Posts Tagged ‘hardware hacking’
Experimental Musical Instrument Workshop @MakeHaven
Yesterday was the 2nd of what will now be three workshops I’m giving at MakeHaven hacker space in New Haven, CT. The first two focused on creating contact mics and designing and building acoustic instruments. The third workshop, TBA sometime in October, will center on basics of electronics and circuits, bending/hacking instruments, toys, household objects,…
Read MoreEl MuCo at ArtSpace: Instructions not Included
Brian and I have five of our hand-made musical instruments in the gallery at ArtSpace New Haven as part of an exhibition titled “Instructions not Included.” The exhibition will run from November 9 2012 – January 26 2013. The opening is tomorrow from 5-8pm at ArtSpace. Please feel free to join us and explore the…
Read MoreIBeam Laser Show (2011)
It has been almost five months since MuCo performed for the 2nd time at Ibeam and for one reason or another the recording has sadly sat neglected on a hard drive since then. I finally dug it out, mixed the tracks together (output of kane + scacinto) and here it is for your listening pleasure.…
Read MoreXbee: Information and Resources
The XBee RF radio is certainly not new technology, but it remains a tried-and-true means of communicating with microcontrollers in DIY electronic projects. For those of you unfamiliar with the XBee, it is an RF radio module that can be attached to a circuit via a breakout-board and used to communicate wirelessly with that circuit,…
Read MoreMuCo in Miami: the recording
Here is the somewhat-delayed recording of our set on the Subtropics festival in Miami on March 20th. I took some video, but it was terrifically dark and the audio was useless as well. I know Gustavo recorded the audio from the room, but I haven’t gotten my hands on it yet. The recording below was…
Read MoreHoliday Jankotunes (Kidtunes) Sample Pack!!!
In the spirit of the holiday season, and to show all of you our fans how much you mean to us, El MuCo is giving away this free sample pack of Jankotunes magic! Many hours of toilsome labour went into editing this massive sample pack (over 32 samples!!!) for your artistic edification and pure enjoyment. We…
Read MoreIntroducing The Little Princess!
What was once the hideous DJ Crappy Tunes (aka DJ Crappy Turntable) has been reborn as the beautiful and talented “The Little Princess!” To see/hear some of the genesis of this beautiful machine, please see our previous post. Below is the first video of The Little Princess. Here, Kane is taking her for a ride…
Read MoreAudio/Video: Uncertainty Music – April 24th
[wpvideo PlQ8VSar] Here is some low-quality video from our show at The Big Room in New Haven. More details will follow. Below is audio only.
Read MoreDJ TOY THING (aka DJ Crappy Turntable)
El MuCo has begun work on a number of one-off instruments, one of which is briefly described here. This fantastic pile of crap was once a DJ toy whats name I have forgotten, but will refer to as the DJ Crappy Turntable or DJCT for short. This instrument had two “platters” on the top side…
Read MoreCasing the Casio SA2
There are a lot of sites/posts online with either audio or video of bent Casio SA2s. One site in specific has a lot of great, detailed information on the Casio series, and that is CasperElectronics‘s site. In fact, his site should be required reading by anyone looking to learn anything about hardware hacking. That said,…
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