Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Sound Foraging with Dogbotic

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Dogbotic

Home: California, United States

How can you sound design a technology that doesn't exist yet? How do movies make dinosaurs sound like... well, dinosaurs? We'll answer all your burning questions in this presentation by Dogbotic--Berkeley's homegrown audio studio that makes weird and strange sounds for weird and strange people. We'll show you how we built our own synthesizers for Rihanna's SavagexFenty show, how we used the sounds of pasta to bring a tentacle monster to life for Adult Swim, and how *you* can do it too.

Smart Learning Accordion

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Electronic Cats

Home: Aguascalientes, Mexico

Una alternativa para aprender acordeon sin la necesidad de tener uno. Podras aprender desde casa y sin pagar por clases privadas, no importa si eres principante o si te desempeñas profesionalmente en el ambito musical, esta herramienta te sera util.

Bassett Street Hounds (Border Morris Dancing)

Faire: Syracuse

Maker: Bassett Street Hounds

Home: New York, United States

We are Central New York's finest border morris team, performing dances that we have created, modeled on the ancient traditions of the Welsh Border Morris. Come see us dance, and maybe learn a dance yourself!

Ponytrap

Faire: Luxembourg

Maker: Quentin Thomas-Oliver

Home: Limburg, Netherlands

Ponytrap performs industrial music on classical instruments with a robotic drum. MAX, the robot drummer, is a massive battery powered, Arduino driven monster machine that has to be seen to be believed.

Makers at Union College’s Music Department

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Music Department

Home: New York, United States

Come and see what we’re MAKING in the Music Department. From Recycled instruments to CNC milled signs and laser etched bachi for out Taiko drummers we are always busy building things! Union College offers a wide variety of courses in music theory, music technology, composition, music history, world music, and jazz studies. The music faculty are incredibly Interdisciplinary, and offer courses that intersect with other departments and programs across campus. Students enjoy many opportunities to perform in our numerous ensembles and develop musicianship through private lessons. We offer a Major, ID, Minor and a Global and Popular Music Minor.

MicroKits: Synths and Theremin Kits

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: David Levi

Home: Virginia, United States

You can build your own electronic musical instruments with MicroKits! Use our kit to build your own Theremin, or connect everyday objects to our synthesizer to build your own keyboard. We’ll have a banana keyboard out that you can play!

Good Luck Valley

Faire: Rochester

Maker: HiveMind Studios

Home: New York, United States

"Good Luck Valley" is a 2D, narratively-driven, adventure puzzle-platformer in which Anari, a young girl, uses her mushroom spirit power to solve puzzles and find her way back home, discovering the secrets of the Spirit World along the way.

The Electric Giraffe Project

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Frank Lawlor

Home: California, United States

Having been operating for 19 years, Russell, the Electric Giraffe has enjoyed being the unofficial mascot of the Maker Faire since 2006. This year we hope Russell himself, our project's programmer, will fly out this year to attend the show!

MicroKits: Synths and Theremin Kits

Faire: NoVa

Maker: David Levi

Home: Virginia, United States

Synergy Dance

Faire: Sheboygan

Maker: Synergy Dance

Home: Wisconsin, United States

Synergy is a Kpop dance cover club established at Sheboygan North High in 2021. The club was created for students to connect with each other using Kpop dancing to express their creativity. Student with no knowledge of dancing or Kpop are welcomed.

Handeyeco

Faire: NW Arkansas

Maker: handeyeco

Home: Arkansas, United States

I'm an artist and technologist based out of Fayetteville, AR. I think a lot about music, censorship, education, OSS/OSH, and tool-making as an artistic practice.

Making Music with CircuitPython and the Raspberry Pi Pico!

Faire: Pensacola

Maker: Cooper Dalrymple

Home: Florida, United States

Ever dream of making your own synthesizer, drum machine, sampler, or MIDI controller? Come explore and experiment with digital synthesis using the simple yet capable programming language CircuitPython and the inexpensive yet powerful Raspberry Pi Pico.

