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Post number 14349

skyline — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:40:07 -0800

Circuit Bending is hacking electronic games and musical toys to produce new sounds. Twisted Speak'n'Spells and Pikachus, for example.

By: majick

majick — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:14:27 -0800

...includes not just frames, but frames and a flaming logo. I feel dirty. I am, however, pleased that the document is in fact a how-to guide. That's infinitely more cool than the "golly, isn't my unusual art project just so special?" showcase kind of stuff that usually turns up around here.

By: Ty Webb

Ty Webb — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:16:21 -0800

Great site, thanks skyline. The Seattle experimental improv collective SIL2K features some of this stuff, too.

By: skallas

skallas — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:29:43 -0800

This is really cool, I've heard of some bands that only play modified toys. I saw one on Wild Chicago once, but I don't remember what they were called.

By: pekar wood

pekar wood — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:18:39 -0800

In my first band (in 1985), I played a modified Magical Musical Thing, it had a reverb attached and other mods, very cool. Since I had no musical training, I got to play this while my bandmates got the real instruments. I'm not the only one.

By: jmccorm

jmccorm — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 08:03:22 -0800

I have to say that they've WAY WAY overhyped what they were doing. Heck, someone might be tempted to pay $100 for a mod'ed speak-n-spell. However, it is still cool. One of my favorite toys when I was young WAS a speak-n-spell. It was especially cool when the batteries were going low and it freaks out. Saying and doing all sorts of crazy things. That was fun. Really wished I could have created my own dictionary module back then.

By: asok

asok — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 09:36:30 -0800

soviet france kind of used toys when i saw them last.