Atari Punk Console (Gay Box)

This is just a step tone generator designed by Forrest Mims III, and brought back to the light and modified for line level output by someguy on the internet. He also renamed it the "Atari Punk Console"... it sounds sort of of 8-bit. A google search will reveal the schematics and you will notice that it uses a 556 timer chip to produce the square waves.

I painted it with the old school atari symbol... I JUST LIKE RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS MOM, IM NOT GAY ALRIGHT D:

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Howto & Style

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• atari
• punk
• console
• APC
• electronic
• sounds

[DJelectfire]

LOLZ reminds me of a line from Modulate & Petruccio - Wet Knickers - " ...I was fiddling with my knobs and something strange happend...."

[uberscientist]

@DJelectfire

"How did you do that?" -- "I will not tell you."

awesome song :D

[siouxday]

I'd love to know what the filter looks like, yours sounds really good.

[uberscientist]

No filter circuit on this one, but I am working on making a simple 2 transistor filter

[scaryfried]

Cool video = thanks!

I'm wondering what kind of output this has - can you plug it into a guitar amp?

[uberscientist]

Thank you! It's 1/4" out, and yep I've plugged this one into guitar amps.

[TheTouchedIpod]

basicly... like a thermin except you dont wave your hands over it..... ya ive worked with these and played around with them tons of times

[fc3sbob]

lol gay box.. I was expecting it to make "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!" noises and then dance to repetitive techno in a dark sweaty club.

[ALAPAT1]

Sounds like a fart :P

[tzar4o]

i can do better with a fart :D

[gombie]

Gaybox? How disgracful for atari, it should have been a apple product to name it gay box >:3

[pencildives]

WHen soldering this stuff what kind of wire should I use and where do I buy it?

[Tab54o]

GAAAAAAAAAAAy

[prosper58]

"gay box"?! What the fuck? These can actually play good music.