Ever heard or heard of a salpinx, barbiton, aulos, or syrinx? Well, neither has anyone else, for centuries (at least heard them). Until now. Credit: Luca Petrella These ancient instruments were common ...

When Rene Jenkins blows into his digeridoo, all senses are trained on him. Sounding a deep and resonant timbre, he moves through a group with the silent agility of a wild cat, producing a cadence as ...

When summer cleaning projects uncover an old, abandoned tuba gathering dust in the attic or a dented trumpet taking up space in the basement, they can be brought back to musical life by donating them ...

California woodworker Sung Kim creates musical devices that look and sound like nothing else. The California Report's Rachel Dornhelm has the story. There are guitars and cellos and banjos. Then, ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

The soundcard has a lot to do with the quality of midi output. <BR> Basic soundcards (such as your onboard sound or the onboard nForce sound processor) use either FM synthesis or tiny size wavetables ...

While most musicians rely on roadies to tune their instruments, musicians at the Ice Music Festival work with a team of ice carvers to prep their gear. Located in Finse, Norway, the annual event is ...