Diabolical Devices circuit-bent Alesis HR-16 matrix patch grid

[YoPappee]

As an 80s "electronica" enthusiast I love seeing old drum machines and synths getting bent...I've researched circuit bending, even bought a how-to book. But I'm a bit of a lunkhead, so I've never actually tried to do it. Hey Class A, I have a Kawai R-100 that I'd love to fuck-up...do you do custom jobs?

[bonusbmusic]

modified or not thats a great looking machine

[fedalxis]

красиво!

[Metamusik]

Why not just run it through x - y and z? Because then you need to buy x - y and z and drag all that stuff with you. One of the major points of bending is that it's cheap. Second: people mostly bend junk. People always go OMG YOU MIGHT DESTROY THAT PIECE OF SHIT GEAR that I love so much because I think 80's commercial pop is the pinnacle of electronic music. It's a 16-bit sample drum kit ffs; it's worth absolutely nothing. I eat meals more expensive (and with better sounds) than that machine.

[YoPappee]

@Metamusik HEAR, HEAR!

[BliXxMorGrahZz]

haahahahhahhahah



[ihatekhomeini]

Sound a bit radioheadish!

[theonelinerkid]

@ihatekhomeini exactly

[mindstormsabrewin]

Instead of doing all this modification why not just run the drum machine through ring modulators, bit crushers, and other similar effects? This "bending" stuff seems like alot of risky unnecessary surgery for gear that sounds great on its' own. If you want to twist the sound there are SO many cool effect units out there.

[tokyosoho]

@mindstormsabrewin you could run the thing through different effects to get similar sounds, but theres a joy in just bending the device and making it your own. Think of it as a red green show kind of hobby.

[mindstormsabrewin]

@tokyosoho Must satisfy the "mad scientist" instinct a lot of musicians seem to have. If I had the technical ability I might try this kind of thing but I'd be too afraid of damaging my gear. DOES sound pretty fun though.

[grooveey]

@mindstormsabrewin I gotta say I agree, I have no idea what the point of bending is.

[felipesancho]

looks way better than it sounds

[rhoggard76]

does the power supply for this unit have to be 900-1000mA ? i got a 9V AC Supply that i soldered another power jack onto the wires, but the output is 200mA, it powers the 1st red led and the orange lcd but does nothing else. thanks!

[TerryFallenblood]

@rhoggard76 careful! underpowering may damage either the device, the power supply, or both. if it says 900-1000mA, that's how much it needs (:

[Luisterwaar]

i really don't know what you made here, but i sure as hell want to have it !!

[bdig7]

saved to favourites. never seen the LED plugs before! great idea!

now I have to come up with something more amazing for my HR-16 and HR-16B.... i'd better get my thinking cap on.

[ThePollyRhythmz]

Haha flawless!

[TuruSanoma]

beautiful design.

[bmdu69]

!!!!!!! very goooooooooooooooood,vintage drum machine are the best

[danielfiction]

how does this work?  i'm not getting how the LEDs don't ruin the bends.

[maskedshirtlessman]

@danielfiction At a guess they are normal jack plugs just with colour cycling RGB LED's mounted in the top. They seem to be mono jacks so i'd imagine the switching is done with 3 pole 'stereo' jack sockets. You'd have two bend points connected to the the ring and sleeve terminals of the socket. When you stick a plug into the socket the sleeve connection of the mono plug will join the ring and sleeve connection of the socket, acting like a switch to link them together.

[theholy0]

i have never seen a bend like this before... I like the head-phone adapter LED circuits. nice and visual.

[Luis1vo]

AWESOME

[blauwolfenduro]

yeah bent it --i love it!

[decathlonvideos]

wow!!!!!!

[RamzGT]

whoaaaaa

totally....

[ClassicCult]

what kinda effects are those?

bitcrushing and distorting?

nice delicious.

mmmm

[nutjunker]

fucking awesome

[MDM616]

I agree.