links for 2008-03-31

• Gloggomobil: Programmable Music Machine
  i want to make a giant one of these and tow it around on a trailer
  (tags: music projects DIY gloggomobil art todo xylophone)
• MidiTron, unassembled kit
  a new MIDI to real-world interface designed to simplify the process of creating sensor and robotics based electronic art projects. It is easily user configurable and provides 20 terminals of digital and analog inputs and outputs in any combination.
  (tags: midi programming robotics project io interface)
• TweakHeadz Lab Electronic Musician’s Hangout
  all the basics of how the latest recording technologies work, step by step, from simple easy-to-read pages to in- depth articles – the be all end all for people who want to record for themselves at home -tech guides, buying guides, and product reviews
  (tags: acoustics audio creativity recording music production tutorials tweakheadz tweakheads)
• The Linux-Based Recording Studio
  spells out some solid open-source alternatives to commercial audio software. It highlights some of the challenges involved with using Linux, and at the same time manages to cover many of the areas of basic knowledge needed
  (tags: linux multimedia recording music studio sound audio)
• Ignition Coils
  playing with a pocket sized lightning generator – another one for the ‘must try this’ list
  (tags: diy electronics project coil voltage lightning)
• the most bizarre musical instrument on earth
  perhaps not the most bizarre, but pretty weird (in a nice sort of way) – a road in Japan with grooves cut to different widths to create a melody as a car drives over them.
  (tags: art car interesting music road japan)