Bendable Keyboards
Below is a somewhat subjective (work in progress) list of keyboards that other people or myself have bent successfully, along with some notes about what can/can’t be done with them (to the best of my knowledge).
| Manufacturer | Model | Year | Polyphonic | Bendable? | Synth Type | Notes | URLs | AKA |
| Casio | CT-607 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Many glitches. Patch bay useful. | you tube | ||
| Casio | CZ-230S | ?? | ?? | Yes | Sequencer, drum machine, many, many glitches | Highly Liquid | ||
| Casio | DY-5 | ?? | ?? | Black blob | Embedded samples, including some hidden ones. | Kaseo | ||
| Casio | LK-6 | ?? | 2 | Yes, black blob (?) | Lighted keys. Some glitch bends. | circuit-bent.net | ||
| Casio | ML-1 | ?? | 2 | Yes | Mini. ML-2 is the same, with external jacks. | here | ||
| Casio | MT-140 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Featured in Ghazala’s book | … | ||
| Casio | MT-205 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Unknown results - several images, no samples. | casiobend | Concertmate 680 | |
| Casio | MT-240 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Around 10 stackable glitches | highly liquid blankstare |
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| Casio | SA-1 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Interesting sequencing abilities, glitches. | Kaseo | ||
| Casio | SA-2 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Bending “schematics” in Ghazala’s book | circuit-bent.net | ||
| Casio | SA-5 | 1993 | 2 | Yes | Bending “schematics” in Ghazala’s book | circuit-bent.net kaseo |
Concertmate 380 | |
| Casio | SA-35 | 1992 | 4/3 | Yes | Tends towards alleatoric bends. | ?? | Concertmate 470 | |
| Casio | SA-38 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Tends towards alleatoric bends. | khate | ||
| Casio | SA-40 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Probably black blob | kaseo | ||
| Casio | SK-1 | ?? | ?? | Yes | The one everybody wants. Ghazala wrote about it, too. | far too many to list | Concertmate 500 | |
| Casio | SK-5 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Also good - loops, distortions, resequencing | alien-devices.com | Concertmate 650 | |
| Casio | SK-8 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Drum sequence alteration, random noise | kaseo | Concertmate 800 | |
| Casio | SK-60 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Featured in Ghazala’s book | … | ||
| Roland | CR-1000 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Enough bends to warrant a breakout box. | kaseo | ||
| Universal | MK3-037 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Apparently rare or undocumented | here | ||
| VTech | Little Smart Jazz ‘n’ Jam | ?? | ?? | Yes | Probably black blob. Still, interesting results. | blankstare | ||
| Yamaha | PS-3 | ?? | ?? | Yes | Several glitches, shifts, lfo-likes | kaseo | ||
| Yamaha | pss-6 | ?? | ?? | Yes, minor bends. | Can add noise to tones (aka overdrive). White noise generation. | circuit-bent.net benthack.blogspot | ||
| Yamaha | pss-11 | 1992 | 12 | Yes, minor | Not black blob. A reader (telephone1652) points out it has 3 useful glitch points with dozens of resulting sounds. | kaseo | ||
| Yamaha | pss-16 | ~1992? | 8/4 | Probably | FM (chip unknown) | |||
| Yamaha | PSS-30 | ?? | ?? | Yes, minor | Black blob? Glitches, distortion | kaseo | ||
| Yamaha | PSS-270 | ?? | ?? | Yes | FM (YM2413) | Can cut data lines | kevin rees | |
| Yamaha | PSS-390 | ?? | ?? | Yes | FM (YM7129) and PCM (?) | Probably data lines mod, can also short FM to PCM | ?? | |
| Yamaha | PSS-460 | ?? | ?? | Yes | FM (YM3812) | Well, blankstare bent one with using 57 controls. Must be something cool in there. | blankstare Also, I’m bending one (check the blog) |
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| Yamaha | SHS-10 | ?? | ?? | Yes | FM (YM2420) | This one got a breakout box bigger than the keyboard. | blankstare’s ridiculotron | |
| Yamaha | SHS-200 | ?? | ?? | Yes | A keytar. Unknown bending results. | getlofi.com | ||
| ???? | CX500 | ?? | ?? | Yes? | Hard to say. Is it a black blob? Mic input, apparently pitch control yields good results. Some glitches, etc. | khate |
