2023-08-17 –, Hardware Hacking Village
Language: English
This workshop will be a guide to getting experimental with the noises around us. We will learn how to use piezos and electromagnetic pickups to find hidden sounds, then we will make a lofi embroidery hoop microphone.
This workshop will be a guide to getting experimental with the noises around us. We will learn how to use piezos and electromagnetic pickups to find hidden sounds, then we will make a lofi embroidery hoop microphone for vocals.
This is a super low tech workshop suitable for beginners. You will need to solder two wires, but full instruction will be provided.
Limited places available. Secure your slot by buying the kit in advance at the Hardware Hacking Village.
This workshop can be noisy at the end as people test their mics, and there may be feedback. People sensitive to sound may want to skip this one.
Helen Leigh is a hardware hacker and writer from Wales, via London and Berlin. Leigh makes experimental musical instruments using textiles, metal, electronics and code. She is currently based in Portland, Oregon, USA, where she is Head of Community at Crowd Supply, the crowdfunding platform for open source hardware.
Leigh's first book in her own name was "The Crafty Kid’s Guide to DIY Electronics", published by McGraw Hill. She has written about hacking and making for publications all over the world, including a regular hardware column for Make:Magazine. Leigh was also the lead developer for the popular MINI.MU glove, an open source hardware gesture-controlled musical instrument that young people sew, wire, code and play themselves.