Pitch control for cassette players

06/18/2025 – Recently updated with better explanation. Here is a stripboard layout that I did for cassette player speed mods. It is based on a drawing from the old Casper Electronics website. It only requires a small piece of stripboard (4×6 ) and 5 components. I am sure that there are other ways to affect … Read more

Circuit Bent Carry-A-Tune Cassette Player

POTAR X Carry-A-Tune circuit bent tape player

These are cool little handhelds, no record function but they do offer an echo mic! Not a whole lot of space inside so I concentrated my efforts on the tape speed and getting an output other than the built-in speaker. The results are pretty satisfying. The 2 knobs get you from stock sound, to pitched … Read more

Circuit Bent a PLAYSKOOL Kid Keys

Circuit Bent PLAYSKOOL Kid Keys

It has been at least 10 years since I had one of these PLAYSKOOL Kid Keys to open up and play with. The first one that I circuit bent went over pretty well, so I have been looking for another affordable one to bend ever since. SOLD From the video description: The Playskool Kid Keys … Read more

Bent // Broken 2024

POTAR Bent Broken Circuit Bending Festival video thumbnail

I am still trying to digest all the great videos from this years Bent // Broken Virtual Circuit Bending Festival. My submission is presented for you below, and HERE is a link to the entire event archive. It is worth a listen, a watch, and maybe both. For my submission I used a circuit bent … Read more

Simaha – from Bent // Broken 2023

Bent // Broken 2023 was amazing! Lots of great circuit-bent artists from all over the world, doing what they do in new and unusual ways. Big shout out to Echo Lightwave Unspeakable for hosting and curating the event. My submission can be found below. More performers can be found on YouTube.

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