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Circuit Bending: A twisted art of sound synthesis

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 20, 2010 20:32:38

Hi engineers, circuit bending has been a recent fad of mine, and this artwork made my sound studio look like an electronic workshop. And me an electronic engineer, which I am definitely not. I had tranformed(destroyed) few keyboards and the kind of distortion they create now is unrealistic. Well as I already said, I started out with this thing recently and I'm almost a novice in bending circuits. If anyone else is bending their neck along with circuits then please share some tips, links, books or any info on the subject.

One link that intrigued me a lot is this, http://gieskes.nl/instruments/?file=acid-machine --- see the videos(first video is amazing)

Really wish if could do such a neat job.

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 20, 2010 20:43

And for those who have recently arrived from planet nibiru and know nothing about the changes took place on earth, can know about circuit bending here --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_bending

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 20, 2010 21:48

And whoever wants to learn the art of circuit bending, indulge into these pages --

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

geekhorde
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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 04:15

Best guide for circuit bending that I've found is this:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Circuit-Bending/Reed-Ghazala/e/9780764588877/?itm=1&usri=circuit+bending

followed closely by this:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Handmade-Electronic-Music/Nicolas-Collins/e/9780415998734/?itm=1&usri=handmade+electronic+music+the+art+of+hardware+hacking

The Yamaha PSS-460, an old piece of crap toy synth is the best thing I've found to bend so far. That thing can make the craziest alien radio/computer bleep madness/shards of digital feedback noiz I've ever heard.

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 08:39

Thanx 'geekhorde', that was interesting.
I've already read reed ghazala's circuit bending. I started out with that book.

warlock
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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 10:28

have been looking out for someone in india who doea this...have a coula keyboards i need destroyed....hehe..but didnt find anyone..

http://www.freeradicalrecords.com/artists/33/circuit-theory.aspx
http://www.facebook.com/Djcircuittheory
http://www.reverbnation.com/circuitlaboratory

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 10:43

Quote:

On 2010-01-21 10:28, warlock wrote:
have been looking out for someone in india who doea this...have a coula keyboards i need destroyed....hehe..but didnt find anyone..

Where do you stay?

voidstar

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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 12:26

Ferby's are supposed to be good for circuit bending. Take a look on youtube, they make some wicked noises. Been thinking about giving this a crack myself.

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 19:21

The man who started it all: Reed Ghazala --

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 21:09

Another link to a nice tutorial ----

http://casperelectronics.com/finished-pieces/circuit-bending-tutorial/

auralserenity

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Posted : Jan 21, 2010 21:13

Check it out--

And this funny one too--

warlock
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Posted : Jan 23, 2010 18:42

Quote:

On 2010-01-21 10:43, auralserenity wrote:
Quote:

On 2010-01-21 10:28, warlock wrote:
have been looking out for someone in india who doea this...have a coula keyboards i need destroyed....hehe..but didnt find anyone..

Where do you stay?

Goa..

http://www.freeradicalrecords.com/artists/33/circuit-theory.aspx
http://www.facebook.com/Djcircuittheory
http://www.reverbnation.com/circuitlaboratory

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