barry joseph cullen

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Category: Make Hardware

  • Thingiverse MAKE files

    A laser-cut case for Drone v& Drama v2 and a 84HP eurorack skiff are available for download.

  • DIY Electronic Musical Instruments – MAKE files

    My collection of project files and guides to build more DIY electronic musical instruments that I designed over my research/practice are now available on GITHUB and HACKADAY. New instruments: Nano Perc v1 (percussive sounds from an arduino nano) D&D Teensy (pocket sized Drone & Drama from a Teensy 3.2 / 4.0) Squeal & Scrape (9v…

  • Companion Box Recipe (Hardware Remix / Circuit Bending)

    Instructions to build a DIY electronic musical instrument. Instructables link. Compositions using the instruments made following this tutorial can be heard on the toneburst release, ‘Boxes & Blocks”.

  • BJC – Boxes & Blocks

    The latest TONEBURST release is now available. https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/ <kat no.8> Companion Boxes and Companion Blocks are circuit bent DIY electronic musical instruments. They are the product of practicing hardware remixing. In this exercise; circuits designed to process signals have been transformed into signal generators. The sounds they make depend on the circuit that is used.…

  • Drone & Drama v2 – DIY files

    The files to build your own Drone & Drama v2 instrument are available online. GITHUB HACKADAY Files include: schematics, bill of materials, gerbers, build guide. There are four modules: sine/triangle generator / noise siren / filter / mixer. It was inspired by  simple synth DIY + the idea “bent by design”. Sound examples can be…

  • Tape Loops.

    Drone & Drama – 12v / Amplifier – 9v / Cassette recorder – 6v Analogue electronic music. Recycled cassette tapes. Renewable energy. Portable studio. Retro tech. Preparation for another TONEBURST collaboration.      

  • Stereo Lunetta 080120 01

  • bjc – D&Dv2_Studies_v2 promo

    bjc – D&Dv2_Studies_v2 Released on TONEBURST 26 October 2019. Available here. Launch event @ the343 (JD Zazie), Belfast.

  • Squeal & Scrape @ Framewerk 261019

    The participants will build two items: • a piezo transducer (contact mic) • a small amplifier powered by 9v battery. The sound produced is not clean; it’s dirty. The circuit is not complex. This workshop is suitable for beginners, with no previous electronic circuit making experience. FB event page. booking  email – barryjoecullen@gmail.com Location –…

  • bjc – D&Dv2_Studies_v1 – promo

    bjc – D&Dv2_Studies_v1 Released on TONEBURST 27 September 2019. Available here. Launch event @ Oscillations & Modulations festival, Derry.