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I got an old Casio SA-10 keyboard and I want to know if there's any possibility to turn off the annoying button sound (as can be heard here during switching sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp5Uj9l9NEw)

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Many thanks :)

How many of y’all have a background in electronic/engineering? As a newbie some of this stuff is so interesting, but I don’t know left from right to put it simply. I’ve read (skimmed) through a lot of Reed ghazals book and it’s almost another language to me. Albeit somewhat helpful, but boy is it difficult to comprehend everything. I have a few short term goals by just getting toys/keyboards to glitch, pitch bends, etc, but it’s super daunting not understanding the whys and hows.

To put it shortly I have a speak and music that I purchased and to do a pitch mod you need to install a LTC1799 on it and the tutorial guide makes no sense to me. I was wondering if anyone had similar introductions to circuit bending and/or could point me in directions and make me understand this niche hobby more.

I have recently got a power supply from ebay, the owner claims it is a concertmate / sk5 original PS but the sticker is missing! I rather be cautios and check it before I fry my beloved keyboard, do you guys know how I could do it? I have a multimeter but I'm not sure on how to use it properly? I have read somewhere I need to check polarity?

Thank you!

Hi! I'm súper new in this.. i saw on tiktok someone that has his pocket operator connected to a circuit bending toy, how can i do that? I hace the k.o pocket operator, and i don't know how can interact, with what or idk, any advice?

Hey I recently started a project and I'm looking to bend the TRSF 16128A chip that came with in the toy (data sheet here). I'm still pretty new to this but I've seen people use the Arduino before to reprogram ICs. My question is, is this possible to do with the TRSF 16128A? I can't find much information on it beyond the data sheet, but I also don't want to go down this path if it's not possible. Any feedback/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I've done some bends with some vintage stuff with a lot of through hole components but it's hard to find vintage stuff to bend for cheap. I'd like to work with newer stuff but I'm not sure how to go about working with tiny SMD components. Any tips?

TIA

I have a circuit-bent Speak and Math from 1981. It worked really well up until last week. The issue seems to be with the membrane keypad. If I squeeze the keypad a certain way, I get some sounds out of it, but I don't get the original sounds/characters on the screen. Does anyone have any clues for me to follow? I fear that I have to start a new one. Thanks!

In my last post I was asking for beginner tips on this elephant piano I found at a thrift store. For context it’s a newer toy with the blob, but I got lucky and found the pitch resistor on it which is one of those little surface mounted ones. Now I fooled around connecting some alligator clips onto a potentiometer and the other ends onto the resistor as best as I could and was able to get control over the pitch which was exciting, however at the lowest on the knob it was the stock sound and I was only able to shift the pitch up super fast.

Now if I’m getting ready to solder wires in and connect to my pot I’ve seen videos where people remove the resistor and some that solder to the resistor on those surface mounted ones. What’s my best bet, and is the reason I can’t pitch the sound low because of the original resistor? If I remove that will I have a wider range of play?

Sorry for the noob questions. This is my first attempt at bending and I’m not sure of the terms of everything yet you might have to explain it like I’m five.

Hi! I'm a former circuitbender/builder who now sings through an old FX box I built almost 15 years ago. The issue is, it's not properly grounded. I keep getting complaints from sound guys about the buzzing it makes, which makes them mix my vocals poorly during live shows to compensate. If anyone can help resolve this relatively simple issue, I'm happy to pay! My skills and confidence aren't what they once were or I'd dive in myself.

Edit: I posted this not for advice--but to find someone to fix it ❤️

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Hello, I have a question to see if you can help me solve it, an arcade lever can be used to make a circuit bending, that is, use an arcade lever as if it were a potentiometer.

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I added a feedback loop through a switch and 100k pot. The feedback seems to not be as loud as the guitar volume and plays in and out. I'm wondering if I soldered to the wrong points on the effect switch.

Hello, me again...

After having some (albeit limited) success with some basic circuit bending on an old Yamaha keyboard (video coming soon), I've decided my next project will be adding a variable clock mod to my old Gameboy Color. I've seen plenty of people installing this mod onto DMG Gameboys, but far less people, if any, installing it onto a Gameboy Color (presumably due to the smaller enclosure and far busier architecture).

Having spent more time than I care to admit just staring at the shell and its' innards, I think my only option may be to remove the speaker and utilise that cavity as a space for the potentiometer that I plan to install for control over the clock speed.

I've already purchased the LTC 1799 precision oscillator that I plan to use and have a variety of linear potentiometers on the way from Amazon, but I could really use some advice on how to move forward from here. As mentioned in my previous post on here, I'm competent enough with a soldering iron but currently SUCK at reading schematics, so if somebody could kindly direct me as to where I should install the oscillator and potentiometer onto the board, I'd be super grateful!

Hello, is there a way to modify a camera that does not have video outputs so that it has one? I plan to modify the circuit inside to do circuit bending and generate glitches, more than anything I do it in this camera because the floppy disk reader does not work and if I break the camera it there is not much problem, that's why I want to make a video output to make it worth the circuit bending. My camera is a Sony Mavica MVC-FD75

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hi :) i'm curious about trying to mod a discman based on what i read here (https://www.nicolascollins.com/texts/cdhacking.pdf) and here (https://r20029.wordpress.com/) ...

the part i'm most interested in is trying to mod the discman's mute feature that engages when the CD is skipping or paused, allowing you to hear the audio stored in the buffer somewhat like a loop.

in the nicolas collins PDF, he says he's able to "lift the mute pin" and, in the r20029 article, she alludes to a force mute pin on the RAM IC.

i'm still somewhat new to bending but have been able to identify where this mute pin is on the IC in the discman i'm hoping to mod.

what i'm wondering is: to bypass the mute, would i go about this by trying to de-solder it from the chip? if so, are there suggestions for de-soldering something so small?

or is there another way? i bought an on/off switch but see it has two leads (? not sure if that's the right term) ... could i solder two wires to the IC pin and then to the leads on the on/off switch? or would the on/off switch need a wire from the IC pin and a wire from somewhere else? (where would that other place be?)

thanks for considering this question :)

I’m newer to bending and I’d like for someone to explain pot ratings to me in terms of application in relation to signal use(video/audio) and positioning within a circuit.

I bent a bit of video gear and got some desired glitches out of it, but when I connect a potentiometer in between the source and the destination the pot doesn’t seem to convey the signal correctly. No activity until the last 30ish% of the knob range and that was testing with a range of pots (1k-1M)

Any advice would be much appreciated.