Maker Faire Yearbook 2023

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The Electronic Jug Band

Faire: Rome

Maker: Rick MacDonald

An exhibit showing how to use the latest low cost microcontroller and sensor technologies to create DIY electronic music instruments. The design and building of such instruments is a hands-on learning experience in both maker electronics and music concepts. The idea is similar to the creation of a Jug Band in the mid 1900s where individuals used household materials to create their instruments and then played them together to make music. In this case however the use of modern electronics provides many more possibilities and a much larger scope for creativity.

Musical Circuits

Faire: Asheville

Maker: NULL

Home: North Carolina, United States

Musical Circuits presents musical gadgets and gizmos, breadboard oscillators, alternate MIDI controllers, and a variety of Arduino and Python-powered musical circuits for making music and experimenting with sound.

Making Music with CircuitPython and the Raspberry Pi Pico!

Faire: Pensacola

Maker: NULL

Home: Florida, United States

Ever dream of making your own synthesizer, drum machine, sampler, or MIDI controller? Come explore and experiment with digital synthesis using the simple yet capable programming language CircuitPython and the inexpensive yet powerful Raspberry Pi Pico.

Mosi Nova – Touchpad synth guitar

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Mosi Audio

Home: California, United States

The Mosi Nova is a MIDI controller designed to push synthesizers to the next level. It is shaped like a guitar, but has a large touchpad in the body that morphs the sound dynamically based on how it's touched. Instead of strings, it has buttons on the fretboard in the same layout of a traditional guitar, allowing guitarists to play synths in a way that is both intuitive and expressive. It can also be instantly retuned as a six-string bass, cello, or even lefty-flipped. The Nova outputs midi, which allows it to easily communicate directly with a computer, iPad or phone via its USB-C cable. Any standard virtual instrument can be loaded and played, enabling endless sounds and expressive freedom. We've got Novas to play at our booth!

One Man Robot Band

Faire: Trieste

Maker: NULL

Home: Veneto, Italy

E’ un orchestra di musica meccanica formata da alcuni simpatici robot percussionisti, guidati dal loro folle inventore. Il meccanismo è formato da un sistema a leva, azionato da solenoidi e gestito attraverso una scheda MIDI. Il nuovo spettacolo che porterò a Trieste lo sto costruendo appositamente per questo evento, con un nuovo impianto luci, nuove canzoni, un nuovo robot mescolato a giocoleria, mimica, drum circle, musica, abbracci e fastidi! Vi aspetto!!

Sound healing

Faire: WNY Regional

Maker: Melissa Tylec

Home: New York, United States

Come be immersed in a ray of healing sounds. I will set up an array of instruments such as singing bowls, hang drum, tongue drum Chimes and more. Experience to really know the benefits of a sound tune up

Sass N Harmony

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sass N Harmony

Home: California, United States

Sass N Harmony is a multi-instrumental trio, best described as soul folk. The music of Sass N Harmony is imbued with mischief and magic to bring you lyrics immersed in archetypes and folk-tales. Their vocals fly together like a tight triangle of birds overhead, agilely changing directions when needed. At times angelic and feathery and other times cackling and edgy, full of tension and resolve, with lyrics that go straight to the heart. We will be performing on the Rock the Bike pedal power sound system. We are proud to have previously toured with bike-powered sound through 14 different countries in Europe and North America for a total of over 12 months of biking!! We are looking forward to contributing to this ongoing community of environmental musicians and sustainable technologies!

Manic Pixie Science Girl

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jun Axup

Home: California, United States

Manic Pixie Science Girl is a singer, songwriter, and scientist in San Francisco, CA. Her life-long love for science education and outreach led her to writing science love song – which she describes as not songs about science, but love songs with science analogies. She sings about DNA, machines learning, particle physics, longevity research, etc. She daylights as a biotechnologist and has a PhD in chemical biology.

Citizen’s Jazz

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Citizen's Jazz

Home: California, United States

Live music

TwistBit

Faire: Rocklin

Maker: Slade Darrin

Home: California, United States

Electronic music artist TwistBit presents a live DJ mix of original tracks, exhibiting bizarre genre fusions and rule-breaking EDM.

Blipblox by Playtime Engineering

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Blipblox by Playtime Engineering

Home: California, United States

Our Maker Story Playtime Engineering is Troy and Kate Sheets. We design and manufacture advanced electronic music toys designed for all ages. Our flagship product is the Blipblox synthesizer. The making of the Blipblox is a great example of taking your “maker” ideas and turning them into a real product and a successful business. It all started when Troy started tinkering with ways to produce synthesized sound from low cost computer chips. Using a Microchip microcontroller development board, Troy wrote the code to make a single sawtooth sound wave. From that early code grew the software that would power the Blipblox. On the hardware side, Troy wired in knobs (the board already had buttons) and the controls started to take shape. The next step was to design a PCB board that included LEDs, MIDI, buttons, knobs, and an audio amplifier. 3D printing was used to experiment with various product designs. After several years of hard work, we are extremely happy with the final product. Today, the Blipblox remains one of the only synthesizers on the market fully certified to international child safety standards for ages 3 and up. We are grateful to the Maker Community for all of the inspiration along the way. Maker Faire Exhibit Description Join Playtime Engineering at the Blipblox Sound Lab! Our Sound Lab is fun for kids (and adults) of all ages. You’ll get hands-on experience making music using Blipblox synthesizers and the all new myTRACKS music creation station.

