Vol. 04: Circuit Bending

Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start playing some of the strangest sounds you've ever heard.



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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

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