circuit bending

OT: If you’re in LA, you should check out the Intermediate Circuitbending & Video Art workshop:

Saturday October 25th, 12-6pm and Sunday October 26th, 12-6pm 
Instructor: Phil Stearns 
Materials fee includes a vintage computer system + all parts and other goodies. 
Sign up as a member to take advantage of a discount on tuition! 
More info and registration here 

Looks like it should be very interesting for DIY’ers.

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Stylophone 2007, midi-retrofitted by Diabolical Devices / Class A Electronics, LLC

A video demo of a strange electro-mechanical circuit-bent Casio SK-1.

Pioneering circuit-bender Reed Ghazala discusses the origins of circuit-bending the Texas Instruments Speak N’ Spell:

 

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TheUmbrellaCo is doing some gorgeous mods and bends to Casio SK-1 samplers, turning them into Suitcase SK-1s. 

Here’s a promo video for a Suitcase SK-1, The Gypsy:

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