Tag: #CircuitBending

Tim Kaiser, the circuit bending/DIY synth guru from Duluth, Minnesota, is producing a new double EP. If you’be been following the circuit bending/DIY synth scene for any length of time, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve stumbled across some of Tim Kaiser’s work. Now he is producing a Double EP…

Glitch Music Hack was the January edition of the Monthly Music Hackathon NYC. Monthly Music Hackathon NYC is a hacking & performance series with a new theme each month. January was Glitch, or as they described it: Circuit bending, Chiptunes, 8-bit music, broken things, retro, or anything else you might describe as…

Igor Vasiliev/iMusicAlbum has gotten SoundScaper approved at the iTunes app store. As we mentioned earlier this month SoundScaper was pending approval at the iTunes app store, and it is now available here for $5.99. A recap of the description: SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric…

Micro Collective and Vivid Projects will be hosting µChip3, starting Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. While there’s not much info consolidated into one place, this is what I could find: Glitch Art Workshop: Join Antonio Roberts for this one-off workshop in which he will lead participants on a journey…

Berklee College of Music is offering a course in Circuit Bending and Physical Computing. The course counts for 2 credits. Course Description: In this class, students develop the basic electronics skills necessary to do creative circuit-bending, to modify and rewire sound-making toys, and to build custom performance interfaces using game…

Take your Valentine to a circuit bending workshop today! The WonderLab Museum  will be hosting a Circuit Bending Workshop by BloomingLabs today, from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. From their website: Bring in an old electronic toy and work with experts from Bloominglabs to permanently change how the toy sounds and operates!…

bent.fm has released bent.fm lite v3.4 for iPhone. In anticipation of the full bent.fm app, bent.fm lite has been updated to version 3.4. Description from the app store page: bent.fm lite is a model of a circuit-bent synthesizer. bent.fm allows the user to tweak classic circuit bending modifications like fine…

A few days ago we told you about SoundScaper, a new iPad app up for review at the iTunes store. The developer now has some new demo tracks available. Here’s a few new demo tracks from Motion Soundscape/Igor Vasiliev for the new SoundScaper app.

Igor Vasiliev has submitted SoundScaper to the iTunes store for review. From the developer’s site: SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric textures, drones, glitches and noises based on circuit bending ideas…The oscillators, based on simulating schematics of actual 8 bit lofi sound playback chips,…

Valéry Sandor gave a talk and live performance at TEDxDunkerque in France. While I don’t speak French this is pretty cool that circuit bending is being featured on such a big platform as TEDx. Some cool French language toys are shown, as well as a box with what looks like…

This Sunday in Detroit, MI, the Mobile Homestead will be hosting a Circuit Bending Workshop. From the Facebook Event page: Emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, circuit bending is the creative, chance-based customization of the circuits found within electronic devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children’s toys, and digital synthesizers….

Circuit Bent Collection, a new Live Pack from Critical Vibrations has been released. Built from a huge library of samples recorded from circuit bent toys, keyboards, and drum machines, it contains 140 instruments for Ableton Live 9. From their site: “This collection isn’t just the glitchy lo-fi toy sounds you…