Hack of the Month Club -- Project #10: Circuit Bending

Nic Collins shows you how to do your first circuit bend: change the pitch of a toy by finding and hacking its clock. From the DVD in "Handmade Electronic Music -- The Art of Hardware Hacking" (Routledge 2009).

[@noqu9695]

"this is like shrouding a victim at guantanamo bay" LOL

[@Supermarioshead]

Brilliant video just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to explain all details! from a beginner looking to get into his own work..

[@pdunandf]

ok - but keep doing YOUR practical stuff which is the essential activity, Nicolas is doing a great job of dissemination as teacher and musician. Leave it to him; cheers

[@liza71234]

Extremely cool video! I'm inspired to try this myself!

[@whitelion7976]

Lol you made me laugh, hip hop machine. Greetings from Swaziland!

[@siliconluthier]

You're right, it's redundant, but I figured more people would see it on RUclips than on the web site or in the book.

[@darcyvalja5931]

This guy sounds like Jello Biafra lol

[@cheapnoise9014]

Really nice video! What is the name of the video that explanes how to capture sound from a speaker? I have some toy musical keyboards that sound great but that lack an ouput. Do you think I can use this trick to record said keyboards with a better quality more direct sounds?

[@ortegayecid]

Great video, thanks.

[@ThatAnimatronicPerson]

Help the thing I’m trying to circuit bend doesn’t have a pitch resister

[@siliconluthier]

Then I'm afraid you're probably out of luck, sorry.

[@danzeldiaz7447]

In my experience, every Japanese toy is bendable Try searching for another spot

[@SympaPuissanceMega]

thank you man !

[@coopercolt]

This would be interesting for live DJs I think

[@pdunandf]

i must be pretty dumb, but why publish yet again what is already there on youtube, Nic Collins' site and... in his book on handmade electronic music ?
otherwise, a brilliant piece of humor and creativity

[@Dillinify]

Nicolas Collins is a glitch god

[@YourAppleSalesman]

Hey nic can I please have a vid of this robot guys full sounds? Without curcit bend and at original pitch

[@siliconluthier]

Sorry, I don't have such a recording.

[@YourAppleSalesman]

Do you still have this toy?

[@danzeldiaz7447]

He probably doesn’t have it anymore

[@comesect]

thanks a ton

[@GigaTele]

we all wish for 3 arms

[@Spaztron64]

Dunno why, but at 0:31 a high-pitched noise played that scared the shit out of me. It only happened once.

[@areusmartinez8343]

🙌👏👏

[@Charles3x7]

Man, I swearrr that little toy keeps saying "motherfucker"

[@guitarman_3693]

lmao.... i hear him saying the same thing..

[@inactiveaccount7222]

Lmao that's a bootleg version of the kid from digimon

[@catalinaadelacisternasjofr5466]

Tai from Digimon adventure

[@thebutterflyssamurai]

And it plays a Vengaboy’s song. •KISS (When The Sun Don’t Shine)”.

[@danzeldiaz7447]

It’s from Japan

[@danzeldiaz7447]

Made in Japan

[@orangepentagon9730]

Its a knockoff phone. You can already tell. Now that there's a huge chinafake community people are gonna wanna get it.
Where was it from?

[@danzeldiaz7447]

Japanese