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

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.

Speak and Math MidiSpeak

When I saw the midi speak kit online I knew I had to have one for my Speak and Math. The circuit-bent Speak and Math is already a ton of fun to play with. Sick, sputtering, looping glitches, word fragments, and random number strings are common, so getting it to trigger along with your drum … Read more

Circuit Bend a Toysmith Megaphone Voice Changer

Here is a handy diagram for circuit bending a Toysmith Megaphone Voice Changer. There are a couple more mods you can do to this bad boy but the ones pictured are the key to getting sound in and out via jacks, as well as pitch and feedback loop. These are really versatile in the studio … Read more

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