Well, Tablebeast (Jesse) just sent me a scathing e-mail about my comments. Sorry, man. I've said too much already... About circuitbending.com ripping off carrionsound there is not a chance of that. If anyone despises Dave Wright more than me, its Tablebeast. I don't see in any way how he ripped off carrionsound. Please explain? Even if he did (doubtful), he would never admit it. At least that is my impression. The only reason that I starting talking trash about Dave is that he is so un-original its retarded. I have never heard his music and this may be where the 'genius' part comes in, but his modifications are absolutely nothing special. Even the analog stuff is basic analog mods that you can find ALL over the net. And the digital ROM shorting (circuitbending) is so easy my little sister was able to bend a toy drum machine she has. Seriously, go get a Yamaha Digital Drum Machine (or anything else that stores sounds on ROMs), find the sound rom, and just short anything but +vcc and you will alter the sound. Its not even as complicated as another slashdotter said about the patchbay. TOO Easy. Jesse does more than just simple shorting out stuff. His mod involves a whole extra circuitbord in my unit with all kinds of stuff (resistors, caps, trim pots, an IC), not just matrix connections. Far more advanced than anything else I have seen. Ghazala is cool too, but that guy is a professional artist. No working musician (read POOR) can afford his stuff. I am a musician and I like the no bullshit, high quality/ low prices of the Tablebeast stuff. Anyway, blah, blah, blah. Build it yourself. Its too easy.
Larz
Jealous? Hardly. Since buying my SK-8. Tablebeast has helped me modify a couple of other things on my won (an SK-10, Talking Teacher, Noname Animal Train). If anyone is stealing ideas its not Tablebeast (Jesse). His mods are far beyond what is commonly called circuitbending. He uses analog style patchbays to make to connections, this is very original, unlike anything else the people copying him can produce. He has CV/Gate triggers, MIDI (if you bug him enough about it), and soon a custom setup that lets you control the connections with an external device. Dave may have some original stuff on his site, but his bending is far from original. His stuff is sad Q.R. Ghazala wannabe stuff and he even has the gall to call his units by the same names as the 'inventor' of circuitbending. As if you could invent short circuiting and artfag names. While circuitbending is something that any yokel can do, it takes a lot to do it with class and to break away from the *yawn* Incantors. These patchbay synths are truly unbeleiveable. Oh, and as far as Tablebeast recording an album, he has one already and its not that good. He is NOT a musician but a tinkerer. He is also very friendly and helpful, completely unlike the JERK Dave Wright. I wonder what Reed, Jesse, and Dave think about all this talking behind their backs, hehe.
Ew, this guy is a total ripoff. Dave Wright is the most self rightous prick it has ever been my displeasure to deal with. He is so smug and full of crap that I am surprised that he would get any acclaim here. This stuff is justa bunch of short circuited sound ROMs, no theory, just idiotic short circuiting. If you want to check out some real modified instruments with class check out http://circuitbending.com His site is down right now, but you can check out his ebay store. The guy calls himself Tablebeast and he built my Casio SK-8 keyboard. What a sonic monster! A real unit with triggers for the sample pads and it uses a patchbay to make the short circuits in a far more thought out way. Oh, and there is a group of whiney a$$holes you can talk to at http://groups.yahoo.com/benders
Larz
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Well, Tablebeast (Jesse) just sent me a scathing e-mail about my comments. Sorry, man. I've said too much already... About circuitbending.com ripping off carrionsound there is not a chance of that. If anyone despises Dave Wright more than me, its Tablebeast. I don't see in any way how he ripped off carrionsound. Please explain? Even if he did (doubtful), he would never admit it. At least that is my impression. The only reason that I starting talking trash about Dave is that he is so un-original its retarded. I have never heard his music and this may be where the 'genius' part comes in, but his modifications are absolutely nothing special. Even the analog stuff is basic analog mods that you can find ALL over the net. And the digital ROM shorting (circuitbending) is so easy my little sister was able to bend a toy drum machine she has. Seriously, go get a Yamaha Digital Drum Machine (or anything else that stores sounds on ROMs), find the sound rom, and just short anything but +vcc and you will alter the sound. Its not even as complicated as another slashdotter said about the patchbay. TOO Easy. Jesse does more than just simple shorting out stuff. His mod involves a whole extra circuitbord in my unit with all kinds of stuff (resistors, caps, trim pots, an IC), not just matrix connections. Far more advanced than anything else I have seen. Ghazala is cool too, but that guy is a professional artist. No working musician (read POOR) can afford his stuff. I am a musician and I like the no bullshit, high quality/ low prices of the Tablebeast stuff. Anyway, blah, blah, blah. Build it yourself. Its too easy. Larz
Jealous? Hardly. Since buying my SK-8. Tablebeast has helped me modify a couple of other things on my won (an SK-10, Talking Teacher, Noname Animal Train). If anyone is stealing ideas its not Tablebeast (Jesse). His mods are far beyond what is commonly called circuitbending. He uses analog style patchbays to make to connections, this is very original, unlike anything else the people copying him can produce. He has CV/Gate triggers, MIDI (if you bug him enough about it), and soon a custom setup that lets you control the connections with an external device. Dave may have some original stuff on his site, but his bending is far from original. His stuff is sad Q.R. Ghazala wannabe stuff and he even has the gall to call his units by the same names as the 'inventor' of circuitbending. As if you could invent short circuiting and artfag names. While circuitbending is something that any yokel can do, it takes a lot to do it with class and to break away from the *yawn* Incantors. These patchbay synths are truly unbeleiveable. Oh, and as far as Tablebeast recording an album, he has one already and its not that good. He is NOT a musician but a tinkerer. He is also very friendly and helpful, completely unlike the JERK Dave Wright. I wonder what Reed, Jesse, and Dave think about all this talking behind their backs, hehe.
Larz
Ew, this guy is a total ripoff. Dave Wright is the most self rightous prick it has ever been my displeasure to deal with. He is so smug and full of crap that I am surprised that he would get any acclaim here. This stuff is justa bunch of short circuited sound ROMs, no theory, just idiotic short circuiting. If you want to check out some real modified instruments with class check out http://circuitbending.com His site is down right now, but you can check out his ebay store. The guy calls himself Tablebeast and he built my Casio SK-8 keyboard. What a sonic monster! A real unit with triggers for the sample pads and it uses a patchbay to make the short circuits in a far more thought out way. Oh, and there is a group of whiney a$$holes you can talk to at http://groups.yahoo.com/benders Larz