http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:53:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/instrument-uses-ball-bearings-to-generate-music.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:50:58 +0000 Bearings Glocken is a Japanese made instrument that automatically plays the glockenspiel.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/video-mutant-instrument-diego-stoccos-experibass.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:48:16 +0000 Genius sound designer Diego Stocco has come up with yet another innovative project.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/gannons-mutant-toy-musical-instruments.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:57:21 +0000 Musician Aj Pyatak, aka Gannon modifies old toys and electronic gadgets into mutant retro-futuristic musical instruments. He’s taken everything from an old Atari video game cartridge to vintage toy keyboards and warped their insides to pull out all new noisy electronic sounds. This process is commonly known as circuit bending. MAKE brings news of one of Gannon’s fantastic creations, the Speak n’ Spellbinder. It’s a mash up of a Speak and Spell and a Rock Band Guitar controller. Watch the Speak n’Spellbinder in action below, and head over to Gannon’s site to learn more about all of his amazing devices.Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/on-demand-musical-instruments.html Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:25:36 +0000 Boing Boing lets us know about a fantastic DIY project by Nathan Freitas and NYC Resistor. Using a sheet of plywood, some wood glue and the magic of a laser cutter, they produced a Ukulele in a very short time. It’s not fully functional, but it is a great example of rapid on demand production of a more complex item. [via Boing Boing]]]>