this is my most recent project. i think the speak and spell is probably one of the better devices to bend because it sounds so amazing when completed. while the sk-1 has more potential for musical usefulness the speak and spell just sounds cool.

i installed two pitch knobs and two touch sensitive pitch controllers. it also has a glitch switch and two touch sensitive glitch controllers which make it really go nuts. i gave it a power reset button and a quarter inch jack as well.

this is the next circuit bending project i was in anyway successful with. i managed to fry three perfectly good toy keyboards before completing this project. a very simple and small device with very annoying capabilities. i added a volume and pitch knob, a sustain switch and power cutoff (originally you couldnâ??t turn it off) I had my friend paint it as well and again she named it…

“C’mon Baby, Light My Fire”
(like The Doors’ song) in acrylic and oil.
(All Widsor-Newton brands of both.)

this is the first instrument i circuit bent. it took quite a while to finish and has definately the most bends. i recently had to replace the broken potentiometer with another touch sensitive pitch controller. i also gave it to an art major friend of mine for a new paint job. i asked her if she wanted to give it a name and this was her reply…

“Let Them Eat Cake” (Like the infamous
Marie Antoinette quote) and it’s all acrylics.
(Widsor-Newton and Basic Acrylic brands.)