Circuit-bending specimen
Circuit-bending specimen, originally uploaded by mskogly.
I think I will spend part of this lazy Saturday prodding and poking at this electronic toy dog, bought for 19,- NOK from a thrift store in Hell. (Yes literally, Fretex thrift store run by the Salvation Army, and apytl located in a small place in Norway called Hell :) )
Hopefully I will be able to get some cool sounds out of it.
BTW: If you have battery powered toys like this you want to part with please drop me a line. Broken or not, doesn’t matter :) For me circuit-bending is part fun, part art, part electronics, and part environmentalism.
Intestines.
Stop looking at me like that!
Thanks for your comment on my blog post. So, what do I need to know about capacitors for circuit-bending…?
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nikki
21 Apr 09 at 14:36
I’ve found that adding a capacitor between your bendpoint and a button (etc) often alters the sound significantly, causing interesting cutouts sometimes. I’m a total newbie to circuitbending, so I usually just get one from some broken down electronics, and try it in different ways until something cool happens aka Gonzo science. :)
Morten Skogly
21 Apr 09 at 16:00
I reckon I might have created quite a few broken-down electronics recently… there are probably some spare capacitors around now :)
nikki’s last blog post..Circuit-bent toy phone
nikki
21 Apr 09 at 20:24