Today I figured out how to easily turn the rock band drum set for Wii into a MIDI drum controller:
I did this with Junxion, a program that allows you to transform USB and wireless game controller input into MIDI data. I’ve seen demos of other MIDI rock band instruments online, but with the Wii instruments [...]
Here are instructions on how to make a Music Staff Roller Stamp, a rolling ink stamp you can use to quickly draw a staff onto paper for jotting down musical ideas.
You can get all the hardware for less than $10 and it only takes about 2 minutes to make.
Materials:
1 brass door hinge post (~3 inches [...]
Good god do I want this thing.
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My do it yourself speaker stand post is the most popular one on the site so I thought I’d follow up with other cheap alternatives I’ve been using to create my home theatre.
I have a great HD projector and a nice AV setup with my DIY stands and 7.1 surround sound computer speakers. I built [...]
So my Creative Inspire 7800 7.1 speakers have a pretty terrible range, so when I saw this post on the make zine blog I knew I had to do thing and make my own speaker stands. The idea is from this post at chrismetcalf.net.
The first step was to get some cheap lamps from wallmart. Yes [...]
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I called tech support and they helped me get it working again. The firmware is updated and the lag is gone. I’m still not sure if it’s better than my midi keyboard though for drumming. I will do a comparison soon.
I’m really disappointed with the mpd24 and I apologize for the raving review I gave [...]
Back when I was writing the Djurdevdan remix for Stepmania, I tried creating a pair of MIDI-flipflops as a way to procrastinate and also to try to use them as drum triggers to help me write/program drum beats. The idea was to put two sensors in each one and wear them on my hands, and [...]