forums/discussion
Benders – “forum for circuit benders and noise machine junkies..contribute and exchange ideas and sounds.”
Bendersanonymous – “Another forum for circuit benders and noise machine junkies.”
Circuit Bending – on Wikipedia.
CasioSK – Forum for the sk5 and sk8- get yer service manuals here.
Get Lofi – A blog about bending, synth diy, etc. Updated almost daily- If it’s being discussed anywhere online, it’s mentioned here.
Electronic Music 411 – gear mods and circuit board fun
Circuit Bending’s LiveJournal – LiveJournal forum.
Experimentalists Annonymous – Forum for all kinds of electronic DIY
circuitbent – myspace group
Machinenoise Forum – Under construction……
Synthcart – Forum for paul slocum’s synthcart, cynthcart, and music made with the atari2600 and commodore64
Ben Heck – Forum for hacking video game consoles, making portables, etc.
Ladyada’s tea party – forum about the “game grrl” portable NES, “x0xbox” TB303-like clone, etc…
how-to, schematics.
Burnkit2600 – The site you’re on right now, remember? HR-16, TR-505, TR-626, Synsonics, etc. secrets revealed!
Anti-theory – The man who started it all. Get your feet wet with his how-to section before you dive in.
Electronic Peasant DIY Projects
Sealed’s Deep Synthesis Page- “Explores known and previously unknown features of various synthesizers”
Music from Outer Space – Home of the soundlab minisynth and the weird sound generator.
BendWiki – “Exchange circuit bending how-to information. Everyone is welcome to contribute.”
1-bit groovebox – synth-on-a-chip, inspired by the Atari2600 and data bending.
Resonant Frequency – Mods for TR-606, SH-101, Boss DR-110, etc.
MIDIbox SID – Turn that C64 into a tweakable midi synth.
Colin Frasier – MIDI TB-303, TR-909, cloning the 808/909 cymbols.
circuit-bent.net – Lotsa circuit bent samples, and a guide to modify the Yamaha PSS-270 VSS-30.
Aron’s Stompbox page – Be sure to check out “simple mods/tips” for some great things you can add to any circuit.
highly liquid midi kits – add midi to your bent toys!
Sailormouth – “the prettiest porthole.” projects and schematics.
Oscillateur – Gallery, FAQ, circuitbending for dummies
Alien Devices – Bent toys and drum machines with gallery and schematics.
press
Circuit bending in MakeZine – lots of articles.
EMI – “The Casio SK1: Escapist Sample Shuttle” – Article by Reed Ghazala on bending the sk1
Sound on Sound – “Noise Works” – Interview/Article with Reed Ghazala
XLR8R – “Bend it like Chachi” – Article featuring Reed Ghazala and Chachi Jones. Tries to coin the term “c-bending,” ha!
MSNBC – “Play that funky music, Game Boy” – Article on chipmusic.
Dr. Rek – “Circuit Bending Documentary” – Derek Sajbel’s documentary on circuit bending.
BBC – “Musicians get tunes from old toys” – Newsround on CBBC reports on the BENT2004 festival at the tank in NYC.
Wired – “Making Music by Playing With Toys” – Article on Bent2004 featuring Reed Ghazala and Phoebe October.
TimeOutNY – “Circuit City” – Time Out New York article on BENT2004
NY Times – “Circuit Benders Unlock the Long Riffs in Short-Circuits” – NY Times article on BENT2004. Features Thom Uliasz from Burnkit2600, Derek Sajbel, Anthony Okopnik, Peter Edwards, and Reed Ghazala. If you can’t log in, we’ve archived it here.
Slashdot – “Consumer Electronics Make Music” – Thread on Slashdot about Bent2004. “More like weed, kid toys and random old music you’d never think you’d hear again…..”
Performer – “Bent 2004 Review” – Review of Bent2004 by Sheri Hausey.
“Bent. Circuit Bending” – 5 min. Quicktime documentary on Bent2004 created by Limor Garcia and Laura Garcia Barrio.
NY1 – “Techies Make Music At Bent Festival” – More coverage of the Bent2004 festival. This from NY1 News.
galleries/sounds
Bent2006 Photos – on flickr
Bent2006 Videos – on youtube. Short documentary, performances, etc.
Casperelectronics – Fun site. Great gear. This guy has bent stuff for mike patton, mike hosler from negativland and others.
DJ Dab – Drum machine eprom programming, modifications and bending
Receptors Music – 8-bit goodness. gameboy, NES, atari….
Noise and Toys – Circuit bent music compilation cd
Bent2005 Photos – by bill miller
Platonic World – “a moments hesitation adds to a life time of regret.” Some great-looking projects here.
allerian.com – “Music, circuit bending projects, lemon curry?” Home of the copper box synth.
