Kawai R-50 modded + circuit bent by Exfade

YouTube Published on Aug 1, 2012 by wotatwaat

"Added eproms so you can switch between R-50, R-50e or R-100 sounds.
Added pitch control and 3 6 position rotary switches to control the bends. Also a switch on the side so you can switch between R-50 operating system or the R-50e one. Great info at burnkit2600 as ever for this one!"

Portable Crowd Control 01: DS-10 vs. 1-bit Groovebox (frenetic dub)

YouTube Published on Jul 10, 2012 by burnkit2600

"Demoing the speed at which this portable non-lethal arsenal can be assembled and deployed to quickly instill shock and awe.
Samos Music/Burnkit2600 1-bit Groovebox vs. Korg DS-10 and a touch of DubFX infrasonic phaser blaster.
Having frenetic fun, What a mess."

Blips and Bleeps Workshop!

YouTube Published on May 9, 2012 by burnkit2600

"Sign up at
blipfestival.org/2012/daytime/

Build some noise!

Sunday, May 27th 1:00pm-3:00pm
Gramercy Theatre 127 East 23rd St.
$45 (includes materials)"

Blip Festival 2012 NYC with Hand-Ons Events

Blip Festival NYC 2012
"NEW YORK, NY - Thrift-store electronics collide with dancefloor sensibilities as Blip Festival makes its long-awaited return to New York City. Produced by 8bitpeoples in association with The Tank and Live Nation, the Blip Festival 2012 finds Manhattan once again at the center of the chipmusic universe. From May 25-27, musicians and visualists from all corners of the globe assemble at the Gramercy Theatre to perform astonishing music & motion graphics, produced on & inspired by early-generation home computers and gaming consoles.

The Blip Festival Blog launches with artist interviews and the debut of a short documentary film by 2PLAYERPRODUCTIONS. The 10 minute piece documents the 2011 edition of Blip that took place at the Eyebeam Art & Technology Center last May. The past few years have seen 2PLAYERPRODUCTIONS move on from their humble origins documenting the first Blip Festival in their feature length debut Reformat the Planet, to leading high profile Kickstarter campaigns for documentaries about game industry heavyweights Mojang and Doublefine.

WATCH BLIP FESTIVAL 2011 // FIVE YEARS by 2PLAYERPRODUCTIONS

READ Blip On: Danimal Cannon

READ Blip On: Monodeer

DAYTIME EVENTS:

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Circuit bent modular style Roland TR-626 drum machine

YouTube Uploaded by frostedminipete on Aug 29, 2009

"Fooling around with my favorite, biggest project so far outside (mind the "outside" noises). The first section of the video is just mods applied to a single pattern repeating. The rhythm at times due to the RAM being scrambled :] but it's all one pattern until the switch at 4:14 ish

This thing took forever to finish. There's more info at the burnkit2600 website on the TR626 section and here: http://tinyurl.com/nz5ukl

Fully rehoused in custom cut and stained wood, huge patch bay (96 points including multiplexing bay and 12 patch control bay), volume knobs and kill switches, kit switches, "fill" switches and buttons, pitch down, distortions, and... the possibilities are literally endless with this thing.

You can create little squarewave melodies with it as well by replacing certain sounds with synth sounds and then changing the pitch. I didn't do much of that in this video, this was just fooling around.

Everything I've done to this machine is fully documented. You can access it on the burnkit website in a word document. I need a website of my own :P"

Squidfanny - Quick Circuit Bent HR-16 Drum Machine Demo (GROOVE-MODULATOR)

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YouTube Published on May 5, 2012 by squidfanny
squidfanny on eBay

"Just a very quick vid, as my computer is malfunctioning very badly right now.

This vid breifly explores the Chaotic side of the Groove-Modulator HR-16. Lots of crazy Glitch, sequenced Pitch-Modulation, Ring-Mods, Noisy Bleeps and Grainy Distortion.
Complex Glitch and Effects can be programmed with the aid of an additional internal sequencer and a metal bolt-bay.

