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  1. Link by Exiler · · Score: 3, Informative · on Old Toy Modding?

    Check out for a basic explanation and introduction to circuit bending.

  2. *not* the official web site by bossert · · Score: 4, Informative · on Consumer Electronics Make Music

    Needless to say, something as odd as circuit bending doesn't have an "official" web site. However, the person widely credited with starting and popularizing circuit bending is Reed Ghazala, and his site is http://www.anti-theory.com/. Got to give credit where credit is due, folks... More information on bending and other amazing experimental musical instruments is available at http://www.oddmusic.com.

  3. Learn from the masters by L3WKW4RM · · Score: 5, Informative · on Consumer Electronics Make Music

    Bah. If you want to know circuit bending, check it out from the real masters...

    I've been torturing electronics for years, and have some personal instruments that make sounds no commercial synthesizer could ever do.

  4. Kiddie synths, toys, etc. by FatalTourist · · Score: 2, Interesting · on What (non-PC) Hardware Do You Hack?
    Anything that makes noise can be used for musical purposes. Tiny kiddie keyboards, Speak n Spells, etc. Always fun to take apart, add audio outputs, extra knobs, buttons etc.

    See Reed Ghazala, father of circuit bending.

  5. Re:And here's the guy who started it all... by chowbok · · Score: 1 · on Speak & Spell Hacking For Fun And Profit

    You beat me to it... Ghazala's been doing this for years. Here's his main page.

  6. Here's two other sites about modding S&S and o by sup4hleet · · Score: 4, Informative · on Speak & Spell Hacking For Fun And Profit

    Alien Devices
    Anti-theory

    Both sites are way cooler than the story's link and have sound samples and howto guides on circuit bending. Enjoy!

  7. It's called circuit bending by MikeAR303 · · Score: 0 · on Speak & Spell Hacking For Fun And Profit

    And it's not a new thing - people have been doing this for a long long time.
    Here is a site that has lots of good info on it - it can be done with everything from a furby to a speak & math
    Circuit Bending

  8. Circuitbending by uqbar · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Tech Toys Become Modern Instruments
    Here is a whole slew of links to the realm of circuit bending (maybe this will distribute the load among those who want to create musical circuit hacks):

    http://www.oddmusic.com/illogic/

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

    http://www.simulated.net/bending/

    http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/bent/

    http://www.furious.com/perfect/emi/reedghazala.htm l

    http://users.ev1.net/~bantha/bending/

    http://www.pansiecola.com/space/inappropriate/bend ing/

    And even a news group on the topic: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/benders

  9. Circuitbending by uqbar · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Tech Toys Become Modern Instruments
    Here is a whole slew of links to the realm of circuit bending (maybe this will distribute the load among those who want to create musical circuit hacks):

    http://www.oddmusic.com/illogic/

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

    http://www.simulated.net/bending/

    http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/bent/

    http://www.furious.com/perfect/emi/reedghazala.htm l

    http://users.ev1.net/~bantha/bending/

    http://www.pansiecola.com/space/inappropriate/bend ing/

    And even a news group on the topic: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/benders

  10. Commonly known as 'circuit bending' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Tech Toys Become Modern Instruments


    This practice has been dubbed "circuit bending" by the pioneer of this art, Reed Ghazala. His site is excellent (but not /. resistant). His case decorations are fantastic, and he offers plenty of information on how to whip out a soldering iron and do it yourself.

    The idea isn't to create your own "analog synth" - it's to take formerly crappy and cheap sound-producing toys and rewire them to produce bizarre/unexpected sounds. You do add knobs and switches for control. I have an old tiny Casio keyboard and poking one IC pin will make it go nuts and play backwards drums, random riffs, grinding noise, blips and bloops, and on and on. It's amazing, and I got it for $2 at Goodwill.

    The ridiculous prices fetched these days for modded Speak & * toys on ebay is evidence of their popularity.

    For more info go here or here.

  11. No appreciation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Tech Toys Become Modern Instruments

    I am very surprised at seeing this posted here, but at the same time very plesantly surprised. I dont understand why (seemingly) the majority of you cannot appreciate the geekiness in the art of circuit bending, regardless of what they use the outcome for. Furthermore the outcome can be used in quite brilliant manners, if you see the list of people that own some of these instruments, such as Dave Wright (Not Breathing) (he is also the person who constructed most of them found on the site), Meat Beat Manifesto, etc. And before you criticize, Reed Ghazala from whom the idea of modifying the Speak & ____*'s was borrowed, sells these modified Speak & * (aka Incantors) for $1200 USD.

    cheers