Category Archives: Drums

DIY Drumming Robot!

Posted on May 24, 2010 by max

Here’s a cool DIY drumming robot spotted at Maker Faire!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkjlJ45-0Ro

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DIY Drum Robots Playing Music!

Posted on May 24, 2010 by max

I also spotted these awesome, ancient-looking DIY drum robots playing music at the Maker Faire this year.  Well,I forget what the real name for these are, if you know what they are, please let me know so I can update this blog post with credits to the maker.

See video of the DIY drum robots in action:

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPSHXbp0geI&feature=player_embedded

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iPad Stylus Hack – How to Make iPad Drum Stick Stylus!

Posted on May 20, 2010 by max

For those of you who are crazy about turning an iPhone or iPad into a real musical device, you might want to make yourself a set of these great/awesome iPad drum stick styluses.

via instructables

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDQUwqmY-Gc&feature=player_embedded

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Instrument DIY – How to Make a Marimba!

Posted on June 12, 2009 by max

Marimba may be one of the coolest musical instruments on earth today with its ability to make relaxing beach-resort sounds.  Well, you don’t have to wait until you are in Jamaica to hear the Marimba, you can build your own like this guy did. – link

I am a mallet percussionist who loves the marimba. About four years ago I had a problem. Though I loved percussion, I had no way of practicing at home. There were cheap options. I could have bought a bell ki

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Drum DIY – How to Make Drums from Can of Crackers!

Posted on June 9, 2009 by max

I own a set of drum sticks, not a drum set.  Honestly, I cannot afford real drums, although I have been really thinking of getting electric drums soon.

Hey, but there’s a better way, why don’t we recycle can of crackers and make some drums?  I might have just found a way to save myself some big bucks here.

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DIY Piezo Drum Kit!

Posted on May 22, 2009 by max

Wow, here’s an awesome custom DIY piezo drum kit, more pics at hackedgadgets.

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iPhone Drums App for Drum Addicts!

Posted on May 7, 2009 by max

Here’s a really cool finger-drums for those of you drum-addicts like me who can practice your beats all day long, even if you are sitting at your desk in the office.

The app includes sampled sounds of a variety of snares, cymbals, a tom and a nice kick drum for that extra thump – 10 drums in all, and all on screen at the same time. The drums support multi-touch and you can slide your fingers across multiple drums to quickly play a riff. And since it’s a true polyphonic sam

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Home DIY – How to Make a Drum Lamp Shade!

Posted on March 31, 2009 by max

Here’s a really cool DIY for those of your drummers and musicians alike, learn how to make a drum lamp shade that will coincidentally fit perfect with the rest of your musical instrument in your home.

Make your own barrel lamp shade using some simple materials picked up at craft and hardware stores.

via instructables

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DIY Automatic Drumming Robot!

Posted on March 27, 2009 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d03cdQvYDvk

Check out these awesome automatic drums, they can play better than I can.

I would like to see this developed into a FULL drumming machine with FULL drum sets.

Troy Rogers, Steven Kemper and Scott Barton compose for their mechanized instruments with the goal of exploring new “temporal, timbral, dynamic and harmonic possibilities.” The result sounds like no humans we’ve ever heard. These Ph.D. students built the ins

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Black Drum Set!

Posted on March 26, 2009 by max

I am an avid drummer who doesn’t own a real drum set.  Of course, I would get one eventually when I have more room in my apartment, (which is never) but I just found a great deal on some drum sets.  This one isn’t the top-of-the-line but heck, I am not a professional drummer and this is probably what I need to get started drumming seriously.

This would make a great gift for kids too who want to learn drums.

Perfect for the aspriing drummmer, young or adult. We are impressed with the quality on these Full Size sets and we know y

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