Credits again to SONADROME, EX-FADE & BURNKIT2600"

Squidfanny - 'GROOVE MODULATOR' Alesis HR-16 Drum MAchine (March 2012)

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Mar 19, 2012

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"Another mind bending beat-machine, similar to my previous HR-16, but this one uses SONODROME's 555 Envelope Generator circuit to provide responsive pitch envelope with my sequencer mod.

First part of the demo using the original Alesis ROM to show off the Ring Mods, Sequencer, Pitch Mods & Envelope Generator

Second Part (3:20) Having some fun screwing around with some techno beats from the custom ROMs.

Third part tripping out with some Casio Bleeps and abstract beats.

See the response video for a more detailed excursion into the realms of twisted HR-16's.

So -
This machine's been beautifully restored, circuit bent, upgraded with a syncronized Analog Step Sequencer and custom ROMs which transform the humble 1980's Drum Machine into a furious techno acid groove machine, with audio twisting powers unlike any conventional audio device. Thus I name thee +GROOVE MODULATOR+ Bringer of twisted beats.

Thanks again to Justin (Burnkit2600) & Al (Ex-Fade) for continued help and kind assistance with this epic project :)
Also thanks to SONODROME for sharing the 555 Envelope circuit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aN6MaJHQh0 [posted here]

Long live Old-Skool...."

Squidfanny - 'Rhythm Modulator' Alesis HR-16 Drum Machine (Jan 2012)

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jan 26, 2012

squidfanny on eBay

"RHYTHM MODULATOR Techno Groove Acid machine.... Built around an Alesis HR-16 Drum Machine, which has been retro-fitted with an integrated Step Sequencer, with Pitch Mods, Killer Glitch and (Slightly Dodgy) Custom ROMs with 'nuff Old Skool Beats and Bass.

Sequencer is synced to the beat of the machine and is fully patchable, for programing complex tempo synced Glitches, beat swapping & effects.
Program the sequencer to twist and modulate the sample pitch, thus adding groove and expression to loops and rhythms....All tempo synced and with realtime modulation knobs and Decay control. Cool, eh?

See later part of vid for more in-depth look at the sequencer mod.

This machine contains the original Alesis 'electronic' ROMS and also my own (Slightly dodgy) custom Rom. It still has a few bugs, mainly quiet 'clicks' at the end of the samples when pitching down. Also some noise generated from the compression process, but this IS an ongoing project...

Thanks to EX-FADE and also BURNKIT2600 for assistance with this project."

Basic Circuit Bending with a Gizmo Furby

YouTube Uploaded by burnkit2600 on Dec 23, 2011

"I found a used Gizmo Furby pretty cheap. I thought I'd take a go at circuit bending him and try documenting it in an easy to understand way. He definitely has more personality now. Feel free to ask questions."

How to Bend TR-505 (widescreen)

YouTube Uploaded by burnkit2600 on Sep 21, 2011

"How to circuit bend a Roland TR-505 drum machine"

TR-505: Custom Modified & Circuit Bent Drum Machine

YouTube Uploaded by burnkit2600 on Aug 8, 2011

"Heavily modified and circuit bent Roland TR-505. Mods include:
8x outputs
8x inputs
8x volume faders with LEDs
8x pitch controls
8x audio oscillators (can be mixed in with each drum)
8x 1-pole low-pass filters
6x circuit bend control knobs
Hand-built wooden case with laser-cut LED-lit acrylic control panels"

Roland Tr-505 modded by exfade

YouTube Uploaded by wotatwaat on Jul 7, 2011

"This one has individual pitch, volume and mute controls. Sequencer glitch section (which outputs midi), 4 x 6 position rotary switches to control the bends, position indicated by the 7 segment LEDs.
Cheers to all the dudes and contributors over at burnkit2600 for a lot of the info on this one!"

