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Music Hacks |
 | Intel Recreates Musical 3D Animation in Real Life
You may recall an incredible 3D animated video from years ago from Animusic called “Pipe Dream” which featured a musical ensamble of robotics. Intel decided to recreate the performance for real in just 90 days. Unlike majority of our... |
 | "FireHero" - Flame Thrower version of Guitar Hero
This Guitar Hero fan and innovative DIYer took a Guitar Hero guitar and interfaced it with an Arduino microcontroller which controls relays that activate solenoid valves on five individual 'flame throwers.' Whew, that was a mouthful, but the... |
 | DIY Portable Ammo Box Speakers
Learn how to turn an old ammo box into a set of custom speakers for under $50 in just a few hours. The project takes a .50 caliber ammo box and installs set of speakers that can be carried along with an mp3 player, laptop, or any other ... |
 | Electric Organ Hacked into an 8-Bit Synthesizer
This innovative Swedish engineer converted an old electric organ into an 8-bit synthesizer which can play fantastic renditions of your favorite NES theme songs. For modern 8-bit music, check out this collection.
With all the original tone... |
 | DIY Stylish PVC Pipe Speakers
Who doesn't love custom speaker designs? We've seen loads of various types and here's another simple, yet unique design. Although the picture above is a product image which sells for $200, we're posting them as inspiration for your own speaker... |
 | Incredible DIY Daft Punk Helmet Project
We've covered some downright superb daft punk projects in the past, but this helmet is one of the best so far. It took 17 long months to build and was documented fairly well in the project's build notes. The video below is a great walkthrough of... |
 | RGB LEDs Syncronized to Keyboard Music
This hack uses MIDI notes from a keyboard to illuminate the keys using RGB LEDs. 88 separate RGB nodes are controlled via a converter box which transforms the digital notes played on the keyboard to make the RGB Nodes flash to the music. The... |
 | How to: PSP Mod with LEDs and VU Meter
Who doesn't love LEDs flashing to music? This modder added an array of LEDs within his PSP to add extra lighting effects. He built a custom LED controller into the case to properly illuminate the system's VU meter and separate LEDs. We've... |
 | LED Light Box Thumps to Your Music
Here's a super simple DIY project for you - Learn how to solder LEDs to make them sound reactive to your music! It's a really fun project and great for those just getting into circuitry. It's actually one of the first projects I built when... |
 | DIY House-Wide Music System via Phone Jacks
Streaming audio around your house, such as podcasts, Internet radio or just some music is a great way to relax and can come in useful when throwing a party. But it’s expensive. Use your pre-existing telephone wiring to run a house-wide audio... |
