NAND Gate Noise Synths!
Lots of New Stuff! – lots of NAND Synths and even finally tackled one of the Alesis HR-16’s I purchased from the estate of George Powell formerly of Pure Prairie League.
Circuit Bent
Stuff circuit bent by POTAR over the years.
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
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
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
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
Hing Hon EK-001 by POTAR
This would be a great addition to a studio for making weirdo soundscapes, crazy pitch-bent bleeps, and other fuzzy madness.
New stuff in the shop!
Added a few new items to the shop. Urchinspiel is a one-off, there is also some stuff over in the new scratch and dent section that is like, half-price.
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.