StAllio!'s way: databending and glitch art primer, part 1: the wordpad effect. Welcome to my databending and glitch art primer! In part 1, we're going to talk about one of my favorite glitch art effects—the wordpad effect. i'm starting off with this effect because it's so easy that any windows user should be able to do it (note: i haven't tried it in vista), but it's complex enough under-the-hood that it allows me to discuss several important principles of glitch art. but first, let's define a few terms. databending is, in essence, the artistic misuse of digital information. the term is inspired by the similar art of circuit bending ; you could say that databending is like circuit bending with no circuits. the term is used most frequently in the context of electronic music (primarily glitch music ). the most common types of databending are: the wordpad effect: the wordpad effect is a simple glitch effect i discovered a couple years back, with the help of my readers . here's how it works: you take a digital photo like this: pretty dramatic results, eh?
Databending | Databending is the alteration of raw data to influence the data's interpretation. Databending is commonly used to create in sound and image files effects that are exclusively digital in nature. The methods employed in databending are as varied as the results achieved. There are many varied and undefined methods of databending audio files, some more involved than others. While there are programs available that will perform certain databending processes on audio files (such as granular synths), some of the simplest methods require nothing more than typical computer programs.
Text Editor Bending One of the easiest methods of databending audio files is to open the audio file in a text editor, such as Notepad. Databending tutorial - Base track by intelligentmachinery All of the databending results in this tutorial are based on this recording (a performance culled from some track I recorded sometime earlier this year). Databending tutorial - Notepad 1 by intelligentmachinery Image Editor Bending. 0P3NR3P0 Demo Gallery. Marta Blicharz | Blog. Pixelnoizz.