How to sync a circuit bent furby to a synth video

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  • Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
  • Circuitbending a #furby to sync up to a #modularsynth
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    So I'm planning on building quite a large project involving 50 furbies from a concept idea notebook from 2011. it involves each furry being tuned and hooked up to a separate key.
    but it didn't go smoothly to start with so i started to build something else. which was a furby with 2 simple bends, but the major difference between this and other circuit bent furbies is its able to be synced to a synthesiser.
    The schematic is at the end of the video! screenshot it, I've omitted any extra components to make it super simple!
    it uses just 2 5v relays. i used EDR201A500 if you type that in on the electronics shop of your choice, or eBay! you'll find it. also you can find the pinout on the data sheet.
    the relays basically just turn on the circuit bends on the furby when there is enough voltage to do so!
    the 2 bends i used are very common and can be found on this site for more info :- circuit-bent.ne...
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Комментарии • 99

  • @miialamia1653
    @miialamia1653 7 лет назад +135

    I just lost it at the fact that you've had this ridiculous plan complete with concept drawings since 2011.. and now you're going to do it! Holy shit YES. We need the furby organ.

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  7 лет назад +28

      yeah its coming, no idea how to do it yet, my fear is i might have to replace the insides of the furbies with a voice circuit, probably on arduino nanos to keep it cheap. still gunna need to put 50 arduinos in 50 furbies!! but its going to happen i can tell you that.

    • @netsight
      @netsight 7 лет назад +1

      maybe multiplex or shift reg for the arduinos. channel delays are in the n's so no noticeable delay for human audio perception.

    • @Retroyesi
      @Retroyesi Год назад

      @@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER did it happen ?

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  Год назад +1

      @@Retroyesi yes

  • @GonamStudio
    @GonamStudio 7 лет назад +60

    U look like one of those synth electronic music pioneers back in the 70's. Keep up the goodwork

  • @rich1051414
    @rich1051414 6 лет назад +93

    Furby's circuit bend themselves when the battery runs low. I know, I have the childhood scars to prove it.

  • @b4wd0DD
    @b4wd0DD 7 лет назад +17

    You are slowly bringing back the motivation i had when i was 14 and melting toys with my terrible soldering skills, i should try it again ! love your videos :D

  • @hazelbrooks5921
    @hazelbrooks5921 6 лет назад +2

    You are amazing. The magic when the furbs sang its first synth loop. Oh its brilliant. I wish I had the opportunity to come chill and make some completely mad and genius creations.

  • @austinmcrawford
    @austinmcrawford 6 лет назад +3

    Congratulations on the completion of your life’s work.

  • @SodaPopElectric
    @SodaPopElectric 6 лет назад +3

    youre a real world mad scientist and i love it

  • @allymac68
    @allymac68 5 лет назад

    ABSOLUTELY the best fucking synth concept I've ever heard in 50 years on this planet!! . Take a bow fella, for making an old man piss his frillies laughin'

  • @hunterlong9752
    @hunterlong9752 4 года назад +2

    this is what im watching during covid-19. i cant wait for the future.

  • @plastiqbeach7487
    @plastiqbeach7487 6 лет назад +2

    the furby organ has come to its full glory due to this awesome dude's hard work

  • @Cattya257
    @Cattya257 7 лет назад +19

    FURBYS CAN DANCE AND SING ON THEIR OWN YOU MONSTER
    (seriously though, this is cool. I know nothing about circuit bending but it looks really complicated and I can see you took a lot of notes. not something I'd be up for trying to figure out though.)

  • @r4inxs510
    @r4inxs510 4 года назад +1

    This is my favorite Furby torture video.

  • @El-xt9oo
    @El-xt9oo 7 лет назад +1

    you need more subs! keep these great videos coming!

  • @slonimer
    @slonimer 7 лет назад

    This is amazing! I'm inspired! I'm gonna hook up some wireless Nano shields to a bunch of furbies I've been collecting and set them up around my house, and control them all from a central control panel! Thanks for showing how easy it is to circuit bend them!

