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Thanks to everyone who came out to our 4th workshop!
Dann has put up schematics, code, and instructions on using the SimSam on his site. You can get the Nebulophone’s info at Bleep Labs. Both of these devices will be on sale soon.
Update: The beginner’s class will build the SimSam, a simple digital sampler/noise maker. There is a $5 suggested donation.
This Sunday we’ll be building the Nebulophone, an Arduino based synth with a Stylophone like keyboard. It has adjustable waveforms, a light controlled analog filter, LFO, and arpeggiator that can be clocked over IR.
Here’s a quick sample of some of the features.
Reserve a seat here. Beginner project at 4:00, Nebulophone at 6:00.
All the Andromeda Space Rocker kits will be available on a new site at the beginning of next month! For now you can order them directly from Eric, 4ms. MIDI to IR kits available at Wooster Audio.
Here’s a great video from the last workshop :
Rui Penha, the talented musician, developer, and inventor who got Handmade Music going in Portugal, shares this video from their inaugural outing over the summer. There’s some wonderful stuff there; I can’t wait to get to Portugal myself in 2010!
Handmade Music @ Digitópia from Rui Penha on Vimeo.
What happens when you combine…
Find out Wednesday night. It’s FREE (no cover) and OPEN (to anyone who shows up / wants to show their work). And we have the Blip Festival to thank for making this happen.
Free, Wednesday, December 16th, 6:00PM – 8:30PM
915 Wyckoff Street, L to Halsey or M to Myrtle / Wyckoff. (map below)
Details: read more
Austin may be known for guitars and rock ‘n roll, but it’s also proving chock full of geeky, electronic goodness with a feature-packed Handmade Music series that’s inspiring all the rest of us. Eric Archer has put together this fantastic video of all the awesomeness gathering in Austin.
Video from the second Handmade Music Austin workshop, Nov 15 2009.
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Basic kit: Mini Space Rockers (ericarcher.net)
Advanced kit: Autonomous Bassline Generator (4ms pedals)The workshop was full. About 30 people built the basic kit, and about 20 built the advanced kit. Treasure City Thrift had a table of choice retro electronics for sale. After all the kits were built, we plugged in to the PA and partied until the amp overheated.
Mark your calendar and watch this space: the next Handmade Music drops into Texas on the 20th. New project: a bass drum. Bass, bass, bass drum.
Update: There are ten seats available for the free beginner class and eight for the upper division. They are first come first serve so get there early!
This sunday is Handmade Music Austin #2.
We’ll be building 4ms’ Autonomous Bassline Generator. The upper division class is filled but there should be some space in the beginner class. Even if there aren’t any seats available, there will be all kinds of things happening in the gallery space for EAST. You can play with the Thingamagoop 2, Eric Archer’s noisemakers, Andromeda Space Rocker kits as well as other handmade instuments.
Noon – Gallery space opens. Bleep Labs, Eric archer, and friends interactive exhibit.
4 pm – Free beginner class
6 pm – Upper division synth class $45 at door
6:30 – Free performances :
Red X Red M
Douglas Ferguson/Steve Marsh
TelepathiK Friend
Red X Red M
Douglas Ferguson/Steve Marsh
TelepathiK Friend
The first Handmade Music Austin was a success! We might be able to fit more people in the November and December events so stay tuned for updates.
Austin is about to get noisier!
Those who registered will get an assured seat but there should be some space available so get there by 4:00 to build your own analog rhythm makers.
4ms Pedals, Bleep Labs, Eric Archer, and Church of the Friendly Ghost have brought Handmande Music to Austin!
Starting October 18th, we will offer monthly workshops at Salvage Vanguard Theatre where you can learn how to solder, build a synth kit, show off your own musical DIY project of any type, and jam with the new Andromeda Space Rocker synthesizer kits.
Free beginner classes!
This free class is for anyone, even if they’ve never picked up a soldering iron or know the difference between a capacitor and a resistor. We’ll show how to solder, discuss the basics of electronics and build an analog drum. Soldering equipment will be provided but if you have your own tools, bring them along.
Andromeda Space Rockers are here.
In the upper division class, we’ll walk you through one of our new modular, networkable synthesizer kits and discuss synth design. Each event will feature a different kit, starting with one of Eric’s drum machines. Classes are $45 and include a kit and all necessary materials.
Each device can communicate with each other via an ir network. This means that when you place them next to each other they automatically sync and play at the same tempo.
There will be 100% analog drum machines from Eric, a digital bassline generator with analog filters from Dann of 4ms, and an Arduino based synth with an analog VCO from Dr. Bleep. These kits will be available online after the first event.
A jam at every event
There will be a jam / performance once the instruments are built. We encourage you to bring some pedals and a small amp to plug in your new synth, or even your own DIY instrument, and participate in an exciting musical experiment.
Sign up for classes
Workshops are filling up quick. Sign up here soon!
October 18th class
4PM – 5:30 – Beginner’s Workshop
6PM – 8 -Upper Division instrument building class
8:30 – ? Jam and featured performance
Class dates:
2009: October 18 / November 15 / December 20
2010: January 17 / February 28 / March 14 / April 18
Location
Salvage Vanguard Theatre
2803 Manor Rd
Austin, TX
Contact HMMAustin@bleeplabs.com for more info
Handmade Music returns to our Brooklyn installment on Thursday, October 15. More project details are on their way, but here’s a first look.
October 15
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Presented by createdigitalmusic.com, etsy.com, makezine.com and xlr8r.com
Hosted by 3rd Ward Brooklyn with support from Colt 45
http://www.3rdward.com/
The party that celebrates the people making original tools to make original music returns with another grab bag of unusual inventive sonic technologies. This month, performances and demos:
GREAT TIGER is an electro rock duo from Brooklyn. They get the party started with the help of The Box, a homemade MIDI controller made out of arcade buttons. Taking inspiration from Daft Punk to Deep Purple, GREAT TIGER fuses themselves into your brain with the help of bright lasers and poison-gas fog machines.
SARAH AND LARA GRANT, two sisters who specialize in blending textiles and technology, offer a wearable music instrument with a performance by a dancer. Their felted sound garment which turns the body into a sound emitting interface.
… and, as always, some surprises.
Makers, you’re free to bring projects – working or not – to share, troubleshoot, and play! Power / PA / projector available; bring your own cables and (if you can) extra speakers.
FREE COLT 45, while it lasts.
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