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offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-14 19:19 [#01143290]
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i'm just getting interested in this, took apart an old
yamaha before i went to class, got some interesting effects
just placing a key against certain spots, very fun

http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/

any other good resources?


 

offline big from lsg on 2004-04-14 19:35 [#01143308]
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once my guitar eff. unit went bezerk and i recorded 30
minutes or so of me twitching the knobs, i have to look up
the tape

i still have that old unit, might go and do some bending,
yes


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-14 19:37 [#01143311]
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i actually honestly think that if i had the equipment right
now i could circuit bend the hell out of something


 

offline big from lsg on 2004-04-14 19:40 [#01143319]
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i tend to believe that


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-14 19:45 [#01143324]
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i mean after reading most of that page


 

offline big from lsg on 2004-04-14 19:48 [#01143328]
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ah, a page
*takes a look*


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-14 19:50 [#01143333]
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it's pretty good i'd say


 

offline big from lsg on 2004-04-14 19:54 [#01143338]
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i see there's a large area left open for you:

Also important, audio toys are low-voltage devices. Reed
suggests not trying the process with any circuit operating
on more than 6 volts.


i'd be nice not to come up with those standard notes that
you always hear with overloading stuff, the notes that are
in that last track of peel2 from ae


 

offline leonid_olusegun from outside your window on 2004-04-14 19:57 [#01143341]
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maybe you would like to check out brian duffy and his
modified toy orchestra


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-14 19:58 [#01143343]
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i'm hopefully going to be getting a speak and spell to
circuit bend, also a furby


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-14 22:21 [#01143410]
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http://absurdity.biz/Circuit%20Bending/Bent.htm


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2004-04-14 22:51 [#01143421]
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circuit bending is really cool. there was a great how to on
electronic musician magazine's site. i tried it out with
limited success, but i didn't really have decent toys or
instruments to mess with in the first place.


 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2004-04-15 00:58 [#01143463]
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checlk australian band 'toydeath'

i bent all fuck out of a 5$kmart drum best result were after
i let it cook in my car on a real hot day.


 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2004-04-15 01:06 [#01143465]
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thanks roybivcore, great little doco!!!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-04-15 03:30 [#01143528]
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I'm so annnoyed, I had a Speak and Spell and Speak and Maths
and I got rid of both of them after my first break from
music making. I know I could pic some up off ebay chaply
now, but it's not the same as making the same actual ones I
used as a kid :)


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 09:10 [#01144020]
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yeah i'm fucking with an old keyboard of mine, if anyones
interested i could record some of my findings and upload an
mp3


 

offline DeLtoiD from Ontario on 2004-04-15 09:15 [#01144029]
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does it ruin shit?


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 09:21 [#01144045]
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it can, rarely though


 

offline DeLtoiD from Ontario on 2004-04-15 09:23 [#01144046]
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my bro was looking into it, but he was completly detered
when he thought we was gonna wreck his keyboards.

haha, but i've this before with a little piece of shit
casio, i ended up tearing it up, but making these really
fucked up off-key high-pitched tones.

good for agression


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 09:28 [#01144059]
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well you definately shouldn't circuit bend something that's
plugged into the wall


 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2004-04-15 09:28 [#01144060]
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I've been testing with my Roland TR-505 by re-routing the
signals on the soundchip. I just took a small piece of wire
and put the ends on different pins. There's definately
potential for some glitch with the 505. The TR-505 is pretty
cheap too, mostly because the original 16 sounds suck hard.

I had/have this grand plan with custom pots for every tweak,
so I emailed a guy in the States. He does this really well
and then sells his creations on Ebay. He pointed me in the
right direction, where the soundchip is, what pin not to
touch and so on. I don't have a soldering iron, so I haven't
made any permanent connections yet.

Also, remember, ELECTRICITY KILLS.


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-04-15 09:28 [#01144061]
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this is something i've wanted to try myself.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 09:29 [#01144063]
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Also important, audio toys are low-voltage devices. Reed
suggests not trying the process with any circuit operating
on more than 6 volts. Trying to circuit-bend any device
operating on the "house-current" of your wall outlet is OUT
OF THE QUESTION!!! This holds true even in the instance of
AC adapters. Circuit-bending is for BATTERY-POWERED CIRCUITS
ONLY.

There is the rare chance in this try-at-your-own-risk art,
that a component might overheat and burn out. Or even pop.
In Reed's 30+ years of bending circuits such a pop has only
happened once. An external power supply of too high a
voltage was accidentally applied to the circuit. Half a
transistor was tossed across the room. Even though in Reed's
experience such a thing has never occurred while bending a
device operating on its own correct internal batteries, eye
protection should be worn.



 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-04-15 09:40 [#01144082]
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thanks for the tip.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 09:49 [#01144098]
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thank mister Reed!

