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[nickjaykdesign]

QUEEN @grimes ✨ #glitch #vhs #crt #glitchart #circuitbent https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqd8z3puX21/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gerycoart]

[velcrowolf]

Casiotone Action Team - Card #5 - Mr. T

[unmaru]

[digdugdiy]

VAROITUS! big ups to HKA DESIGN @harryaxten for the wonderful TR505 ROM Expansion! TR505 is not the sexiest of the TR’s but has long been one of my faves. it’s so punchy and crisp. now it’s got Linndrum, LM1 & DMX drumkits too! 👄💦 . wasn’t too bad at all to install even desoldered the old Roland chip without destroying it so i guess that means 1000 years of good fortune for all 🌊💎👨🏻‍🚀☔️💕🍕🏡🌧🌋 . . . . #heady #kush #lofi #vibes #boombap #circuitbent #vaporwave #aesthetic #wavy #af #diy #handmade #synth #guitarpedals #cassette #synthesizer #synthwave #retrowave #chill #me #qotd #pedalboard #pedals #dreampop #shoegaze #culture #lofihiphop #rad #guitareffects #stompbox https://www.instagram.com/p/By29uCvAHfZ/?igshid=10rxeoegyzri6

[jubsphotos]

Beats, courtesy of HELL (Circuitbent Casio PT-7)

There’s a weird story to this one.  I picked up the PT-7 a dog’s age ago, but I could never get the keyboard to actually work, despite every attempt at repairing it.  Fast forward to now, I decide to hack off the lovely little soft touch foil completely and just bend the beat box parts of the synth.  I found enough interesting bends that adding a separate section for all the hardware was needed, though it was kind of a pain in the butt.

Most of the switches do exactly what they say, and you can see it all in the demo video, but I’ll list them out for those interested.

Top panel

Reset: Duh

Snare/Bass Roll: Makes a four beat string of either the snare or bass drum (or more, depending on how long the button is held)

Pok: Makes one single pok (sometimes two though).

?????: Just fucks everything up.  Plays random beats at random tempos with random instruments.  Resetting is the only way to stop this.

Front panel

Muffle: Self explanatory.

No Splash: Cuts the splashy cymbals out of beats which include them.

Add Beep: Adds a beep to the mix, high beep when switched up, low beep when switched down. 

No Hi-Hat: Cuts the hi-hat.

Woodblock?: Replaces the snare with what sounds like a woodblock or bongo.

Buzz: Adds a buzzy and/or plinky effect.

Turbo: Speeds up the tempo past where the normal tempo dial would allow.

HELL: Adds a filter of static and scratching.

Hell, but worse: From sirens at one end of the dial, to the worst sounds an atari 2800 can make at the other, this switch is terrible, don’t touch it.

[joriswegner]

54 free .wav samples created with a circuitbent Casio SK-1 Keyboard.