Mia Pixley – cello, voice, and inner space

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Mia Pixley

Home: California, United States

A 45 min set of music performed on cello, voice, and looper w effects pedal.

Ricky Robot

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Ricky Robot

Home: California, United States

Want to play four dimensional chess, or virtual dodgeball? How about saying hi to 3d printed, low cost, robot arms? Maybe you just want to chill and watch a mesmerizing algorithmic lightshow synced to music. Then come see Ricky Robot's inventions!

How do loudspeakers work?

Faire: Rocklin

Maker: NULL

Home: California, United States

Learn how loudspeakers work! Have you ever wondered how all those moving parts in a speaker system reproduce audio/music so well? What does a woofer, midrange, or tweeter do? How do all these strangely named, oddly shaped parts take electricity and turn it into sound? How do today's smaller, consumer loudspeakers sound so good and how do large, commercial PA systems cover every seat in the house? Come out and see how loudspeakers are built and then hear what happens when everything’s just right!

Snowbelt Morris Dancers of Rochester NY

Faire: Rochester

Maker: Snowbelt Morris Dancers of Rochester

Home: New York, United States

Snowbelt Morris Dancers reinvent dances following medieval English folk traditions. With a Fool, Hobby Horse, bells on our legs and colorful ribbons, we wave hankies and clash sticks for some seriously silly entertainment! Come watch and meet us!

DIY Guitar Pedal.

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Becky Button

Home: Pennsylvania, United States

In this workshop you will learn how to make your very own guitar effects pedal using the Daisy Seed, a microcontroller specialized for music. We will learn about different musical effects and assemble their very own effects pedal.

in/out machine

Faire: Eindhoven

Maker: Albert Epping

Home: Nederland

Probeer de in/out machine! Druk op een knop en luister naar het geluid dat de 10 speakers met elkaar maken, speel vals op het laserorgel. Draai aan de knoppen en laat met de LEDs mooie kleuren en patronen ontstaan.

Podcasting & Broadcasting with Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP Louisville

Faire: Louisville

Maker: Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP Louisville

Home: United States

Make media that matters with us! Louisville's grassroots, volunteer-powered community radio station wants to get YOU behind the microphone! Learn how to become a regular on-air programmer or just a one-time Access Hour host to share your passions!

Goodman Guitars

Faire: Hudson Valley

Maker: Brad Goodman

Home: New York, United States

My name is Brad Goodman of Goodman Guitars. I have been handcrafting fine instruments for 50 years. I build flattop and archtop guitars in my shop in Brewster NY.

Ondas Primordiales

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Jorge Vélez

Home: Baja California, Mexico

Ondas primordiales es un estudio de arte electrónico dedicado a los instrumentos musicales. Visita nuestro stand para ver nuestros nuevos módulos, prototipos, interfases, publicaciones e iluminación para performance y geekear de sintes y electrónica.

Ottavia – la tastiera di un’ottava

Faire: Rome

Maker: Ottavia srls

Modular Musical Instrument. Each module (1 octave, 12 dynamic keys ) can be used individually in stand-alone mode or assembled with others composing a full piano keyboard. The same object can be used for studio writing or recording, then musicians can use 1 or 2 octaves, or for live performances, then they can use 7/8 octaves. The modularity of the tool reduces its size, and thus favors the transportability.

Cello Joe – Beatboxing Looping Cellist

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Joseph Chang

Home: California, United States

Joey Chang aka CelloJoe is an anomaly in the world of cellists. Cello + beatboxing + vocals + live looping = Cello Joe Cello Joe plays the cello while beatboxing, looping, and singing. It's Classical Hip Hop. He creates fat beats with a cello and his mouth and he does it live! His lyrics weave together sustainability, environmental justice, and social awareness. They entertain, inspire, and make you wonder. By beatboxing, throatsinging, singing, plucking and bowing the cello, CelloJoe can mimic many styles of music from dubstep to folk to rock to classical to hip hop. CelloJoe is the world's first long distance musical bike touring cellist. He has ridden his bike over 10,000 miles in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia.

Theremin Maker

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Rocio de los Ángeles Juárez García

Home: Ciudad de México, Mexico

El theremin es un instrumento musical electrónico que se toca sin necesidad de contacto físico con él. En Hacedores, creamos un diseño muy fácil de implementar, te invitamos a conocerlo.

Ashmore Industries

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: Ashmore Industries

Home: Oklahoma, United States

Ashmore Industries is a service based in Tulsa which provides 3d print projects for all needs.

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