DIY Music Toys
December 14, 2007 10:48 AM Subscribe
DIY Music Toys - The DIY Music Box Kit is the kind of thing I'm looking for. I've also got enough links and resources about circuit bending toys, etc. What other music doo-dad toys are out there for not-so-serious music making?
Get yourself an Omnichord! You can get them for less than $100 on eBay, and you can produce something tolerable to listen to right away.
posted by carrienation at 11:12 AM on December 14, 2007
posted by carrienation at 11:12 AM on December 14, 2007
Response by poster: Good suggestions so far - I should make clear that I'd like to steer away from the more technical "solder and bend and poke and read schematics" end of things if possible.
posted by agregoli at 11:26 AM on December 14, 2007
posted by agregoli at 11:26 AM on December 14, 2007
Build yourself a cigar box guitar. It's fun!
Also, I got some good answers when I asked a similar question. And Dennis Halvena's website is full of interesting seed ideas to get you started.
posted by leapfrog at 11:39 AM on December 14, 2007
Also, I got some good answers when I asked a similar question. And Dennis Halvena's website is full of interesting seed ideas to get you started.
posted by leapfrog at 11:39 AM on December 14, 2007
I'm an electronic music who gets no end of fun out of thumb pianos and melodicas. On the electronic side however, there's also the Buddha Box.
posted by rhizome at 12:09 PM on December 14, 2007
posted by rhizome at 12:09 PM on December 14, 2007
This working gramophone kit seems get raves by anyone who comes in contact with it. I have no firsthand experience, but I gather that you can use it to record as well as play, and for convenient media, the needle will scratch the recording into the plastic surface of old CDs. (I walso suspect you could find or modify a blank-CD with the top laminated - suitable for gramophone needle recording on the top, leaving the bottom still useable for digital audio? That could make for some awesome dual-media disks... I wonder - they might even play in a standard vinyl record-player! (Use an old needle :-) )
Apparently it can take a bit of searching to find a store with stock, as most places outside of japan that stock it seems to sell out pretty quickly.
posted by -harlequin- at 6:52 PM on December 14, 2007 [1 favorite]
Apparently it can take a bit of searching to find a store with stock, as most places outside of japan that stock it seems to sell out pretty quickly.
posted by -harlequin- at 6:52 PM on December 14, 2007 [1 favorite]
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Weird Sound Generator
Cracklebox
I got a ton 'o these. Let me know if you want more.
posted by lekvar at 11:11 AM on December 14, 2007