Machinenoise – Circuit bending projects from C. Austin and DJ DSL
Cementimental – “circuit-bent toys, noise & seriously monged music.” also NES projects and cassette tape loops
Cementimental’s Link Page – is friggin’ huge!!
the former yugoslavia – now the former former yugoslavia, apparently =/
Doomation – Some of the most disturbing circuit bent toys i’ve seen
Evil Moisture – hand-drawn gallery of toys
October71 – “that bitch sure can solder!” Circuit bent and gameboy music MP3’s
Rude66 – Rocking Amsterdam since the 80’s
F7 Sound and Vision – Michael Oster’s circuit bending projects and sounds
Circuitbending.com – Bill T. Miller’s collection of bent toys. Orgy of Noise MP3s and quicktime videos.
Baragon – Baragon’s Bent Instrument Gallery
Mystery Circuits – Mike Walters has some pretty wacky stuff
90% of Everything – Ephrom Recker’s list of bent devices
ToyDeath – Sydney trio who use kid’s toys and kooky costumes.
Ciat-Lonbarde – this guy proves there’s a very fine line between insanity and genius, he’s a nut! I love it!
TechDweeb – tom koch’s gadget gallery
CMAU – Band that uses contact mics with homemade devices
Oddstruments – Gallery exhibition of experimental musical instruments. Featuring Neil Feather and Reed Ghazala.
MikMo – Bent Gallery with descriptions, sounds, and schematics.
Anode Records – Mp3s and lots of bent drum machines
khate – “A woman and her pile of cheap electronics fashion new sounds, with curious results.”
audible-ism – “Circuit Bent Electronic Devices by Arius Blaze of ISM.”
.Fetal.Distress. – “Music/sound is said to trigger more memories and emotions than any other stimuli.”
AtomicSonic – Tim Kaiser has built some amazing-looking devices. Sound samples in .wav format.
Absurdity.biz – Derek “Dr. Rek” Sajbel’s site. New Server! Tons of sounds and videos. Including an in-depth documentary on circuit bending.
Bent Monkey Cage – Beginning to Advanced CIRCUIT BENDING and electronic Hardware Hacking
chiptunes/homebrew video game development
AtariAge – Funny how there are more atari programers now than in the 80s . This site is an invaluable resource for atari history and the homebrew scene.
8-bit Peoples - Tons of sugary pixelated chipbliss released on Creative Commons licenses.
Seed A.I. – Do gameboys dream of electric beats? HiRez/Low Fi 8-bit beatbox bandits.
ben heck – Lots of useful info on homebrew portables: NES, SNES, atari, etc.
Epic Gaming – Overclocking the NES, genesis, N64, etc.
Wayfar MIDI NES – Compose MIDI music on your NES.
Paul Slocum – the brains behind the Atari2600 Synthcart, loopcart, C64 cynthcart, and other chiphacking.
TreeWave – Paul Slocum’s band – catchy chiptune pop anthems
CV Drum – Drum Machine cart for the colecovision, similar to the synthcart
Jerry’s Arcade Hacking – Arcade game hacks, including a simple music sequencer for Pac Man hardware.
Transmissions from the garage – Lots of info on handheld midi music (palm pilot, etc.)
MyGP2X – The GP2X is a Linux-based open-source handheld game/media player supported ENTIRELY by DIY programmers.
GP2X File archive – All the GP2X software, emulators, games, etc.
miscellany……
Make:Blog – D I fukkin’ Y, baby!
Squeak E Clean Productions Music Producer in Los Angeles. Owner of a limited edition Burnkit HR-16B.
Taomonkey – Flash, art, eye candy, games and music from our friend and co-conspirator, Bean.
Hack-a-day – Blog about hardware hacks
i-hacked – Another hardware hacking page
Electronic circuit schematics – Almost 2000 Schematics for various projects
BigassBeats – audio resource for anyone in need of unique, high-quality sounds and samples
Acapellas4U – Site for free acapellas, great resource for remixers & mashers.
Experimental Audio Instruments – For the design, construction and enjoyment of unusual sound sources.
Wave Vessel, a.k.a. Wobblevision – turn an old tv or computer monitor into a music-responsive eye candy generator
The sight of your voice – a story about the wobblevision
Passive Ring Modulator – The world’s simplest ring mod schematic
Negativland’s phone fidelity device – How to send “better quality” sound thru the phone line
Kateroy.com – An acoustic trio from Danbury, CT. Friends of ours and occasional collaborators.
“8-bit” from ninja star records – ..bet you didn’t know robots could get drunk and rap… bitch!
