Build your own orchestra: Make Sound — From Waste to Electronic Music

Wat gebeurt er als je afval en afgedankte materialen als muziekinstrumenten gaat bekijken? Je bouwt eenvoudige instrumenten en gebruikt sensoren, versterking en Ableton om er elektronische klanken mee te maken. Een combinatie van hergebruik, elektronica en muziek, waar ReMake en AlgoRhythms elkaar raken.

“All sounds can become music. Here is the new orchestra and here are its new musicians: anyone who has anything that can make a sound.” — R. Murray Schafer, The Soundscape, 1977 What if your next musical instrument is already lying around? In this hands-on session, we explore how discarded materials, everyday objects and electronics can be transformed into musical instruments and unexpected sound experiences. Starting from simple experiments with sound, rhythm and creative reuse, we build and play our own instruments. We then move towards more electronic and digital possibilities: transforming materials into electronic instruments, experimenting with sensors and amplification, and exploring how these sounds can be processed and turned into music with digital tools such as Ableton. The session is designed for makerspace and library facilitators, educators and makers who want to discover new ways of working with sound and creative reuse — and potentially take these experiments back to their own space. Rather than following one fixed recipe, the workshop is a collection of approaches and experiments that can be adapted to different audiences, materials and levels of technical experience. Possible experiments include: building simple instruments from discarded materials exploring hidden sounds and vibrations with piezo sensors transforming materials into electronic instruments experimenting with rhythm, sampling and sound processing connecting physical making with digital music tools such as Ableton turning a group of homemade instruments into a collective sound experience For: makerspace and library facilitators, educators, makers, musicians and other curious adults. Duration: 1.5–2 hours