re casio fun

[Sean-E]

Hi.
I've hot-rodded several crappy little keyboards to create extreme noise.
The easiest way to do it is to run the thing on batteries, open it up,
trigger some sound and start randomly crossing points on the circuit. The
result is often a big pop or silence but occasionally you hit a good spot
and the delicate little chips can take on a life of their own! By adding
switches and pots you can get alot of real-time control over the sounds.
Of course this is a very hack way of doing things but when your dealing a
Casio, I think thats fitting :)

I wouldn't recommend this technique on any equipment that you consider to be
slightly valuable but it's a great way to turn a toy into a beast.
I will put up some photos and samples of a few of the Casio-monsters I've
created so you can see what can be done (I'll send the URL when it's done).
Also check this excellent Circuit Bending article by Reed Ghazala. Thats
where I got the idea for this.

http://www.oddmusic.com/illogic/

Sean Ellis
Melbourne, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: Jnco58607 at aol.com <Jnco58607 at aol.com>
To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Date: Friday, 9 June 2000 16:49
Subject: casio [shudder]


>anyone know how i can hotrod my casiotone mt-70? it has no midi and
basically
>every other time you press a key it makes a cracking sound. any suggestions
>as to what to do? i hate casios, but i want to turn it into an analog.
thanks
>in advance.
>
>anthony
>