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  • Curses! My walling has boomeranged!

    September 20th, 2007

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    I found this little keyboard at a thrift store for like three dollars, so I figured I’d make an attempt at circuit bending something other tape players. So far I’ve just found a couple of connections that distort the notes in cool, rhythmic ways and some that stop / start / glitch the demo. The best sounding thing my housemate found is just mashing your finger on the bottom of the circuit board near the op amp chip, huge squealing sounds come out that you can alter depending on how hard and on which contacts you touch. There are like five or six points that I think all need to be connected for it to work, so I’m not sure how I’d make it a more functional effect, maybe just cut a window in the bottom of the case…

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    reset switch, audio jack, starve pot (doesn’t really do anything that interesting, except during the squealing sound I mentioned), two momentary distorting buttons that sound cool separately and really cool together

    Speaking of dirty keyboards, I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this thing but it was sitting nearby and looking very photogenic posing with a gun for some reason:

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    Also, if you were wondering what the best thing ever is, it’s this book, this book is the best thing ever: click

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    Goddamn Sex Blimp!

    stopmakingsteve Posted incomics and books, diy, music, saying swears |

    2 Responses to “Curses! My walling has boomeranged!”

  • this is your best blog post ever. please tell me you own that book.

    ned | At September 20th, 2007 10:01

  • [...] Curses! My walling has boomeranged!! Great article by my great friend STEVE. It got me here and here (points to head and chest). [...]

    Things that are more awesome than me, Articles of the Day - 1 is A | 2 is B | At September 20th, 2007 11:07

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