DIY Project: the NXT-606 LEGO Drummachine

Just found this on de:bug: a fun little DIY project from Peter Cocteau, built with LEGO, the great colored plastic toy for children… as I loved LEGO when I was a kid (especially technic-LEGO) I really digg this great invention… maybe I will build this in the near future?!? Have a look:

World Cup 2010: howto turn off the vuvuzela on your TV

Hey folks, all the funny solutions that have already been posted sound ok to me, but most people don´t have any equalization possibilities on their TVs, as well as most of you probably don´t have any professional EQing gear to hook up with your TV. So here´s a qood workaround that should do the trick: [...]

DIY: Midibox Sequencer V4

Just a small update on my recent DIY activities: the Midibox Sequencer V4 is almost finished. the frontpanel was done by julian, a really talented guy from england (thanks a lot for this great work!), the frontpanle PCB is the Wilba version, that has a real great interaction concept, and all the parts are from [...]

DIY Kits: MIDI Fighter

This is a really great toy, definitely worth building this one, as it turns your DAW / Traktor / Digital DJing solution into an arcade-style, pinnball wizard feeling-lookalike jukebox! check out this small tutorial about the assembly, and you´ll most likely want to own one! I will order this as soon as all my other [...]

Roland Trigger out for the MB-808

As an add-on to my MB-808 I have built this small circuit to trigger the internal sequencer of a SH-101 as well as the the arpeggiator of a Juno-60. The original trigger signal of the Roland TR-808/606 and some other Roland instruments has a square waveform with a duration of 1ms, and a minimum of [...]

Finally complete: MB-808 the Bassqueen!

Yes, thats right: 10 months after starting to build this baby, she´s finally ready and sounds great! The MB-808 is a clone of the famous Roland TR-808 with a Midibox step sequencer; The bassdrum has this loooong boom, the snare comes snappy and sharp, the toms go pretty deep while the congas almost self oscillate, [...]

DIY-Project: The G-SSL Stereo Mix Compressor, part 2

It´s been quite a while since I posted the first part of the howto on the GSSL Compressor. That is, because I took a break after having it almost finished, then finished it, used it quite a few times, modified some stuff again, but didn´t have the time to write down the second part of [...]

How to build a fretless bass

Hello fellows, here´s another small howto for those of you who like to modd a real instrument: A friend of mine recently gave me this old electric bass guitar, that he had bought a while ago on a flea market around here; It´s not really a great quality instrument, it was all dirty and dusty, [...]

R.I.P. Michael. We will always rock with you!

Michael, sad you passed away yesterday. I saw you live one time, I love your records, I grew up with your music and style – I will always remember you. And we will always rock with you. R.I.P.

Kennwood Trio Oscilloscope

Got this nice toy the other day from a friend of mine; Great and usefull, and also looks really cool – nerdy – technical -lab-like! I already love it!

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