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Field Without Fur by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Warm Feeling," 2001. Instruments: Casio SK-1, Creatoy red train, Bontempi keyboard.
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Later Alligator by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Warm Feeling," 2001. Instruments: Ecio 377 audio generator, toy megaphone/vocoder.
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Marie by Sabastian Boaz
From: Unreleased, 2003. Instruments: Bontempi keyboard.
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Trans-Message by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Head Drone," 2005. Instruments: Casio VL-1, Yamaha PSS-110.
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Greater Then, Less Then by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Sabby Inside You," 2002. Instruments: Talking wristwatch, Creatoy yellow train, Speak & Spell.
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Cremasterer VS. Numerator Part II by Adrian Dimond - XDUGEF
From: "TBD," 2005. Instruments: Cremasterer (Bent DODFX70), Numerator (bent Speak & Learn).
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BEARRADAIREACHD by Adrian Dimond - XDUGEF
From: "ZAGIPNOTIZIROVAVSHEMUSYA," 2005. Instruments: Various bentstruments edited and effected in Adobe Audition.
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MEGA-BIGHT by Adrian Dimond - XDUGEF
From: "ASDFHAKSFHAFSOSAUF," 2005. Instruments: Numerator (bent Speak & Learn), Xplayer (bent CD player), Talking Whiz Kid Plus Digitech Delay, Ken Stone ring modulator.
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Circuit-Bending: Build an Incantor
Build an Incantor, a classic circuit-bending project that turns an old Speak & Read toy into a looping, stuttering, sound effects synthesizer.
by Reed Ghazala;
October 24, 2005 | Technorati | del.icio.us
Circuit-Bending: External Controllers
Add a port and two plug-in-able external controllers to the circuit-bent SK-5 keyboard project in Make 04.
by Sabastian Boaz, Cristiana Yambo;
October 24, 2005 | Technorati | del.icio.us
Links
- Bent-Tronics.com - Circuit bending supplies
Circuit bending supplies - Censtron
Sabastian Boaz and Cristiana Yambo's circuit-bending blog - Radical Matters
Independent Edition / Label: focused on a transgressive design of ideas, objects and media communication. The publishing line is characterized by periodic issues, released in limited collectable editions, and free download. - bMc Circuit Fracturing with ease
Bent Monkey Cage, a California AUDIO Odditorium of NOISE Bent Monkey Cage and OX (ZERO X) CIRCUIT Fracturing CIRCUIT BENDING LIVE Noise Performances on the West Coast USA. [BENTMONKEYCAGE@aol.com] Syncopated Industrial NOISE—Gated and Mixed —Chaotic Parasitical AUDIO Induction. Live NOISE Performances the Circuit Fracturing CAGE SYNOPSIS, briefed. BMC’s cage fracturing approach to circuit bending, is totally different than all that is on the Internet, in that their AUDIO idea generator is 3’rd generation trained. bMc implicitly “knows” the constraints of the sutured electronic audio device, be it keyboards, electronic musical instruments, synthesizers, and/or audio children’s musical and talking toys. Given the right level of noise (corrupted electron flow)- something BMC adds to the hidden layer of a neural circuit network - the network generates anomalied possibilities without wasting time on clearly unworkable solutions. These possibilities are random at first injection, but constant with the use of loop persuasion and sampled or freeform antics..... These patterns or loops, are known as a tempo trajectory spin, (a path, progression, or line of development resembling a physical trajectory that resembles a circle or LOOP) and it can be specified by the user, performer, or simply left up to the device to set, from a selection of pre-programmed manufactured modes. For our test, we let the device set its own trajectory (evil as it can be). Then we use observed matrixed connect grabs with electrical components (conductors, semiconductors, and/or pretender conduction) to corrupt the flow of emphatic audio anomalations. Thus we use the term BENT MONKEY CAGE Controlled Audio Circuit Anomalations or CACA-to create SIN, Syncopated Industrial Noise for the planets weary and musical deprived state. Also look us up on eBay under bentmonkeycage, offering a Circuit Bending guide for pennies. - CircuitBending.com
Home to Bill T Miller's collection of bent toys created by various benders and played by BTM in his ORGY OF NOISE music @ orgyofnoise.com + assorted BenderLinks and photos of Bent2004 & 2005 festivals. - ...broken toys...
