Monday, January 28, 2008

Andrew Carrell/Soulkitchen Custom Guitar Effects

Some great pedals with amazing paintwork from Andrew Carrell. Andrew has done some great layouts of some classic pedals (some of which I use!), and some of his own designs look really good as well, check the schematics section on his website.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

V-Tech Alphabet Apple

Good example of the V-Tech Alphabet Apple.  Glitch button, Pitch control, and reset switch added.  This sounds like totally random Analog sample and hold craziness, check it here.

V-Tech Alphabet Desk


Nice alternative to a Bent Speak and Spell, 8 socket patchbay to trigger glitching effects, a loop button, and a reset switch for when it all turns bad! Extreme Glitching!  Sold to Gore Infidel records.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

DSI keyboard


Some nice tones from this keyboard, with added pitch control and decimation body contacts. Audio example here

Friday, January 4, 2008

'Vortex' version 3


More 'Vortex' goodness to be had from this keyboard which seems like a simpler version of the EK-001, sounds very analogue! Added pitch control and 'time vortex' section with on/off switches.  10 minutes of audio here.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

'UF-Hell' Drum Machine


Fantastic bends on this drum machine causing all kinds of distorted tones! Check it out here
Sold to Tom from London.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Casio SA-2 Aleatron


A Casio SA-2 Aleatron based on Reed Ghazala's original design. Great for complete randomness! Audio here.

Monday, December 10, 2007

3 instrument set for sale


On Ebay now. Here is a little track I knocked up using just the 3 instruments.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Kawasaki 'Vortex' Keyboard


Another 'Vortex' keyboard this time made from a Kawasaki instead of the Hing Hon EK-001. Bit more digital sounding but still very close to the 'Vortex' sound! Audio.
Sold to Rob from USA.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Bontempi B1 Organ


Picked this up dirt cheap on Ebay (the batteries cost more than the keyboard). It's an old Bontempi B1 organ that has some kind of motor blowing air through pipes to make the sound (I think!).

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Fuzz Face


The Fuzz Faces that I make feature BC108 and BC109 Silicon Transistors (I can do other versions as well such as 2n3904 transistors), and Tantulum capacitors. DI recording here.

Friday, November 23, 2007

Windscale news...


Windscale have just finished a track 'Yellow Sky' for a 'Influenced by Delia Derbyshire' compilation (more details soon), and are next playing live at The Rainbow, Birmingham, on December 23rd. Work has also started on the 2nd Album.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Little Drum Machine


Don't be fooled by this little toy drum, it is capable of some amazing sounds, sometimes sounding like a broken Commodore 64! Audio here.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Voice changing megaphone mk2


A different type of voice changing megaphone, this has 5 switches to choose the 'mode' and I have added a pitch control and an audio output. Listen here.

Bass Fuzz


Bass Fuzz with slightly different layout - the main control is at the front.

Chinese drum machine.


Another drum machine with downwards pitch bending to create drones. Audio here.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Voice changing megaphone


Been meaning to do one of these for a while now. Voice changer with 3 settings and added pitch control for instant vocoding/ring modulation. There are also a ton of l.e.ds built in making this a great device for onstage. Audio here.
Sold to Paul from Malvern.

Chinese keyboard/guitar


Bit weird this one! A kind of keyboard/guitar hybrid. Pitch up and down controls mess up the audio completely. Check out the 'whammy bar' (near the output) and fretboard above the keys! Listen here.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Will's Speak and Spell


I have sold quite a few of my Speak and Spell bending kits on Ebay and here is the result of one kit that I sold to Will.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Speak and Spell Innards


Just a shot of the insides of a Circuit Bent Speak and Spell I have just finished wiring up.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Bent Chad Valley Learning Keyboard


I have done a few of these in the past, this version is particularly good because of the 'decimate' control. Audio here.
Sold to Pascal from Paris.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Bontempi Drum Machine



In 3 years of looking out for obscure drum machines to bend, this is the first one of these I have seen. The 2 controls I have added are Pitch and Drive and can send the drum machine into self oscillating hell! The drum pads use some kind of piezo so can be played 'properly' with sticks. Turn down your speakers and listen to it here.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Howling Terrors APC


Howling Terror has customised the Atari Punk Console I made for him! Nice work ; ) Must get some of those red knobs.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Insane toy keyboard


Totally insane! Check the Audio sample here. Very easy to crash but some great sounds!

My Hip Hop Station!


Crazy little drum machine with a load of hip hop samples. Simple pitch up and down controls makes for a lot of fun! Audio sample here.