[sdiy] Calculator Synth

harry harrybissell at prodigy.net
Mon Aug 13 01:40:20 CEST 2001


You need the old Casio Melody card calculator...

when you press '  =  ' it plays back the display

H^) harry

Prototek wrote:

>    As you can probably tell by my signature phrase below, I'm a
> Kraftwerk fan. Their Computerworld album recently got me thinking
> about making a calculator that can trigger various "bleeps, bloops,
> etc..." by pressing down the right keys. Hell, maybe its even possible
> to put a SID 6581 in there? I know this whole concept sounds a little
> silly and far fetched, but I'm still curious about it.
>    What about the old TI calculators that could speak? Has anyone ever
> circuit bent those to produce interesting sounds?
>
>                            -Proto
> ------
> "By pressing down a special key it plays a little melody."
> Kraftwerk, "Pocket Calculator"




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