Board scans and sound samples of circuit bent toys by fishtape. - em411
Helpful forum for circuit bending. - Rubber Monkey's Monthly Circuit Bending Workshop
The last Sunday of every month, the Rubber Monkey Puppet Company hosts a circuit bending workshop that teaches both the fundementals to newbies, as well as advanced think-tankings to the experienced. - iheartnoise
Discussion group for circuit bending. - Roil_Noise
Discussion group for circuit bending. - Benders Anonymous
Discussion group for circuit bending. - Benders
Discussion group for circuit bending. - Harshnoise
Addition bending and noise art site. - Cementimental
Addition bending and noise art site. - Bent Sound
Reed Ghazala's site. - Il Corral
The West Coast hub for noise and sound art. - The Tank
The Tank in NYC is a major epicenter for bending. - Carrion Sound
Site to find a modified Howdy the Talking Pony. - Techdweeb
A place to find modified toys like dancing daisy toys and the talking fish Billy Bass. - Xdugef
Adrian Dimond's site.
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http://www.westballa.net/photos/keyboard
One of my first mods, comments and suggestions are appreciated.Posted by evil_zman on February 14, 2006 at 23:16:45 Pacific Time
- WE DON't Destroy Vintage Stuff
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Destroying is for ignorant Circuit whackers---Function: adjective Text:
1 lacking in education or the knowledge gained from bMc's DEVOID of LOGIC 101.2 CD Journal <the teacher was committed to educating the children of those poor, ignorant circuit whackers and hackers>
Synonyms benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored
Related words lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive ( or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic, imbecilic, moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly, learned by the INTERNET GODS, such as the GORILLA.
Posted by bentmonkeycage on December 06, 2005 at 02:27:55 Pacific Time
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I first heard about circuit bending wrt destroying classics like speak and spell.
I think there should be capital punishment for people who destroy these valuable antiques, and I will now never subscribe to make.Posted by random_ on December 04, 2005 at 02:48:54 Pacific Time
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Screw you then!......>Go put all your collector crap in plastic instead and be sure to wear your fugg'in rubber gloves if you get "the itch" to examine your "treasures" yo. I make music from cicuit-bent instruments and it has completely changed the way I compose, record, and play!....I loveeeee my "toys" more now then I ever did before plus now they are used more often and in wonderful, amazing ways!....So yeah.....>Screw'yahhh!Posted by Fuzzymode on January 04, 2006 at 18:37:48 Pacific Time
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We will soon have an old vintage toy shooting gallery. BENDERS will fire under no-ones command--LOCK and LOAD-destroy all the shelfed vintage toys from the past....bMc has circuitbent the circuitbending allotment of toysPosted by BentMONKEYcage on January 21, 2007 at 19:43:54 Pacific Time
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We will soon have an old vintage toy shooting gallery. BENDERS will fire under no-ones command--LOCK and LOAD-destroy all the shelfed vintage toys from the past...........<img src="http://www.makezine.com//images/covers/current_100h.jpg">Posted by BentMONKEYcage on January 21, 2007 at 19:42:51 Pacific Time
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<img src="http://www.makezine.com//images/covers/current_100h.jpg"> We will soon have an old vintage toy shooting gallery. BENDERS will fire under no-ones command--LOCK and LOAD-destroy all the shelfed vintage toys from the past...........Posted by BentMONKEYcage on January 21, 2007 at 19:41:02 Pacific Time
- bent monkey cage Bending Panel module
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a simple Bending ORB Module will be offered soon (AS REQUESTED BY MANY students of bMc) to help with bending matrixed connects. It will be a workshop bench ORB module that contains all of the semi-conductors and conductors to meet the needs of a PRO Circuit Bender and/or CIRCUIT Fracturer (BENCH Friendly by bMc)-eBay will be hosting the Module. It contains all connections and info on DIY use. (Toggle switches, 7 different valued Potentiometers, 3 different photo cells, 8 switches, 18 body contacts, 3 magnetic and gas filled reed switches, assorted caps, 2 transistors, assorted LED's, 10 different values of resistors, and much more. Cost will be affordable of around $89.00---instructions included. It also includes a Multi function digital Multi Meter. FROM lEE DANIEL AT bMc OF ca. USAPosted by bentmonkeycage on November 12, 2005 at 02:05:42 Pacific Time
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Where are the instructions to build an external control panel for a bent SK that are supposed to be here? Or am I lost?Posted by autumnsweater on November 01, 2005 at 20:19:42 Pacific Time
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Hiya -
Yes, you're right -- we owe you some additional content here. Look for it here early next week -- we've gotten a little behind on posting content but should be caught up by then. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Cheers,
t
Posted by terrie on November 04, 2005 at 16:59:42 Pacific Time
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Hi folks -
We just posted the instructions for the external controller and an incantor project. See the "Extras" section above.
-t
Posted by terrie on November 08, 2005 at 09:23:12 Pacific Time
- ANY KEYBOARD ?...
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Please, let me know if any keyboard can be bended? I have Rhythmic 2, this one is good for that? Thank you and lets make some joyful noise. BudeaglePosted by budeagle on September 06, 2007 at 19:11:10 Pacific Time
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