Circuit Bending a Video Title Generator (VideoTech VTG228)

I was commissioned to make a music video for a band that wanted text, so clearly had to take the easy route and circuit bent an old VideoTech title generator to give me some crazy effects. In this video I walk through how I approached the bend; how it was different to modifying a video enhancer; and show it in action. I might make some more of these in the future once I tidy up my panels drilling.

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[Mode-]

I want to thank you for trying out and making videos about so much weird, nerdy stuff that I would love to own. Please keep it up!

[KentBuchla]

Ah, nice! I’ve got one of these in the queue for bending. I’m working on a pair of strange Vivancos, and a VEC 1060 (one of the steel cases; a real chore) beforehand. I can’t wait to tear into it. Still watching this video. It’s probably cracking. Thanks for posting.
You’re a brave man for going after this one without tracing out the ground plane!

Just finished the video. Love how it turned out. This will be fantastic in conjunction with your Vivanco. I

[dotdotw]

This is great to see, you clearly have an indepth unserstanding, you make it look easy to my nieve self who hasnt circuit bent before. Ive got one of these videotech title generators so will def be referencing your video at some point!

[DisposablePlanet]

Great vid! What a psychedelic chyron you have constructed !

[ObsidianContraption]

What a cool machine! Love how you can ad effects real time with no rendering lag, like in a video editing software.

[c_h_r_i_s_t_c_o_r_e]

Hey man! A cool thing ive found to do for poking around is soldering multimeter leads to your aligator clips, it speeds things up quite a bit for me

[noobsoup]

Thanks a lot for sharing your process, this turned out really good! I'm currently trying to get into the magic world of videobending and your videos help a lot :)

[LabRatWarfare]

This is so wicked cool and such a fun watch! Looking forward to the video you made for them! 🤘🐀

[vvlvmusic]

You have such cool gear. Awesome stuff. And nice bent job, man.

[marizuokereke]

Nice work!
If the vactrol wsn't working for you, then look into trying out transistor switches. If you can find a power rail to power them, then they will allow you to switch using a jack from your modular.

[Nopp]

very cool.

scrolling text over a feedback loop would be interesting to see.

[sparkstron]

Just picked one of these up love the effects it has.
Looking to circuit bend it, where could I find schematics for it?
And does the scroll function only have the 1 speed? I've pushed everything with shift keys and option keys.

[almost_not_quite]

Love this bending!

I just bought one of these to play with in feedback loops. Any idea how to change the font of the text!?

[allanroney]

Great stuff - when is the final video up?

[caesarblanko]

hardcore bro, you also got it plugged the device inside your wall?

[Mr.Tubster]

Hey ya thx for sharing ur knowledge 😎😍😎 greetings c ya

[leointernetdrip]

what was the music video. i would like to see the result. if the band wanted to stay private, that's alright too. However: Mindblowing Device
Cheers

[ryandevan]

Primitive technology: How to make glitchy video effects for an analog horror video! LOLZ!