Circuit Bending Fool – Tiffany’s Box
http://circuitbendingfool.blogspot.com/ – I scavenged the circuit for this project from a partially motorized ray gun toy. When pressing the trigger a cylindrical component decorated in flames spins within the barrel while a space age ray gun sound emits. I decided to ditch the motor and rehouse this. However the first time on the bench, I thought I had killed it while attempting to rehouse it in a shallow metal enclosure I got for cheap. It just stopped working. At the time I stored it a way labeled in a sandwich bag on my shelf of misfit circuits. As it happens, I was pillaging for parts, came across the bag and decided to power it up. Go figure? It’s working! So, I decided on a design and built it in a recently acquired Tiffany’s jewelry box that I got for a buck at a second hand chain store. The Tiffany’s box has a 20 ohm speaker (purchased at Jameco will-call $1.49each) and a pitch pot with body contacts. Standard 1/4″ output, a clear LED and a toggle switch to power the unit. The tone of the sample heard is very smooth and moves with grace. A wonderful ambient instrument that is slightly unstable. Sometimes…when it crashes…. if it just won’t power back up…..I take it as an opportunity to proceed on to something else.
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Tags: circuit bending, diy, electronics, Hax, LoFi, mods, Tiffany's, toys