If you want to try your hand at building a lo-fi track, then beats are a solid place to start. The good news is that these ...

The Dyskograf lets you make music with a magic marker ... It certainly makes it a lot easier to lay down new beats than this other optical turntable which required holes to be drilled in a ...

To create the warm, enveloping and characterful sounds that underpin lo-fi we can use a broad palette of sounds and effects.

Don't worry if you don't have a computer to do this. You can still use everyday objects and play with your friends, to create and perform your own beat.