Sometimes a chunk of aluminum wants to become a nice shiny whistle.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
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instrument-a-day 8: 8-bit violin 0x03, special wfmu edition
Instrument-a-day 8: 8-bit violin, special WFMU edition. Thanks to Patti Kilroy for making it go!
instrument-a-day 7: teensy glitch
I’m trying to learn how to use the teensy 3.1 microcontroller for audio. I’m off to a glitchy start.
instrument-a-day 6: sandpaper
I didn’t finish what I was working on, but the sandpaper made a nice squeaky sound.
instrument-a-day 5: glaciophone
instrument-a-day 4: smashing icicles
[video on flickr | loop on vine]
Icicles. Smashed.
instrument-a-day 3: muscle wire guitar
Muscle wire contracts when it gets hot, and it gets hot when you put electricity through it, so the more volts, the higher the pitch.
With bonus Tom Fox-style whirly strummer!
instrument-a-day 2: poptop strumdrum
Who knew you could get more than one note out of a soda can tab?
instrument-a-day 1: overtone whistle
Instrument-a-day 2014 begins, as is traditional, with a whistle. This one is made from a 5 foot long PVC tube.
All 7 years of instrument-a-day are archived on flickr.