http://www.circuitlocution.com Guides to electronics from a bent perspective. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:44:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've only gotten 3 bends fully wired up on the PSS-460, because I've been having too much fun playing it. The bends so far are two distortion bends that also tend to have input on other bends when they're turned on. The third bend is one of a group of bends that ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2008/05/12/quick-music-sample/ In part 2 I examined some bend points. There were so many good ones on the sound chip, I'll spend some time connecting the chip to an external breadboard to make adding more bends easier. Preparing a ribbon cable In the past, I've done several bends where each bend gets a ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2008/05/08/bending-a-pss-460-wiring-up-a-breadboard/ In part 1, I opened the Yamaha PSS-460, gained access to the main board and identified some chips and safe areas of the board. In this entry, I'll be outlining how to find bends, both of the simple short variety and the resisted short variety. Finding Bends Traditionally, bends have been found ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2008/04/27/bending-a-pss-460-finding-bends/ I obtained a Yamaha PSS-460 on ebay a few months ago, and am starting a series of posts as I bend it. The PSS-460 is a good example of an 80's keyboard. It has a separate CPU and sound synth chip, has a drum synth and a headphone ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2008/04/25/bending-a-pss-460/ Getting started on a new project, the result of spending too much time at Goodwill, staring at keyboards and wondering if they're worth buying. I'm trying to collect a list of devices that are bendable, starting with keyboards. I'm sticking mostly to the 80s-era keyboards, like the casio ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2007/05/07/update-bendable-devices-pages/ I know I have more basic electronics articles to write, but I have other things in the docket at the moment: - What's in a black blob? I'll be taking apart a black blob device to show, but I'll explain what makes it different from the 80s devices beginner circuitbenders ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2007/01/31/upcoming-articles/ Make's Bre Pettis and circuit bender Justin Gerardy of Bipolar Productions talk about some basic circuitbending techniques: From the Makezine.com Weekend Projects Blog. It's cool that a big name like Make is doing circuitbending, but there's a little too much tell and not quite enough show. Of course, I'm discovering myself ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2007/01/23/circuitbending-video/ Got a question? Have an article suggestion? Want to know more about something? Let me know. [dekoboko] http://www.circuitlocution.com/2006/12/18/contact-form/ Added a new circuitbending article on building an Advanced Probe. I've not actually built one fully - I actually use a prototype breadboard and temporarily solder leads directly on to the PCB. This works great if you can look at a board and know where the V5+ and GND pins are ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2006/12/13/updates/ Sure, there are other electronics resources out there. See the links sidebar for suggestions. But generally, they're aimed either at hobbyists with an electronics background, or at a general audience. I'm trying to focus largely on electronics-for-dummies or electronics-for-experimental-musicians. The bending community is full of people with little-to-no electronics ... http://www.circuitlocution.com/2006/12/11/why/