{"id":531,"date":"2010-07-29T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T06:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/531-musical-hacks-3d-printing.html"},"modified":"2022-09-28T14:03:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:03:17","slug":"musical-hacks-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/musical-hacks-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"Musical Hacks & 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awaiting the 3D Printing & DIY Musical Instrument Crossover?<\/b><\/p>\n

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We are starting to see some cool Arduino casings<\/a> from the likes of I Heart Engineering<\/a> and potentiometer knobs from Jarno<\/a> but when will we start to see DIY musical instruments start to creep into the Shapeways shops to create Music from Outer Space<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Check out the cardboard box housing on the sewing machine synth type monstrosity above (not a Singer<\/a>).  As much as I admire the ad-hoc nature of the ‘design’ I can also see how these musical tinkerers<\/a> , Circuit Benders<\/a> or Zoybar<\/a> types could integrate 3D printed housings, bridges, buttons, resonators, machine heads, knobs, clips and casings….<\/p>\n

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There are a vast amount of lo-fi<\/a> there are some semi-professional<\/a> synth mods<\/a> that would do well to include 3D printed components to maintain a professional finish to what can be very extensive (and expensive) modification of existing instruments.  There are also many Steampunk Synth Mods<\/a> that would do wee to incorporate some of Shapeways new 3D printed stainless steel finishes.<\/p>\n

If anyone has started or is planning a musical project using Shapeways let us know, we look forward to the cross pollination of the mathematic and musical minds.<\/p>\n


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