Partymaker: From MIDI Keyboard to Accordion Synthesizer

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sergey Antonovich

Home: Texas, United States

Discover the future of accordion music with a range of innovative digital musical instruments with button accordion keyboards. 1. Partymaker: Accordion Synthesizer, a unique kit that transforms a traditional accordion into a versatile synthesizer with auto-accompaniment. (Finalist in the MIDI Innovation Awards 2024!) 2. Ultra-portable Digital Flex Accordion, perfect for musicians on the go. (Finalist in the MIDI Innovation Awards 2024!) 3. The Digital Accordina, combining the feel of a melodica with the layout of a button accordion. 4. MIDI keyboard with different harmonica layouts for seamless digital integration. 5. Digital microphone system for the traditional accordion.

Sound Play with Knock Knock

Faire: Baton Rouge

Home: Louisiana, United States

Come make music with Knock Knock! Experiment with different ordinary objects to see what sounds they make, play with instruments, and make some music with technology!

Rio School District STEAM Tech Team

Faire: City of STEM + Los Angeles

Maker: Rio STEAM Tech Team

Home: California, United States

Explore innovation with the Rio STEAM Tech Team! Students guide you in content creation, design, and manufacturing in STEAM projects—Wind Power Turbines, Drones, Rockets, VR, AR, 3D design/printing, as well as in video, music, and audio production.

Janae Catt

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Janae Catt

Home: New York, United States

Janae Catt sings some of your favorite tunes and HERS! “Keeping it: Old school and FEEL GOOD !”

Swiftie Bracelets!

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Home: Louisiana, United States

Calling all Swifties! Get ready for your Eras adventure by making some beaded bracelets with us! We'll provide the supplies, you bring your best bracelet ideas. Not a Swiftie? No worries! Come make some cute bracelets in whatever theme you chose!

Retro Rythmn Big Band

Faire: Rochester

Maker: Retro Rhythm Big Band

Home: New York, United States

Introducing RIT’s Retro Rhythm Big Band, led by Miles Davenport! Dive into the sounds of video game music like never before, presented in an electrifying big band style!

AI Music and Flat Panel Speakers

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Allen Ajello

Home: California, United States

Visitors will be able to make their own songs by working with AI song creation tools like Suno and Udio. They can then listen to them on Flat Panel Speakers (Distributed Mode Loudspeakers) as we exhibited at Maker Faire 2019 and won 2 Editor's Choice awards for.

Birdgarden 2.0

Faire: Rome

Maker: il faro d'argento APS

Home: Italy

Society for Creative Anachronism, the Barony of Northkeep

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: Barony of Northkeep

Home: Oklahoma, United States

The SCA is a historical recreation society. Northkeep is a Barony in the Kingdom of Ansteorra (OK and most of TX). We cover the area of NE OK and no matter your medieval interest, our group is big enough to help you along your journey to learning!

‘ What’z Peace’

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: The Classical Two

Home: New York, United States

I have a nonprofit organization that promotes Peace and community engagement. I want to perform my song ‘What’z Peace .. https://youtu.be/K0UDj1Bb6fs?si=CTG0Dn03ZvmtwumP

Mobile Recording Studio

Faire: Baton Rouge

Home: Louisiana, United States

BRMS is launching the JAM BUS, a mobile recording studio for all ages. Attendees can record music or a mini podcast, and receive digital copies. Instruments and karaoke tracks are provided for a fun, interactive experience.

Vinyl & Vino Mocktail Edition: Vinyl Record Painting Workshop

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Nathaniel A.J. Landry

Home: Louisiana, United States

Explore your creative side and immerse yourself in the world of art and music. Learn to paint on vinyl records. Event highlights:, Hands-On painting Experience, Abstract painting secrets, paint your own vinyl record, flavorful mocktail menu.

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