Step One, circuit bending.
There is a nice lot of people interested with this new form of art, circuit bending. How to upset a piece of electronic gadget or home appliance and transform it into a piece of sounding instrument. This is the main idea.
The fact of being able to transform a pre-thinked equipment and transform it into something else. Take the ideas and projects of a multinational which sells toys to children and give them a new life.
Circuit bending is easy. Is about shortcutting electrical boards. By shortcutting the components, we give a new path to the electricity running inside the board and we change its final output as well. Instead of permanently changing the properties of an electrical boards, people who follow this movement use switches to to pass from a condition to another.
Another type of boards rape techique is to change the components with others that have different values and parameters.
Should you be interested you can check out this other links about this issue:
Resources:
1. http://www.eio.com/noise.htm - A very comprehensive guide about the circuit bending philosophy and the tools used to accomplish the boards modifications.
2. http://www.anti-theory.com/links/Behind_the_Circuit_Bending/ - Interview with the pioneer of this technique: Q. R. Ghazala.
3. http://www.anti-theory.com/ - Q. R. Ghazala’s own website.
1. http://receptorsmusic.com/ - A lo-fi 8-bit microcontrollers band.2. http://8bitcollective.com/ - A collective of musician using the circuit bending techniques and other retro’ electronic equipment.You can also find these links under my del.icio.us links directory at this address: http://del.icio.us/everybodyisacyborg.
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