  • @gearpunk9632
    @gearpunk9632 7 лет назад +6

    This is great. You er a good man

  • @linushyper300
    @linushyper300 7 лет назад +1

    I fucking love this channel

  • @stacyOyo
    @stacyOyo 7 лет назад +3

    Love your creativity bro.

  • @JustAnotherThisDJ
    @JustAnotherThisDJ 6 лет назад +1

    Just come across your channel, wow you are on a different level. Ha props.

  • @ElizaATkaczMusic
    @ElizaATkaczMusic 7 лет назад +2

    This is freaking crazy! In a good way. I become a fan of yours :) Hugs, ElizaT

  • @lassefederfu130
    @lassefederfu130 6 лет назад

    I just found you and my mind is blown -for good! Thanks for the stuff you do

  • @AMOKIAN
    @AMOKIAN 7 лет назад

    Awesome!!!!!! I saw a circuit bent Furby Army at Bent Fest .

    • @AMOKIAN
      @AMOKIAN 7 лет назад

      I love seeing bent toys in studios that have serious hardware too. Hahahhahah!!
      That Modular rig is out of this world.....

  • @Thisisspacemusic
    @Thisisspacemusic 7 лет назад

    awesome furby jam!

  • @carlosbambinos1190
    @carlosbambinos1190 6 лет назад +2

    noticed that lsdj sticker ? You're so cool :)

  • @pdrgallo
    @pdrgallo 5 лет назад +1

    i feel you'd make for a terrifying neighbour of Woody and Buzz.

  • @Saphiresurf
    @Saphiresurf 7 лет назад +1

    I absolutely love the sound produced from this bend Reminds me of some of the stuff in Koan & Asa's collaboration album where they used a circuit bent learn to spell. The link in the description seems to be down though, do you know if info on how to do those bends are available anywhere else?

  • @ThePotFather
    @ThePotFather 7 лет назад +1

    you look like bobcat goldthwait...and that's a compliment my dude

  • @sysexstudio
    @sysexstudio 7 лет назад

    Looking forward to the finished furby organ. This was quite a cool little glitch maker however. Cheers.

  • @ChrisLeeW00
    @ChrisLeeW00 7 лет назад +5

    To be perfectly honest, that schematic was easier for me to grok than professional looking ones.

    • @pangolinproductions576
      @pangolinproductions576 6 лет назад

      Chris LeeWoo. Great reference!!

    • @rich1051414
      @rich1051414 6 лет назад

      Well, it is a sketch. It is suppose to express the overall intent. 'Professional looking ones' are supposed to express specifics. It is easy to lose the overall intent when buried in specifics.

    • @islandofmisfitnoise8070
      @islandofmisfitnoise8070 4 года назад

      Totally. The onlt thing is, I cant find those relays

  • @eldeadbeat
    @eldeadbeat 2 года назад

    Dude this is fucking awesome !!!!!!!

  • @ItsAtari
    @ItsAtari 6 лет назад

    This is amazing keep up the great work

  • @barronmarshall2331
    @barronmarshall2331 7 лет назад

    I was just thinking you should make a furbee sampler as gijs suggested. really cool idea for and organ. your modular must be worth a fortune. peace!

  • @Gijs7156
    @Gijs7156 7 лет назад +11

    some kind of sample and hold circuit

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  7 лет назад +5

      sort of. i mean the glitch and freeze bends have been around since the dawn of time!! but messing around with it, deffo need to add a relay to the reset and mouth buttons, also quick looking around id suggest bypassing the light sensor above his eyes, cus he's always tired!

  • @ricardoderada6463
    @ricardoderada6463 6 лет назад

    Dude, you are my hero!

  • @chemicalmike646
    @chemicalmike646 4 года назад

    Reminds me of a buffer over-ride VST Effect that I used to use on Cubase. :D

  • @JPEGbeatbox
    @JPEGbeatbox 7 лет назад

    Fair play man.. your awesome!

