-a-day 7: second try horn
Since my first horn was a failure, I tried again, this time in
acrylic, with a narrower tube and larger holes. But it still doesn’t
work as anything but a kazoo. Third try soon!
acrylic, with a narrower tube and larger holes. But it still doesn’t
work as anything but a kazoo. Third try soon!
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instrument-a-day 6: wave scraper
Can you take an audio waveform, laser-cut it into a piece of acrylic,
and then play it back by scraping the waveform?
(Spoiler: NO.)
and then play it back by scraping the waveform?
(Spoiler: NO.)
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instrument-a-day 5: bass horn
“bass” because it makes a low note and because it’s made of basswood.
The reed is cut from the plastic lid of a takeout soup container. The
thing only makes one note – I put in some random finger holes but they
make no difference! I suspect the horn is way too wide for its
length– I’ll try to make a skinnier one soon.
The reed is cut from the plastic lid of a takeout soup container. The
thing only makes one note – I put in some random finger holes but they
make no difference! I suspect the horn is way too wide for its
length– I’ll try to make a skinnier one soon.
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audio fun with coils at nyc resistor feb 13
My Fun with Coils workshop at NYC Resistor is coming up – Saturday Feb. 13th from 4-6pm. Mess around with coils to make custom instrument pickups, junkbox loudspeakers, secret transmitters, and more! You can sign up on eventbrite.
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I want a marxophone (video) but they go for hundreds of dollars on ebay.
This is a proof-of-concept test for making my own marxophone…
someday…
instrument-a-day 3: monomarx
I want a marxophone (video) but they go for hundreds of dollars on ebay.
This is a proof-of-concept test for making my own marxophone…
someday…
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instrument-a-day 2: glaciophone
I pulled up some chunks of ice from a frozen puddle and bonked them
with another bit of ice.
with another bit of ice.
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instrument-a-day 1: scratchlight
A warm-up instrument to start the month, and preparation for my
upcoming fun with coils workshop. I assembled a simple magnetic field
amplifier kit and used it to listen to the motor of a wind-up
flashlight.
upcoming fun with coils workshop. I assembled a simple magnetic field
amplifier kit and used it to listen to the motor of a wind-up
flashlight.
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16 years of online photography
I want to say that I’ve been photoblogging now for sixteen years – but I haven’t posted photos here very much lately, thanks to the lure of flickr. Maybe I should do something about that.
January 13, 1994:
Back then, before affordable digital cameras, I used an old 8mm camcorder and a video digitizer to get pictures into the computer.
(Hey, wait, does this count? From 1993? I forgot about the Kinderegg page. That web page is old enough to get a driver’s license!)