American Science and Surplus

American Science and Surplus is an amazing resource for odd parts. Don’t go looking for something specific, just browse.

And if you are in Chicago or Milwaukee, don’t miss their retail stores.

Cayocosta’s DIY Pro Audio site

Welcome to Cayocosta’s DIY Pro Audio site. Here you can find schematics, wiring layouts, parts lists, chassis templates, photos and mp3 samples related to building your own classic recording studio equipment including the Pultec EQP-1a program equalizer, Teletronix La-2a compressor, MC76 (UREI 1176) limiter Kit, Fender Tweed Deluxe 5E3 amplifier and more. All DIY gear was built over the last three years and is currently in use in my home studio.

DIY musical instruments

This page has information on how to make several types of conventional musical instruments.

SC-1 Mic preamp kit

This preamp kit looks to be a good deal – supposedly very transparent. For $99, you almost can’t lose…

Octopart

Octopart is a search engine for electronic parts.

Edrum

Not an easy project, but a very effective one. Edrum is a DIY MIDI drum trigger. Surely you can attach the mics to something more interesting than a drum kit?

Initial push is complete.

I’ve just completed updating all the links from the old resource page. Please excuse some of the brief descriptions. I will try to be more verbose with future updates.

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Mechanical Music Digest

The Mechanical Music Digest (MMD) is a moderated forum, published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail. Feel free to read our publication and learn more about musical instruments that play themselves.