Add pitch bends to your old walkman

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Add pitch bends to your old walkman

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Here’s a nice how-to on pitch bending a standard cassette walkman. This hack uses a photocell as a tripper pot on the device. Check out the link for instructions on how to put this together.

Primer: Pitch-Bending a Walkman

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