Remix the washing machine drummer and win Ableton Live
August 6, 2010 – 12:05 pm | 107 Comments

OK, I was just so infatuated with the washing machine drums video, that it would be criminal not to remix those drums into a song.
So we’re going to have a remix contest! Ableton has …

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The Drumssette: drum machine made from an old 4-track
July 13, 2010 – 5:46 pm | No Comment
The Drumssette: drum machine made from an old 4-track

The Drumssette is a programmable drum machine built by musician and circuit bender Mike Walters.

A very creative DIY use of an old four track recorder, it was built using the innards of a Tascam MF-P01. …

Commodore 64 Keytar!
March 1, 2010 – 9:34 am | 6 Comments
Commodore 64 Keytar!

Jordan Bartee is a musician, circuit bender and and electronic tinkerer. In a moment of insanity genius, he decided to grab a Commodore 64 and a MIDI keyboard, and then combine them with the …

Nintendo video controlled by a modular synth
December 2, 2009 – 9:54 am | No Comment
Nintendo video controlled by a modular synth

Peter Edwards is an artists and master circuit bender and has been involved in “creative electronics” for almost ten years. He’s created custom works for all sorts of people, including Mike Patton, Danny …

Circuit Bent Festival NYC seeking performers
October 22, 2009 – 12:33 am | No Comment
Circuit Bent Festival NYC seeking performers

Here’s your chance to show off your Kung-Fu circuit-bending skills. The Bent Festival is looking for performers for Bent 2010 : The 7th Annual Circuit Bending Festival.
Even if you’re not a circuit-bender, if you have …

The Atari 400 Synth
April 21, 2009 – 9:24 pm | One Comment
The Atari 400 Synth

This wild looking analog synthesizer gets its body from a classic Atari 400 computer – but none of its brains.

Created by Paul Rothman’s Fridgebuzzz Electronics (yes, that’s supposed to have 3 “z’s”), the simply named Atari …