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Actually two whistles in one. Warmup for Sunday’s laser whistles workshop.

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Music wire + guitar pickup.

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A simple kazoo made from laser-cut wood and cellophane from a package of teabags.

Download the laser plans and instructions here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:50286

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I stuck an accelerometer on a Teensy microcontroller. That part was easy. But I had some trouble getting a nice sound out of it. I’ll try again later.

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It’s hard to drum along with the lucky cat when every hit changes his tempo!

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The sound of a sparkler burning, through the air and a contact microphone. Sequel to last year’s burning match. Thanks to Louise Ma for the suggestion and the sparklers!

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I found this toy pianoglockenspiel in the garbage and cyborged it.

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A tiny fluttering lopsided propeller. And a contact mic.

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MIDI-controlled shakers made from laser-cut acrylic and delrin.

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I recorded the sound of popping bubblewrap and made a crude soundfont that you can download and play in most music software: https://moonmilk.com/13/02/bubblepop.sf2 [5MB]