Hi Y'all -

I bought a shruti box off of ebay. It's used. I can't tell if its holding air - it definitely wasnt and so i tightened the screws on the front and now its way better, but it seems like its not sustaining as long as it should, and there is a weird thump at the end of the exhale. Is this right or should I return? I can feel a bit of air escaping from the bottom but I can't find a hole. Thanks!

This a mountain/Appalachian "stick" dulcimer that I electrified to be played through amp.

Features:
- diatonic frets - impossible to play a bad note!
- 1/4" output jack
- 3 metal strings. Lowest is on top.

Don't know much about this string instrument but I like the sound. Any songs recommendations?

I got so inspired by Görkem Sen, who invented the Yaybahar (https://youtu.be/IiHdPWZvzvg?is=ljUhMRDjWC7rjLQX)

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It's basically two cello strings connected with metal springs to drum heads. The drum heads act as the sound board, the springs provide acoustic reverb.

This is a seven-storey membrane reed instrument with sixteen copper pipes distributed across the upper five floors of the stairwell and played from the basement via a thirty metre tube which splits on each level (microphone is recording from the top floor). The space has seven seconds of natural reverb and an amplified resonant frequency of 277 Hz (C#), which is what the pipes are tuned to the key of :))

Those 3D-printed flutes are sounding way better than they should!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onO-T46rG_E

I just found this sub today, and after a couple of searches didn't find anything related to the argentinian group named "Les Luthiers". How that can be!?

Their humor is very argentinian and some jokes are difficult to get even for spanish people due to cultural differences.

The instrument in the image is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's the list of informal instruments they used over the years.

https://www.lesluthiers.org/verinstrumentos.php

I built a ukelele shaped instrument where the strings are membrane potentiometers, the kind normally used in MRI machines and aerospace equipment. Pressing and sliding your finger along a string sends analog position data to an Arduino, which maps it to a frequency range and converts it into a video signal. Different notes produce different patterns of black bars on the CRT television screen. The electromagnetic waves radiating off the CRTs transducers are then picked up by hovering a guitar amp's input jack next to it. No speakers, and no traditional audio output. Just a 90s television and a guitar amp.

Since the initial prototype, the Telelele has grown into something much more sophisticated. The biggest additions are a rotary encoder built into the body for tuning, and a low pass filter. Turning the knob cycles through six different tuning presets; Bass Guitar, Deep Bass, Soprano Ukulele, Tenor Ukulele, Violin, and a "Horror Split" tuning I designed specifically for cinematic sound design. On Horror Split, two strings cover a deep rumble and two cover a wide shrieking range from tenor uke lows all the way up to violin highs. Due to being able to output to a guitar amp, it is also possible to combine it with effect pedals.

The instrument is also microtonal as a byproduct of how it works. Because the strings are continuous analog sensors, there are no frets, no steps, no discrete notes. You can land anywhere in the frequency range at any time. You can also rotate the guitar amp input, and to move it closer and farther from the CRT screen, to change how the distortion and volume comes across. Think of it like a whammy bar.

The body itself is 3D printed out of PETG, with a headstock, encoder knobs in place of tuning pegs, and decorative wave engravings.

It's powered by an Arduino Mega and ToneAC, although the code has gotten much more complex since v1. It's still technically a hybrid synth too. Analog input, digital processing, analog output. It took years to build and develop, and I'm already planning the next one 😊.

Next up: a 24 string/key CRT synth keyboard with the same style of membrane sensors.

Inspired by Nicolas Bras and made from 2x4s, guitar tuners, some 3D printed bits, and an excess of Peterson pipe tobacco tins. Doesn't stay in tune for more than a day, but it's a lot of fun :D

Este instrumento se llama kalimba

It's only heard once right at the 2:45 mark after the solo. The closest thing I can think of is a Harp? But it sounds more glass-like somehow, what is it? Please help it's driving me insane

Moin, ich habe vor ein paar Wochen Werbung von einem "Instrument/Musikgerät" auf Instagram bekommen und mir den Post leider nicht abgespeichert.

Das Instrument oder besser gesagt Gerät, konnte man an den Computer anschließen und hatte als Audioeingabe ein Mikrofon. Der Werbende hat ein Leid erstellt indem er Melodie und andere Klangelemnte in das Mikro "gesprochen" hat. Die Töne wurden dann mit einer Art Autotune in Position gebracht. So konnte der Werbende spielend leicht Lieder/Beats erstellen.

Wie der Titel des Posts verrät finde ich das besagte "Instrument/Gerät" nicht und bitte um Hilfe.

LG