Circuit bent Speak and Music



		Michael Oster F7 Sound and Vision's Michael Oster has been known to drift off into inner space while listening to all kinds of bizarre sounds. His excuse is that it's "research".

Circuit Bent Texas Instruments Speak and Music

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I picked up this Speak at a flea market for $5 with batteries. That's where the cool part ends.

Unlike the other Speak and XXX's, the Speak and Music is a pain in the ass. Straight bends provided little except for crashing. After some meaningful, but time-consuming probing around, I added some inline components (small value resistors and capacitors) and was able to come up with some useful bends.

This box still isn't very playable live since it crashes a lot, but I've recorded and sampled bits of its glitches.

If I come across another one of these, I'll save my $5.

Bending tip: add small-value caps (.47uf and similar) or resistors in line.

circuit bent Speak and Music
(recorded without effects)

Circuit Bending

No instrument is safe. No toy left unbroken! The quest for new sounds has led me to this - circuitbending. Also known as taking electronic devices apart and rewiring their guts in order to make bizarre, mutant noises that were never intended by the original designers.

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