1st bend, Casiotone MT-40, The White Nightmare

NEW! Updated video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrdCHrby2kU

A try at a new interest. This whole "circuit bending," hooplah. Okay, fine.

This Casiotone MT-40 keyboard had something spilled in it long ago by a roommate, who then gave it to me. It sounded awful. So it was begging to be tortured.

Now it tortures ears. (No vintage whores chastising me for ruining it. Shhh.) A combination of manual and auto modes, crosswired push-switches and toggles, and "The Nipple." Made from a steering-column lock bolt from a 1978 Toyota corolla, it is a touch-sensitive digalog pitch-bender of sorts. It also makes the poor White Nightmare hate life and complain when you use certain buttons in conjunction with it. Which, requires a restart once in a while.

I discover new ear-bleeding effects with just the six additions every day! Cosmetically its a sad-ass project. Audibly it is schizophrenic.

It will be used on stage, most likely as an analog noise generator, and fill-in box. Hope you like The White Nightmare, named after the butt-rocker era from whence it came.

KW

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• Casio
• MT-40
• first
• kyle
• weiss
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• The
• White
• Nightmare

[principetanguero]

After seeing this, it makes me so glad to have a MT-40 in perfect condition. Long live to Casio instruments.

[KillKyleWeiss]

@principetanguero Oh, as you should: this poor thing was such a sad sack of crap when I got it for free, it was a failure as an instrument, so I might as well give it a second chance. MT-40s are hard to find, and unless they're a basket case like mine, keep 'em original. Though the filter set on my follow-up video sure makes a difference... *tempt tempt* :)

[TheloniousSphere]

Where the Sleng Teng Riddim??!?

Mess up the Sleng Teng Riddim !!!

almost the only reason even to own one.

[KillKyleWeiss]

@TheloniousSphere

Chek de updated veed'yo leenk, mon, een de info-ma'shun sek-shun. Yo riddim eez dere mon.

[JGamer550]

@KillKyleWeiss Nipple? lol

[KillKyleWeiss]

@JGamer550 ... since the text has worn off, it's now the "ipple." Heh.

[adikt00]

some amazing sounds man

[KillKyleWeiss]

Thank you... I tried to make it a total mess and abandon Casio's original design. It's an extremely tolerant instrument to my torture, and when the unintended additions are not enabled it's about 90% "real," Casio.

[mrrandom177]

wow, a usable circuit bent casio..... very cool !

[KillKyleWeiss]

There has to be a singularity or wormhole or something you can use.