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Circuit Bent Speak & Spell

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Uploaded by on Mar 29, 2007

Yeah, sure, everyone and their proverbial sister has one of these up, but mine is the best. Not only is it a superior pushbutton model, it also sounds great and has a swell yellow-checkered background as well. As a bonus, it's recorded with a dash of reverb to give it that "reverb" sound that everyone loves so much. Try it and see. You'll certainly agree.

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  • I'm a musician also and would you tell what resources I would need to learn and preform circuit bending? Thanks

  • @MegaLamka

    It's a lot easier than it looks - you just need some noise making (battery powered) toys, a soldering iron (and knowledge of how to use it - not hard), and a handful of components you can get online at places like Jameco or All Electronics, or even from your local Radio Shack. There are a ton of resources online for how to bend - it's really just about making new connections on a circuit board, and when it does something weird, you make a connection - easy as that. Good luck!

  • @carpeteria Could you reccomend a book to learn about audio electronics and circuits in general?

  • @MegaLamka

    There's a great book on circuit bending by a guy named Reed Ghazala, who is basically the father of the art form, but unfortunately, it's out of print now, and it's gotten really expensive. You can look up his name on Amazon and find it. Another great book is from a guy named Nic Collins called Handmade Electronic Music. That's still in print, I believe. Make Magazine has a good book called Make: Electronics, Learning by Discovery. Those are all good ones to check out.

  • Are you recording this in a large empty room with a hard floor, or are you using some kind of effect unit connected to the speak and spell? I'm hearing plenty of reverberation in the sound. I'm not a big fan of circuit bending, but each to their own.

  • @Lachlant1984

    As the description states, I added some reverb in the mix.

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  • But your comment is fucking awesome.

  • xDDD It sounds like R2D2 is having a major meltdown!!!

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  • im about to bend a speak and read, wish me luck lol

  • gitar in a box

  • sounds almost like mario! and really musical!

  • R2D2 LOL

  • GAY IT D @ 2:52 LOL!

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