Drum machines are some of my favorite circuit bending targets. I love crunchy drums!
I love the Alesis HR-16 drum machine, it has great set of realistic built-in drum sounds, does all the MIDI stuff you expect, is a fantastic circuit bending target, and is actually very easy to program. I have owned a bunch of them over the years and the first thing I always have to do … Read more
This is the last of the Alesis HR-16 lot I purchased from the estate of former Pure Prairie League member George Powell. I added a 28 point patch bay, an LTC1799 precision oscillator for pitch control – and that is switchable between knob control or photocell control (for using light as a pitch controller). I … Read more
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.
I bent this Yamaha MU-5 a few months back and never posted the pics here. The ic is surface mount and has tiny legs that make it a chore to solder to, but the results are worth all the solder stress. I love to chain this thing to my Roland Tr-505 or Alesis HR-16 and … Read more
Circuit Bent Yamaha DD-5 with a 10 position rotary switch providing various distortions and glitch beat variations, plus 4 more buttons providing additional variations and distortions. SOLD
Just opened this up to give it a good cleaning, looked like someone puked on top of it and it seeped inside. All better now. To clean this bad boy I sprayed it with a mix of Simple Green and water (25-75), scrubbed it with a nylon paint brush and sprayed it down with clean … Read more
I scored a super clean Yamaha DD-5 this morning at one of my favorite local swap meets. Box, adapter, sticks, manual, and all. The box is a little worse for wear but it does not matter cause the previous owner used it to keep this thing pristine. I have not opened up one of these … Read more
