DIY Hardware For Music Production And Sound Design - Episode 1

This series is an adventurous but also instructive journey into the world of DIY hardware, sound and music production. It is inspired by the book “Handmade Electronic Music” by Nicolas Collins. Beginning with simple but impressive experiments our journey leads step by step to making useful electrical and electronic instruments. Following this series episode by episode you will learn a lot not only about electronics and other hardware, but also about sound itself. And on top of that all it´s a lot of fun.

Enjoy it!

Your Rolf Kasten

Content / Timeline

00:00 introduction

01:55 looking for inexpensive speakers

04:40 soldering and testing piezo elements / contact microphones

09:19 introducing all the noise making equipment

10:02 comparing piezo microphones and dynamic microphones

11:30 planing and organising the sound experiments

13:45 some chosen experiments with speakers, tins and other material

16:58 tins and cans as amplifiers for piezo microphones

18:10 a kind of earthquake – attempt 1

25:57 about sonic comets and meteors

27:47 the sonic properties of a balloon full of water

29:46 a kind of earthquake – attempt 2

32:28 approaching sound design tasks

34:48 processing the earthquake recordings

42:13 what is an “earthquake with a musical ideology”?

46:10 random rhythm generator

48:39 epilog