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&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Introduction"&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Making_a_Cheap_Drum_Machine"&gt;Making a Cheap Drum Machine&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Components_and_Methods"&gt;Components and Methods&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Construction_Details"&gt;Construction Details&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Testing_and_Playing"&gt;Testing and Playing&lt;/a&gt;




Introduction
By a couple of months I have started a project for creating a series of low-cost, open source, electronic musical instrumen...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/dum-de-dum-the-cardboard-drum"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4967&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/midi%2bprotocol">midi protocol</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/ad%2bconverter">ad converter</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/hydrogen">hydrogen</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/dum_2D00_de_2D00_dum">dum-de-dum</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/electronic%2bdrum">electronic drum</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/electronic%2bmucis">electronic mucis</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/hx711">hx711</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/midi">midi</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/weight%2bsensor">weight sensor</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/arduino">arduino</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/touch%2bsensitive">touch sensitive</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/ad%2bamplifier">ad amplifier</category></item><item><title>Tube headphone amplifier</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/tube-headphone-amplifier</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:96e7da26-82cd-4fc8-82ee-44834d6dca1f</guid><dc:creator>kk99</dc:creator><slash:comments>11</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4951</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/tube-headphone-amplifier#comments</comments><description>
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I would like to present a simple headphone amplifier based on PCC88 tubes. This construction was made a around a year ago. This amplifier gives a very fun from listening of music.
Main construction based on the White&amp;#39;s cathode follower. Here is sch...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/tube-headphone-amplifier"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4951&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/acousticsch">acousticsch</category></item><item><title>The IOT Wind Chimes</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/the-iot-wind-chimes</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 03:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9be6def2-f456-4516-8324-34b61763d300</guid><dc:creator>fmilburn</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4947</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/the-iot-wind-chimes#comments</comments><description>
Introduction
I have no musical ability.&amp;nbsp; And besides, people have been making music a very long time.&amp;nbsp; Is there anything I could create that is both easy to play and novel?&amp;nbsp; Here is what I came up with:

Wind Chimes:&amp;nbsp; They more o...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/the-iot-wind-chimes"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4947&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/iot_5F00_projects">iot_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/esp_2D00_8266">esp-8266</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/iotcloudch">iotcloudch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/project14">project14</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/iot">iot</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/arduino">arduino</category></item><item><title>Old fashioned Japanese Music Box</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/old-fashioned-japanese-music-box</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8eac9c4a-b248-43d9-ad91-1d4097ffb299</guid><dc:creator>Workshopshed</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4918</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/old-fashioned-japanese-music-box#comments</comments><description>Today you can put a Rasperry Pi Zero or PocketBeagle in a project and have the resources of a whole computer to control your project.
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When I was a lad, all we had were a few chips and transistors. One of my favourites was the 555 timer so I de...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/old-fashioned-japanese-music-box"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4918&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musictimech">musictimech</category></item><item><title>Beaglebone plays the blues</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/beaglebone-plays-the-blues</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:30:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8e437f68-e28a-4265-91d5-87e94177afb0</guid><dc:creator>Workshopshed</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4917</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/beaglebone-plays-the-blues#comments</comments><description>&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/simplemusicmaker/"&gt;Simple Music Maker&lt;/a&gt;Enter Your Electronics &amp;amp; Design Project for Your Chance to Win a Fog Machine and a $100 Shopping Cart!&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Back to The Project14 homepage &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Project14 Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/3370/project14-project-competition-events-trophies-timetable-projected-and-historical-timelines"&gt;Monthly Themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/20670/project14-you-decide-the-next-monthly-project-competition"&gt;Monthly Theme Poll&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;A project from last year, when I heard the ...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/beaglebone-plays-the-blues"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4917&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/beaglebone_5F00_project">beaglebone_project</category></item><item><title>A Simple Arduino Music Box</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/a-simple-arduino-music-box</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ccee1be4-a345-4213-8382-a2017311a63c</guid><dc:creator>jc2048</dc:creator><slash:comments>15</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4830</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/a-simple-arduino-music-box#comments</comments><description>Introduction
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Happy Birthday Arduino and Happy Birthday Project14.
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My entry to the Open Arduino competition was going to be a music box. I&amp;#39;m too late for that, having missed the deadline, so I...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/a-simple-arduino-music-box"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4830&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musictimech">musictimech</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/ardintermediate">ardintermediate</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/arduino_5F00_projects">arduino_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/arduino_5F00_classic">arduino_classic</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/arduinoch">arduinoch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/project14">project14</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/music">music</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/arduino">arduino</category></item><item><title>Homemade Electric Guitar</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/homemade-electric-guitar</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d10411d1-f1b5-4f1c-941c-46ac948b4260</guid><dc:creator>dwinhold</dc:creator><slash:comments>14</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4769</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/homemade-electric-guitar#comments</comments><description>
When this Project14 challenge came up I knew exactly what I would submit. I have been working on this electric guitar for a few months now and just finished it up. I made everything except for the pickups, that is my next step in my instrument makin...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/homemade-electric-guitar"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4769&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/guitar">guitar</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/dwinhold">dwinhold</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/project14">project14</category></item><item><title>Simple electronic musical instrument</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/simple-electronic-musical-instrument</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 07:00:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:feb31667-f283-45d9-bfd8-7f9e2dc6a10d</guid><dc:creator>kk99</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4702</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/simple-electronic-musical-instrument#comments</comments><description>&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/simplemusicmaker/"&gt;Simple Music Maker&lt;/a&gt;Enter Your Electronics &amp;amp; Design Project for Your Chance to Win a Fog Machine and a $100 Shopping Cart!&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Back to The Project14 homepage &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Project14 Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/3370/project14-project-competition-events-trophies-timetable-projected-and-historical-timelines"&gt;Monthly Themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/20670/project14-you-decide-the-next-monthly-project-competition"&gt;Monthly Theme Poll&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;The basic idea was to create simple electro...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/posts/simple-electronic-musical-instrument"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4702&amp;AppID=199&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simplemusicmaker/b/blog/archive/tags/musicmakerch">musicmakerch</category></item></channel></rss>