May 14th, 2010 by noise
Mike Hord will be holding geek court this Saturday from 2pm on. Come and chat about all things electronics and stay for the soldering primer ($30 for the class).
See the original post for more details.
May 6th, 2010 by noise
Our Makerbot was delivered to Brandon on Tuesday and we started working on it last night. As you can see we made good progress. With some luck we will be printing by next Wednesday. It a great kit with good instructions and quick progress was made.
We also received the sister Makerbot that will be sent out to the raffle winner in the coming days.
Update:
Beckie and Jon worked on the Makerbot some more on Thursday night and got it working.
There’s some more tweaking to do before it’s fully functional, but here’s the first object du 3d:
April 21st, 2010 by noise
The next Handmade Music: Minneapolis will be on Saturday May 1st, starting at 5pm. Alex Deeba (from GetLoFi) and Micheal Una will be holding a Workshop to build an interesting bleepy electronic instrument and there will be lots of other great stuff going on.
See the blog post for details at the dedicated HMMM site http://www.tcmaker.org/hmmm/. Also if you are interested in the workshop please sign-up at Eventbrite so that we have a head count. There will be a $10 parts fee collected at the time of the workshop. GetLoFi Workshop Registration.
Stop the presses! Alex just sent me this video of an example of what we will be building.
More information about Handmade Music Minneapolis over here, along with photos of past and information on past events.
March 22nd, 2010 by noise
This Thursday is the second installment of Handmade Music: Minneapolis. There will be some fun stuff to see, hear and do. Come check us out, the festivities start at 7pm. We have created a blog dedicated to the monthly event, so you can read all the details about this month over there.
Also, if you would like to to help us spread the word there are some fliers that you can print off and distribute.
March 4th, 2010 by noise
If you didn’t get a ticket to Ignite Minneapolis or would rather hang out with a bunch of cool geeks instead of marketing drones and social media consultants then head over to the Hack Factory.
There will be minimal structure, just another great night of creating at the factory, including but not limited to the following:
March 2nd, 2010 by noise
What a great night! Our first Handmade Music was a big success, lots of people showed up and got to show off and learn a bit more about sound. The night was mostly just a free for all with no direction or organization, it was awesome, none-the-less we had a great response and some terrific enthusiasm.
A few people brought things to show off or play. It was a pretty diverse collection:
- Cigar Box Guitar
- PICaxe-based Synth
- Mini-theremin kit
- Synth chip and MIDI file playback.
- Drum Pad Game Controller
- MIDI drum pad and ChucK apps
- PAiA Theremin, KAOSS Pad, Drone Lab, Supercollider Apps, MFOS Weird Sound Generator
- 555 Throwies, Arduino Synth, Thingamagoop, Assorted contact mics
I didn’t take a head count or record attendees (live and learn) but I think we probably approached around 30 people total throughout the night.
Here are some pictures from the event.
And here are some of the ambient sounds of Handmade Music.
The next event will be on March 25th, 7:00 to whenever again at The Hack Factory, please bring things to share with the group. More information on that night and future nights can be found at Handmade Music Minneapolis Page on TCMaker’s Wiki.
Short demo of the Paia Thermax at The Hack Factory in Minneapolis.
February 14th, 2010 by noise
The first handmade music is coming up on the 25th @ the Hack Factory. The itinerary is being worked on currently as more info becomes available we will be posting it here.
Sneak peak: we have procured a sound system and are planning on having a little performance at the end of night, and lots of people at Saturday’s minne-faire have shown interest in the event, it should be fun.
We are exploring some ideas for the first time around, so please if you have some ideas or thoughts worth sharing about handmade music or perhaps you have been to an similar event and know what works, please share. You can comment on this post or email myself at sobczak.paul at Gmail or Pat if he wants to post his email.
Hi, this is Pat. Feel free to email me at lifeisnoise at gmail or post on the forums or tcmaker google group.
More on Handmade Music over at Noisepages
First Update:
I’m thinking a fun project we could do is 555 “throwies” that I’ve been working on. It’s an idea that is still in development (I built one prototype which I gave away), so it could be fun. I’ll try to build one and post a pic later today.
Wayne (wammie) also has some speech synthesis chips that could be fun to play with.We are looking for 2 acts to perform each set will be 30 minutes long, but we would like the artists to walk us through exactly what they brought to the stage, nobody is currently booked so if you are interested let us know.
February 18 update:
People have been wondering what this even is really all about, to get to the bottom of it I offer the following justification.
Handmade Music: Minneapolis is trying to cultivate a DIY music scene in Minneapolis, by having these open nights at the Hack Factory for people who make sonic machines to socialize and share ideas. (Note: This is basically the same goal as TC Maker has but just narrowed down to musics.)
Wayne will be bringing 2 or possibly three of the SN76477 chips to the event.
Talking to him last night about the chip, he had these up and running about 15 years ago so there is no telling if they still work but it should be fun to try. There are a few suggestions on the data sheet of setups to try, see the suggested setups from the data sheet:
The mothership connection again from the data sheet has the following setup:
I think we will try to set up one of the first ones. And possibly someone will wire up the mothership connection and bring it to a future event. If in the mean time you at home are interested in messing around with this chip there is a newer version of it here.
There has been some interest in performance but nobody has jumped forward as of yet so if you are interested let us know. There will be no compensation this time around as we are not charging for the event at all, that said, if you have been looking for a venue to show off what you have been working on this might be it, read it doesn’t have to be a finely tuned, a bit of sonic tom-foolery is welcome.
Also If you are currently working on or with with any of the following things:
- DIY Analog/Digital Synths
- Max/Msp
- SuperCollider
- Pd
- Arduino
- Circuit Bending
- Instrument building ect…
We are looking to find people to teach classes at The Hack Factory if you are interested and have some ideas of things you would like to do in the future let us know and we start to set it up.
For those new to The Hack Factory we do have some things if you want to build a kit or do a bit of trouble shooting during the night, We have a few soldering irons and 1 (1/2) oscilloscopes, a dc power supply and a few other things so you can bring pretty much anything to put together. We don’t have any electrical components yet so if you have some that you would like to donate that would be great.
January 20th, 2010 by noise
Twin Cities Maker will be having its usual weekly meet and greet at the Hack Factory this Wednesday, Jan 20, at 7 pm. This event is open to the public as well as members.
For those new to the organization, our weekly meetings are usually geek fests where you can meet up with and talk to people about whatever catches your fancy. Ask for help, share thoughts, inspire and be inspired.
Of course, anyone wanting to pay dues or bring in tools (or anything else they want to contribute to the stocking of the space) is welcome to do so.
Highlights:
We’ll see you there!
Hack Factory
3119 E 26th St
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Use the side door, it’s yellow and just around the corner from the garage door.
January 19th, 2010 by noise
A few of us are getting together this Friday, Jan. 22nd at the Hack Factory to do some group hacking. Bring your projects and join the fun. Somebody will be hacking at the factory starting at 8am and going until at least 8pm.
I’ll be working on a couple of arduino video projects that I’ve been itching to check out and who knows what else.
BYO-Project, BYO-Tools, BYO-Whatever else you might need, I expect we’ll order pizza at some point.
(Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/matchees/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
December 29th, 2009 by noise
Let’s have our meet-up at the new space this Wednesday. It will just be a casual get together, no business, but everyone should try to stop by and pay your dues so we make sure to have rent for the first month.
Make sure to bring all the cool toys you scored for Christmas, or anything you made over the break.
See you there: 3119 East 26th St.
