What is Circuit Bending? Absurdity.Biz. Bent Festival 2011. Bent is an annual art and music festival celebrating circuit bending and its related creative practices: DIY electronics, hardware hacking, glitch, code bending, software art, abstract video. Now in its 8th year, the festival is a public summit where artists from across the country and around the globe gather to share their craft through performances, workshops, video screenings, art exhibitions, and installations, showcasing the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit bending culture. If you’re the slightest bit curious about electronics, electronic music, handmade electronic art, or if you’ve ever just really wanted to rip your toys apart, Bent Festival is here. On Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th, we are offering a range of presentations and workshops including the infamous intro to circuit bending workshop with expert benders on hand to help you get started.
There will be installation artists building circuit-bent artwork throughout the 319 Scholes space. About The Tank. GetLoFi - Circuit Bending Synth DIY | Circuit Bending tips and resources for Beginners and Pros alike. Circuit-bending. YOU can circuit-bend. The following discussion will start new benders on the right path. Also see the Anti-Theory Workshop section, the various instrument galleries and the PSF interview with Reed for additional insights into the process.
If you learn to solder and can drill a small hole to mount a switch in, you can circuit-bend. Everything else is a process of non-technical, routine experimentation in which various short-circuits are created in an attempt to alter the target device's audio behavior. Audio toys not only are easy to circuit-bend, but also are capable of sonic eccentricities beyond belief.
The newly-implemented line-output's voice, sharpened with EQ and expanded with reverb (standards in the electronic studio), when fed into an amp or recording console easily stands on its own. Also important, audio toys are low-voltage devices. Oddmusic - experimental music , odd music , unique music, unusual musical instruments, weird musical instruments,mp3s,music resources. Circuit bending. Probing for "bend" using a jeweler's screwdriver and alligator clips Circuit bending is the creative, chance-based customization of the circuits within electronic devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children's toys and digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators. Emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly associated with noise music, though many more conventional contemporary musicians and musical groups have been known to experiment with "bent" instruments.
Circuit bending usually involves dismantling the machine and adding components such as switches and potentiometers that alter the circuit. Experimental process[edit] A 1989 Kawasaki toy guitar used in a circuit bending project A Yamaha PSR-6 used in a circuit bending project. Innovators[edit] In 2009, circuit bending rock band CMKT 4 began touring America teaching workshops on circuit bending and DIY electronics. [9]