  • @devjock
    @devjock 7 лет назад +5

    Unless you can cobble together a somewhat stable oscillator out of discrete parts (some 4000 or 74 series logic, resistors, and varicaps might do the trick for cheap), or getting those oscillator chips in bulk, this might get expensive real fast with 50 of the lil monsters.
    My two cents; Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_organ and use that as the basis for an organ (electronic cat toys might be easier to pitch, and cheaper too), then you're free to do other things with the furbies; I'd go with an insane percussion setup; you could dress 'em up as gremlin's. They may not be pitchable, but I bet the samples can be flashed to contain whatever you want. Might be a cool drumsynth. Sequencer on the front, with each step triggering the eyes or something. Add some AR envelope followers and gate inputs, and you got yourself a frighteningly rythmic army of furbies that still retains much of it's furby nature, but is somewhat better to control. These things can swamp a mix up fast without some volume control :)
    Cheers man, thanks for sharing the 1-voice guy, you'll get max polyphony eventually!

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  7 лет назад +3

      thanks for the heads up! funnily enough did jack an oscillator circuit to it in 2011. I'm a bit stumped, as i really want the furbies to do their things, thinking of doing arduino nano with a voice circuit for each furby, its cheating a bit, but also retaining the furby as it is with a switch to switch between. its a work in progress! thanks for the info!

    • @devjock
      @devjock 7 лет назад +1

      no worries man, just lending the ol' brain :) You might be right about the arduino route. It'll give you somewhat arbitrary scaling for little to no extra cost (well, reflashing, but that can be streamlined). Can't get that with fixed oscillators per note, so you got a plus right there.
      Anyway, I'm rambling again. Can't wait to see what you'll come up with. Cheers!

  • @teodormischkin5077
    @teodormischkin5077 6 лет назад

    You´re a fucking genius you are you know that! Would´ve been amazing to see the actual organ come to life. Keep going.

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  6 лет назад +1

      i finally have 100 furbies, hopefully over christmas :)

  • @Dreamdigger
    @Dreamdigger 7 лет назад +1

    Is there a way to monitor the outputs of a bunch of furbies always looking for chromatic frequencies then when a key is pressed on the organ, freeze the corresponding furbie and output the furbie voice.

  • @melody2000931
    @melody2000931 5 лет назад

    1:58 I feel like I'm watching a portal into hell 😯😂😭😭

  • @wojiaobill
    @wojiaobill 5 лет назад

    that's creepy af, i like it

  • @croodmiche
    @croodmiche 7 лет назад +1

    Furby Vocoder SPOTTED

  • @nilesdavid8410
    @nilesdavid8410 7 лет назад +1

    This is very cool. You are impressively weird in the best way. tweak head.

  • @BubblewrapOracle
    @BubblewrapOracle 6 лет назад +2

    "Its sort of music, but...not really"
    Oh so it's dubjazz? Dubstep/freeform jazz

  • @NeilDnb
    @NeilDnb 7 лет назад

    quality. skills! would like to hear more of yr tunes too if thats wats playin in the back?

  • @xxsusmasterxx5491
    @xxsusmasterxx5491 5 лет назад

    The camera is everywhere

  • @EpicFurbynerd76YO
    @EpicFurbynerd76YO 5 месяцев назад

    "Look Mum No Computer", is there a way to load new PCM samples onto the speech synthesizer, because having a furby say "fuck you" every time you leave it upside down for a long period of time would be funny

  • @jacksonshelton8055
    @jacksonshelton8055 7 лет назад

    you could have cheaped out on the precision oscillator and hooked up a CMOS 555 timer to it

  • @loretheinexplicable6492
    @loretheinexplicable6492 6 лет назад

    Maybe the furby's not that musical 'cuz he's screaming "help me" and pinpointing your location in a secret computer language. :P

  • @einargoksyrasen7636
    @einargoksyrasen7636 7 лет назад +3

    Could you doublecheck the IC name? Cant find anything on the net except your video here about that relay :-)

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  7 лет назад +3

      my bad its actually EDR201A500 wrote Z instead of 2!

