I recommend that anyone interested in music, doing things yourself, and taking control of your reality pick up this month's copy of MAKE magazine.  And if you like it, get a subscription- it's way cheaper.

My article "Drumbot Activate!" is contained within this new issue.  In it, you'll find informative text and images that outline an easy-to-construct MIDI-controlled robot drummer.

It's based on the HighlyLiquid MIDI Decoder kit, with some simple additional parts.

A quick demonstration video:


Robot drummer from Michael Una on Vimeo.

It was my goal this year to write an article for MAKE, and I'm a little surprised how quickly it happened.  I expected to toil in obscurity for a lot longer.