Maker Faire report : Hamamatsu Micro Maker Faire 2024 (Patreon)

A small maker fair event was held in Hamamatsu, Japan, the home of Roland and Yamaha.

https://makezine.jp/event/makerfaire/hmmf2024/

There were 39 booths, and despite its small scale, it was sponsored by companies such as Yamaha, Roland, and Sony.

Since the city is a hub for musical instrument manufacturers, many of the booths featured instruments developed personally by employees of Yamaha and Roland.

There was also a small selection of modular synthesizer merchandise, including simple DIY kits and speaker modules.

Tadao Kikumoto, the circuit designer of the TR-808, attended the event privately and seemed to enjoy conversing with the makers.

The following instruments were particularly interesting:

• Arduino Uno R4-based Physical Model Violin Synth

  • It filters the vibrations of the strings (white noise) to produce audio output.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0NjLukT99w&t=21s

• Schmitt Trigger IC-based Noise Machine

  • The sound can be greatly altered by patching capacitors and resistors.

    https://x.com/nao_denha/status/1808474649732563137