Using a rotating paint can to trigger solenoids around the studio for DIY sound design stuff

Make an over-engineered rotating light-drum to trigger a photo-sensitive tremolo effect for music

Use a photo resistor element for a DIY analog tremolo effect in your sound design

This is how I use cassette recordings to make music. Or one way, at least!

Crunchy cassette-recorded drums make for some beefy rhythm tracks!

Play pre-recorded drums through a modified cassette deck for some monster sounding kits

Use a bunch of DIY recording techniques for cinematic sound in your songs

Use a board with random objects and contact mics for cinematic sound design in songs

Use a bunch of DIY contact-mic recordings for organic beat-making goodness

Use a contact microphone on a file cabinet for big, beefy drum sounds

Modify a tape deck and you get some bizarre results

Record a simple sine wave onto cassette and play it back at varying speeds for note control

Recording drums in a basement for the album "Under the Weight of Water"

Record drums onto a cassette player for some grungy, compressed, vintage sounding results

Use a hacked cassette player's speed control to create some horrific tension in your audio project

Hack into a cassette player's speed-control and use it to create some moody atmospheric audio

Hack into the guts of a tape player and you can vary the playback speed for cool sound experiments

Use a vintage test tone generator as a synth for some groovy tune-making

Sample a toy sprinkler and use it to create the rhythm for a song

Sampling the notes from an old piano onto cassette tape

Using a collection of DIY MIDI, cassette, and contact-mic instruments for a late-night jam session.

Using MIDI notes to control real-world solenoids for DIY percussion experiments

Using a whisk and contact microphones to make some nice calming meditation tunes for your soul

Controlling solenoids with MIDI notes from Ableton

Using a DIY motorized string instrument for a song on "Under the Weight of Water"

The very first "Jangle Box" - a DIY motorized string instrument made from a cigar box

Hacked cassette players with speed controllers going all loony-tunes through some effects.

Hacking two cassette players and cramming them into a single pitch-controller box like a lunatic.

Using a hacked cassette player to add texture to a song from "Under the Weight of Water"

The in-progress motorized guts of a DIY string instrument called a "Jangle Box"

Re-Amping a snare drum with a mandatory strobe light accompaniment.

Banging out some Tom-Tom Club inspired melodies on my little Korg Volca and Minilogue.

How do metal beams sound when sampled and warped in Ableton? #sampling #ableton

A stereo pair of contact mics connected to my fingers. Cool sounds ensue.

5 contacts mics attached to a glove for experimental sound recording.

Using the #korg volca drum and sampler to add texture to a song #synth #electronicmusic

Hello? Goodbye! Hello? Etc… #circuitbent #experimentalmusic #sounsoundsesign nds

Banging on some pots n pans. A silly little hyper outburst.

Using a box of random noisemakers for percussion

The “Ice Cream Synth” circuit bent toy keyboard. #circuitbending #experimentalmusic

Recording the sound of a dumpster for a sample pack #audioengineering #sampling

Running a cassette tape through a mini brute synth

Dialing Cassette players for sci-fi soundtracks #sounddesign #cassette #sounddesign

Hacking a cassette player to work like a #synth

Controlling the speed of a cassette player like a synth #cassettone #synth #cassette

Using CV to control a tape cassette player

Controlling the speed of a cassette player like a synth #sounddesign #audioengineering

Rain on an amplified metal plate