Book description
A collection of DIY musical instruments made from everyday materials. For any lover of music making or crafts.
Publisher resources
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Author
- Brief Contents
- Contents in Detail
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Part I: Quick Projects and Tinkering
- Project 1: The Slinkiphone
- Project 2: The Plasti-Pickup
- Project 3: The Elephant Trumpet
- Project 4: The CPVC Slide Whistle
- Project 5: The Scratchbox
- Project 6: The Droid Voicebox
- Project 7: Circuit Bending for Beginners
- Project 8: Junkshop Percussion
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Part II: Weekend Projects
- Project 9: The Playing-Card Pickup
- Project 10: The Robo-Tiki Steel-Stringed Ukulele
- Project 11: The Twang & Roar Kalimba
- Project 12: The Mud-n-Sizzle Preamp
- Project 13: The Universal LFO
- Project 14: The Twin-T Phaser/Wah
- Project 15: The Single-Chip Space Invader Synth
- Project 16: The Bleepbox 8-Step Analog Sequencer
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Appendix A: Electronic Components, Tools, and Skills
- Guidelines for Sourcing Components
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Components Primer
- Resistors: Fixed and Variable
- The Gory Details: Audio Taper vs. Linear Taper
- The Gory Details: Selecting the Right Photoresistor
- The Gory Details: Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Ohm’s Law
- Capacitors
- Diodes, LEDs, and Transistors
- Integrated Circuits
- Wire
- Quarter-Inch Phone Plugs and Jacks
- Switches
- Batteries, Clips, and Holders
- Tools
- Skills
- Appendix B: Extra Circuits
- Appendix C: Music Theory Crash Course
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Footnotes
- Project 1: The Slinkiphone
- Project 2: The Plastipickup
- Project 3: The Elephant Trumpet
- Project 4: The CPVC Slide Whistle
- Project 5: The Scratchbox
- Project 6: The Droid Voicebox
- Project 7: Circuit Bending for Beginners
- Project 8: Junkshop perCussion
- Project 9: The Playing-Card Pickup
- Project 10: The Robo-Tiki Steel-Stringed Ukulele
- Project 11: The Twang & Roar Kalimba
- Project 12: The Mud-N-Sizzle Preamp
- Project 13: The Universal LFO
- Project 14: The Twin-T Phaser/Wah
- Project 15: The Single-Chip Space Invader Synth
- Project 16: The Bleepbox 8-Step Analog Sequencer
- Appendix A: Electronic Components, Tools, and Skills
- Appendix C: Music Theory Crash Course
Product information
- Title: Junkyard Jam Band
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2015
- Publisher(s): No Starch Press
- ISBN: 9781593276119
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