(who i think is the father of circuit bending)


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-15 09:53 [#01144106]
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.. his writing style kinda annoys me

but yes, circuit bending is great

i made a track out of a screwed up toy dinosaur once (only i
didnt alter it, it was just malfunctioning)


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-15 09:55 [#01144112]
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Once I dropped my sister's furby and it started to make a
BUEEEEEEEE/UEEEEEEE/UEEEEEEEEEE/UEEEEEEEE/XGXGGXGXGGXGHXHXH
noise like HHHHHHHHHHhhH939303093020221

It was awesome. It was broken anyway so I took all the fur
off and tried to mess around with it some more, man those
things look even scarier with their skeletons exposed.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-15 09:58 [#01144116]
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those damn bitches made my heart miss a beat once when i
walked into a dark room and all of a sudden i heared this
mechanical noise and the stupid crackly voice screeching
from some shady corner


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-15 10:01 [#01144120]
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Haha that has happened to me before. They are well hard to
shut up, normally I take the batteries out or drop them on
the floor.

Another time I put a couple of peanuts in a Tamagotchi
instead of the batteries and when I turned it on it played
the theme to "Hangin' With Mr Cooper" for 8 hours. Smooth


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-04-15 10:02 [#01144121]
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Ha ha, an ex girlfriend of mind had this motion sensative
tigger toy. She set it and put it in the cupboard. I was in
the house when she was out and I went into the cupboard (all
the lights were off) to get the megadrive out. I touched
this furry thing and it moved and started talking in a
really manic voice. It said something like, "Who goes there?
Tigggger.... BOUNCE!" I don't think I even moved I was too
shocked.

Furbies are little buggers for it too.

Horse: Did you see that weird toy they (whoever makes
furbies) made as the furby craze was dying down? It did look
just like a skinned furby.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-15 10:03 [#01144124]
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Nope, never seen that one. But look what I've just
found!


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-15 10:05 [#01144126]
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this thread makes me want to circuit bend!

i have some unused resistors and a potmeter lyin about from
a theremin project

yes! something to fill my time ..


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-15 10:06 [#01144128]
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Damn, this site is shit! I saw the name and thought it would
be much better. Where is the director of the Internet? I'm
gonna complain.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-15 10:10 [#01144133]
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yeh all it says is how to remove the fur intact

fuck fur, if i want to bend a furby ill just burn my way in

*yarrr*


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-04-15 10:12 [#01144137]
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He he, I remember my dad sending me a link to that a couple
of years back and yes, it is pretty weak. Furbies are quite
hard to do because most of the stuff is all on one chip
which is sealed inside a little blob of plastic and melting
the plastic off renders the hip useless.

Did you hear about the guy who did the soundchip for the
Spanish Furbies? He found out during the project that he
would be laid off after it. So, he made it so that after a
few days, they started swearing :D There was a big recall
apparently. I bet those original swearing Furbies go for a
bit now...


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-15 10:12 [#01144138]
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carrionsound.com

great site for circuit bent stuff

;)


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-15 10:17 [#01144147]
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Whoa I need one of those. "Hee hee hee, dum de dum, buelo
co-co! COCK"


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2004-04-15 10:53 [#01144196]
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I circuit bent my 606. Came up with the most amazing hit
hats. Very glad I did it.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 10:58 [#01144204]
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i'm horny


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2004-04-15 11:00 [#01144206]
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and your points are symmetrical




roygbivcore from the difference between reality and delusion
(letting go vs holding on) on 2004-04-15 04:50 [#01143333]
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offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2004-04-15 11:04 [#01144215]
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how did you bend your 606? would like to try that with mine.


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2004-04-15 12:59 [#01144429]
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I routed pots in and out of each other. Tried connections
till it sounded cool.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 13:15 [#01144462]
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i'm going to spend an hour high experimenting with my casios
circuits outside at school


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2004-04-15 13:22 [#01144474]
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Also, I tried out connections on the boardtill they sounded
cool. Then soldered a Pot to one of the connection. Usually
little blobs of soldier on the board were the connections.
It's been like 7 years..


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 13:26 [#01144481]
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damn there was something earlier i thought of that i really
wanted to circuit bend and it seemed like an awesome idea,
it was along the lines of a furby but different

OH SHIT I REMEMBERED


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2004-04-15 13:40 [#01144501]
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check out this furby, sounds just like "funny little man" by
aphex
http://www.pillshovel.free-online.co.uk/soundz.html


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-04-15 13:44 [#01144504]
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i want to circuit bend a pattington bear, but i guess that
just plays a tape right


 

offline rongEnemy from Atlanta (United States) on 2004-04-15 16:04 [#01144822]
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i started to fuck with this toy i got and its making some
pretty fucked up noises...


 

offline exillon from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-04-15 21:11 [#01145153]
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www.cyndustries.com & www.notbreathing.com
(www.carrionsounds.com was posted alerady)

there's also a moog documentary being made with Dave Wright
& Jack Dangers & Charlie Clouser working together on tracks
I think...


 

offline brokephones from Londontario on 2004-04-15 21:16 [#01145156]
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Wow. Furby hacking.


 


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