CIRCUIT BENDING ... Mini forum in a single thread !!!

[_oswald]

I'll shake more information about this if anyone wants it (later), but right now I have to get dressed to dance at a wedding thing.

It was an Animal Band Keyboard.

Now it's dead.

It bends, warbles and growls. Click here to hear it.

PROMOTION: see more crap like this at my website. LINK BELOW!

[runagate]

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/10/2 ... challenge/

[vurt]

forget buying them, wait till after christmas, any parents of toddlers will only be too happy by new year to in most cases even deliver any gifts of a noisemaking nature.
or buy them for any nephews or nieces, that way you get the ones youre after.

vurts circuit bending toy buying tip 1.

[_oswald]

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/10/2 ... challenge/

That article is total garbage. Not only do they use Reed's schematic for the SK-1 and don't give him credit but the don't even mention using a variable source of resistant in the bend for building purposes. It's f**king vital to discovering half of the bends possible, unless of course you're only interest is in crashing the circuit.

Honestly, it reads as a 'how-to' for beginners written by a beginner.

[intel]

Circuit bending isn't rocket science, dude. Any tutorial longer than a paragraph is more than is necessary.

[runagate]

You obviously have never seen me handle a tool.
I know better than to "make things" - I'm more of a word and data type, myself.
Seems genetic, somehow. You must know people that you don't trust on your PC cuz no matter how simple what they're doing (reading ebay or something) they'll somehow reformat your 2nd drive and move folders all over the place?

That's how I am with machines. I understand them just fine, but I try not to touch them.

[_oswald]

Circuit bending isn't rocket science, dude. Any tutorial longer than a paragraph is more than is necessary.

If that paragraph covered 'crashing a circuit', then yes. But telling people to go apeshit with a set of jewelers screwdrivers with reckless abandon is like handing the keys of a car to anyone and forgetting to tell them about the 'brake pedal'.

Actually, that's exactly what it's like. Equate 'placing resistance on the wheel rotation speed' to 'slowing down down current' and they're exactly the same.

Except instead of crashing an automobile, they're risking frying or damaging a circuit - which is really quite asshole to stand by and giggle at.

[vurt]

wet fingers!

[intel]

Actually, that's exactly what it's like. Equate 'placing resistance on the wheel rotation speed' to 'slowing down down current' and they're exactly the same.

You're confusing circuit bending with electrical engineering. Most people who circuit bend could give a shit less about Ohm's Law or applying variable resistance to potential short circuits. If I wanted to learn about electronics, I'd read a book. Fortunately learning how to circuit bend took five minutes and is far less tedious.

The point behind circuit bending is that anyone can do it, and there's always a certain level of risk involved. If you're afraid of frying circuits, you might want to stick with kits and stay away from messing with other people's circuits.

[_oswald]

Actually, that's exactly what it's like. Equate 'placing resistance on the wheel rotation speed' to 'slowing down down current' and they're exactly the same.

You're confusing circuit bending with electrical engineering. Most people who circuit bend could give a shit less about Ohm's Law or applying variable resistance to potential short circuits. If I wanted to learn about electronics, I'd read a book. Fortunately learning how to circuit bend took five minutes and is far less tedious.

The point behind circuit bending is that anyone can do it, and there's always a certain level of risk involved. If you're afraid of frying circuits, you might want to stick with kits and stay away from messing with other people's circuits.

You're also missing the point of 'making something potentially usable'. If you go into it with absolutely no precaution and intend (note: I didn't say 'reasonably expect', there's a large difference) to fry the 'board, then you're not doing it for circuit bending purposes. You're merely ripping open electronics and aimlessly screwing with their innards.

If I were to talk about using different transistors and additional chips in a circuit, then yes - I'd be talking about electrical engineering. However, understanding resistance should not be viewed as something 'too brainy' for 'bending any more so than 'brakes' should be understood as 'common sense' for an automobile.

To continue the car analogy, if I were to advocate making changes to my engine - I'd be an automobile technician. But knowing to shut the engine off and wear gloves before I even consider changing my oil wouldn't make me one.

[intel]

You're merely ripping open electronics and aimlessly screwing with their innards.

Bingo! That's circuit bending. What you're talking about is modding, at best.

Seriously, if you're that worried about frying a $2 toy you bought from the Goodwill, then you're too high strung for circuit bending.

[_oswald]

You're merely ripping open electronics and aimlessly screwing with their innards.

Bingo! That's circuit bending. What you're talking about is modding, at best.

Seriously, if you're that worried about frying a $2 toy you bought from the Goodwill, then you're too high strung for circuit bending.

I fail to see how using a modicum of knowledge in experimenting with electronics takes one out of doing 'circuit bending.'

[vurt]

ooh nerd fight :fight:

[intel]

I fail to see how using a modicum of knowledge in experimenting with electronics takes one out of doing 'circuit bending.'

For the same reason that using some modicum of a map =/= exploring.

[vurt]

i suggest a bend off!
you each have a month to find, bend and have delivered to me a piece of your work.
winner gets 50dollars plus cost!