  • @gachagabrylife5474
    @gachagabrylife5474 5 лет назад

    Make a tattletail too pls

  • @Nopp3
    @Nopp3 7 лет назад +1

    cool.
    Could you scan your crazy circuit manifesto for us synth diy dudes?

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  7 лет назад +4

      will do. working on a website atm, for now id reccomend screen shooting it on full screen :)

    • @Nopp3
      @Nopp3 7 лет назад

      excellent, thanks!

  • @MaricelaLixa_artistporelsalva
    @MaricelaLixa_artistporelsalva 6 лет назад

    !!!!! wouw nice !!!!

  • @ch3sl3y
    @ch3sl3y 6 лет назад +3

    Redbone but it's played by furbies.

  • @Recordeer
    @Recordeer 2 года назад

    The link in your description for the Furby bends is down :'(

  • @calus001
    @calus001 7 лет назад

    Oh hell yes

  • @johnclark1364
    @johnclark1364 7 лет назад +1

    What song is that in the begining?

  • @one_man_community
    @one_man_community 6 лет назад +1

    But did you find a camera?

  • @hunterbeachcowkk7hqy786
    @hunterbeachcowkk7hqy786 5 лет назад +1

    I saw a laptop in the background I'm disappointed

  • @not_just_burnt
    @not_just_burnt 7 лет назад

    every idm composer

  • @marcusdejonge3226
    @marcusdejonge3226 5 лет назад

    is there a way to turn a furby in to a guitar amp? if yes how?

  • @leviticus.3590
    @leviticus.3590 2 года назад

    yo whats playing in back ?

  • @basictrash1847
    @basictrash1847 7 лет назад

    Ever thought of making something with Tamagotchis or other virtual pets?

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  7 лет назад +3

      nope!! but I've just bought a tamagotchi off eBay, so will give it a go :) will let you know!

  • @justinpietro5853
    @justinpietro5853 7 лет назад

    could you link me to the data sheet of the relays you used? I cant seem to find the chips or the pinout anywhere):

  • @pamelamerritt2168
    @pamelamerritt2168 6 лет назад

    poor Furby darling

  • @ColinJWiens
    @ColinJWiens 6 лет назад

    Circuit bend a google home? Or is circuit bending not very doable with digital circuits?

    • @bukumaze3861
      @bukumaze3861 6 лет назад

      super difficult, analog stuff the way to go

    • @ColinJWiens
      @ColinJWiens 6 лет назад

      Ok thanks. I later found a vid on how to do some stuff with amazon alexa since it's open source and a raspberry pi; it's not circuit bending but it was essentially what I was looking for

  • @Zeddify
    @Zeddify 2 года назад

    BG music pls

  • @netsight
    @netsight 7 лет назад +2

    5:02 still better than kpop

  • @mijaba
    @mijaba 7 лет назад

    try pitching the output ala autotune?

    • @mijaba
      @mijaba 7 лет назад

      maybe a 1 band vocoder per furby

  • @ThundercatDarklion
    @ThundercatDarklion 7 лет назад

    Pawsome LOL! :D =^.^=

  • @PartyVelocity
    @PartyVelocity 5 лет назад

    He's rapping

  • @toooes
    @toooes 7 лет назад

    Beware, this angers the Skynet.

  • @merkanoidpeanutbutter2391
    @merkanoidpeanutbutter2391 7 лет назад +1

    What a waste of furbies you should have used broken ones

    • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
      @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  7 лет назад +7

      oh you wait till the furby organ is built! 9 times out of 10 anyway, broken furbies arent really broken, usually just a simple fix. UNLESS they have previously been circuit bent! its probably harder to find a properly broken furby than a working one, to be honest i only buy ones that are described as broken, because they always work! (unless they have been owned by someone who has done what ive done to them)

  • @jesseerven4859
    @jesseerven4859 3 года назад

    meth is a hell of a drug