Time permitting, I avoid using sound effects libraries and make my own. I love the process of building up a sound, especially gathering up uncanny materials to record sounds  totally unlike their source.
Finding the right sound to record can be tricky and time consuming, and it is good to have a few starting points. [...]

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I haven’t posted as much this past week as I am involved in an exciting new project that is eating up a fair chunk of my time, I will be sharing it as soon as it’s ready.
Today’s { sound + image } is the synthesised version of a [...]

Today, my friend Edvard came to my house to play with Arduino. He ordered some flex resistors from the U.S. When you bend them, the resistance value changes, which makes it great for controlling Max/MSP. So we hooked up the Arduino board to Max/MSP and ran the FM Synth patch from an MSP tutorial.
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The first half of the recording is dental cleaning, and the second is drilling. Enjoy!
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I had to get a filling for the first time in years. The last time, I think, was when I was 10 years old. During my checkup last year, I was told I would have [...]

Music instruments are not only about their sound but also their aesthetics. Tim Kaiser pushes this notion one step further. He recycles old devices and sculpts them into instruments that are aesthetically pleasing both to the ear and eye. He performs them as an experimental music performer.
Maker Profile – Music Machines on Make: television [...]

Audio recording tips by Jack Black.

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This image inspired me to experiment with the notion of spiraling sound. I used simple sine waves to sonify the light beams, then put them through a flanging effect (which you can read about below) to create the spiraling motion.
The process

I used a freeware programme called Spear [...]

I really like this video. I have always wanted to do something like this but for now, I’ll just have to enjoy this film.
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Directed by Ace Norton
[via The Music of Sound]