Category: DIY

International Synth Design Hackathon

Design and build your very own sound experiences in this unique collaborative event run in conjunction with Belfast-based sound art collective, Tone Burst. Using the very latest technology, you’ll be free to explore your creative ideas, with help from the team as required. All materials and equipment will be provided and no technical experience is needed, although a passion for sound and music-making is, of course, essential!

Supported by Cycling 74, Electrosmith and Synthux Academy, this event will give you the run-down on a range of cutting-edge digital fabrication technologies, including 3D printers and laser-cutting machines. Come along and see what sounds emerge!

NI SCIENCE FESTIVAL LINK

Chester Winowiecki – Metamorphoses

The latest TONEBURST release is available.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/

Dedicated to everyone caught in the act of becoming.

Recorded live in my home studio in February 2022. Performed on a Monome Norns Shield controlled by a Shbobo (Ciat-Lonbarde) Shnth. Amplified through a custom built 4 channel PA using a selection of resonant objects attached to speakers and audio transducers.

Thank you to fellow Tone Burst artist, Colin Drake, for making this album possible by creating the Norns/Shnth library and writing the script “Grainzer.”

Thank you, Cara O’Brien, for never letting me give up or present anything but by best work.

Very special thanks to Phil and Barry at Tone Burst for all their hard work, support and positivity.

Metamorphoses tankard

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/merch/metamorphoses-tankard

Toneburst tankard

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/merch/tone-burst-tankard

Diddley Bow Workshop, NIMHAF 2022

Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival 2022 (GATHERING)

A how-to for making your own custom acoustic-tech ‘monochord’. Viewers are show how to select, combine and play materials. All tools are shown and techniques demonstrated. Various options to suit your very own build.

Barry’s approach is a akin to a recipe where he suggests potential ingredients, a step by step process (how & why), and even some serving suggestions.

Graham F – Halo

The latest TONEBURST release is available.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/

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Halo is a noir patchwork of generative soundmasses. Sonic elements rearrange themselves and unfold according to their own internal logic. Revealed are themes of alienation and anti-idealism.

Included is a DIY PCB of the EMF Pingler, a detector of invisible signals and ghosts. A noise device that picks up on its environment and makes sound when it is passed through electromagnetic fields (EMFs). The PCB itself features beautiful designs that make it a worthwhile trinket for those who may not want to solder.

As with all TB instrument and DIY PCB releases, if the EMF Pingler is used in your music-making please share the results with us. ‘Toneburst wishes to publish sound creations made by other makers.’
www.grahamfranz.com

released April 29, 2022

EMF PINGLER – DIY PCB

Colin Drake – Drone & Drama

The latest TONEBURST release is available.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/

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Select studies and guided improvisations focusing on the Drone & Drama software instrument, custom built for Monome Norns.

Colin Drake – code, Norns, fuzz, contact mic, MIDI controller.

dnd code available here: github.com/cfdrake/dnd

Thanks to Barry Joseph Cullen for D&D project and prompts.

released February 26, 2022