Music Related Electronics and Circuit Bending
by Nick
In this episode of SecondHandSynth we explore the 1820 Voice Recording Playback Module. After watching a video by Lonershy (https://youtu.be/JJU73BE90DU) where he creates a 4 channel version, I was inspired to create a similar build but with only two samplers. I love these boards because they can be purchased online for very cheap. My favorite …
In part two of this two-part series on repairing the Delux Sandy Reel to Reel, I struggle to get some tape fed onto the reel to reel. I figured out a clever way to wind some tape despite not having a take-up reel and was able to around with some sounds. Spoiler, it sounds awesome! …
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I this first episode of a two-part series I get down to the nuts and bolts of this old Japanese made Delux Sandy S-102 reel to reel tape player and recorder I wasn’t sure what was wrong with it before I made the repair, and if I’m honest, I still don’t. But, you get to …
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by Nick
For the first video of the new YouTube channel, I’m revisiting one of my first circuit bending keyboard projects from about 10 years ago. I called it the Insect-A-Tron (not sure why). This was a circuit-bent mini toy piano that I added two LFOs to modulate pitch and volume and would make some pretty crazy …
