Bones

Have you tried pressing the keys?

Tim

Tim Auton wrote: > Bart wrote: >

Thanks for the laugh !

:-)

GG

There's a musical subculture of people that modify consumer electronics (children's educational toys, portable video games and such) to make weird sounds. They hack the circuit boards. I think it's called "circuit bending." If you have such junk devices that you can afford to destroy, a transistor radio or just about anything with a speaker, poke around with jumpers and see what kind of sounds you can get out of it. You could do the same with your keyboards if the front panel controls won't make weird enough sounds for you, but expect to damage them.

-t.

Bart wrote: > So I'm watching the TV show "Bones" and the theme music comes on > consisting of some awesome synthesizer music. I'm reminded that I have a > few musical keyboards that cost maybe $50 each and run on 6 "D" cells, > they include percussion beats and I got them at the toy store. Is there > anyway I can make some cool sounds out of these things? I have access to > an electronics lab but this is an area I have no idea how to start. I'm > guessing I'll be manipulating AC signals and frequencies? Any > suggestions, links, etc. to help me get started will be appreciated. > Thanks in advance, > Bart

With some MIDI software (like Cakewalk) and your computer, you could do a lot of neat sounds. With a modest keyboard into the computer's MIDI port, you could do even more But you DO have to press the keys. :-)

GG

How about replacing the switches under every key with some kind of variable input EG Variable resistor or Light dependent resistor.

I know very little about electronics but this seems like a fun idea,,,

Martin

Not sure what you mean by "keys". I've tried several different batteries in these things but they just set quietly. I flipped one over, then found a screwdriver to take out the screws of the panel but as I press my screwdriver into the first screw the thing goes crazy making sounds. I tried a different screw and different crazy sounds come from it. I also found that the bigger the screwdriver I use, the more sounds this thing makes. I'm off to the electronics store to buy a variety of screwdrivers, figure I'll be jamming in no time! Thanks guys! Bart