Circuit Bending 3: Making Things Permanent | Simon Hutchinson

An introduction to circuit-bending old toys. Circuit-bending is the creative customization of consumer electronics with the goal of inventing new unique devices for sound-making, visuals, or other expressive goals.

In this series, I take you through my process with some toys from the start, including explorations, experiments, and, importantly, failures. This video wraps up our work on the Tinkerbell wand, focused on repackaging the mess of wires and alligator clips on my desk inside of the original plastic packaging to make a performable "instrument" (such as it is). I solder our new components (and wires) up, and drill holes for our new controls.

0:00 Introduction
0:48 Updates/Plan
4:04 Installing the "Glitch Switch"
6:53 Installing the Toggle
8:03 Changing the LED
9:30 Installing the Potentiometer
12:00 Adding RCA audio out
13:30 Putting it back together
14:52 Example Etude
17:11 Closing

The usual disclaimer: I'm a composer and sound-designer, not an electrical engineer, so my goal is to find fun sounds that I can use in creative ways (rather than any kind of serious circuit design).

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I’m a composer, sound-designer, and new media artist trying to bring a global perspective to music technology. This channel contains performances, experiments, and instructional videos for artists and audiences searching for new ideas and avenues of musical expression.

[linusorri]

If you edit these three videos into one with only the essentials I think this could be the most watched circuit bending video on youtube. It's so beautifully made and informative. The only thing you don't have going for you is the lenght.

[chacecampbell]

This turned out so well! Really love the cursed N64 vibes of the sound pallet.