Burnkit2600 - Freq Out

YouTube Uploaded by burnkit2600 on Jun 22, 2011

"Burnkit2600's video for Freq Out from the Duke Dubious Digital Dub Selector album.

Big thanks to Aurelio Muraca for his camerawork during our recording session at Heirloom Arts Theatre."

kitchen electro jam: Moog Slim Phatty, iOS Midi Touch & bent QY10

YouTube Uploaded by burnkit2600 on Apr 28, 2011

"Sick with a cold, Miette keeps me company while I take a 1st test drive of my newly created iOS Midi Touch controller for the Moog Slim Phatty. I'm controlling the MSP arpeggiator and using it's MIDI output to play the drums on my circuit-bent Yamaha QY10. Also sloppily playing the tiny keyboard on the QY10. The audio from the QY10 is partially routed back to the Moog for processing. My bent megaphone toy offering some echo on the drums. The crappy Boss mixer & homemade stereo amp make the cats ears twitch."

MIDI Touch - Domestic Cat
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Circuit-Bending the Kawasaki iSoundz Guitar with Burnkit2600 - part 3

YouTube via burnkit2600 | October 28, 2010

"Testing the flip camera with a quick run through of the new features added to the 'Chordowl', my Kawasaki iSoundz Guitar that was modified for the Moog circuit bending competition and won me a spot in the finals :)"

Circuit-Bending the Kawasaki iSoundz Guitar with Burnkit2600 - part 1

YouTube via burnkit2600 | October 22, 2010

"Burnkit2600 band member Thomas Uliasz gives you a guided tour of the inner workings and evolution of the Kawasaki iSoundz guitar toy into a workable instrument. Gaze in amazement at the process by which he dismantles a device only to rebuild it: better, faster, stronger than before. Witness his creative process in action as he decides how best to utilize his meager tools. Watch as 24 of his life dissipate into thin air; all for the love of noise.

Burnkit2600 are a band. We make music with improvised electronic devices, circuit bent gear, 8-bit video game systems, analog synths (including a MicroMoog and Rogue :), drum machines, and samplers.
We also craft our own circuits and modify gear for ourselves and do commissioned work for a lucky few others.
Our website demystifies our sound by showing folks how to make instruments like ours."

Circuit-Bending the Kawasaki iSoundz Guitar with Burnkit2600 - part 2

Modded Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer

via this auction

"This unit has been modified to accept a circuit board that provides individual outputs. You can see the outputs on the back panel in the images. Some sounds are shared on the same output, but the kick and snare have their own outs. The output jacks are 1/16". Included are 4 - 1/16" to RCA cables. The modification was an after market option offered by another company not Roland."


Update via Keegan in the comments: "Left to right: Bass, Snare, Hand Clap/Rim Shot, L/H Cowbell, L/H Conga, Closed/Open HH, Crash/Ride, L/M/H Tom.

They are grouped together because you can only play one of each sound at a time.

Anyone have any info on this mod? I'd like to do it to my 505."

via Ian: "http://www.burnkit2600.com/tr-505/ has info for getting individual outputs (among other things.)"

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M-Z3R0 - circuit bent TR-505 - 5QU4R3W4V3

YouTube via manufacturedZ3R0
"Modified in a similar way to my other 505 except this one was already 'perma bent' to a minor degree when i picked it up. The drum sounds have always been slightly odd and the toms and low conga sound strange when you turn the pitch up beyond it's standard setting. Building a distortion circuit into it proved to be a major headache due to it's bizarre flaws so i took a look at www.burnkit.com and found a cool square wave injection modification there. It may not have the nasty edge of my other tr505 built into it but it has a larger range of sounds. It still sounds cool through some distortion though so at 2.59 i processed the audio in soundforge through the ohm boys vst plugin ohmicide before compiling the video. Ohmicide is the best vsti distortion out there in my opinion and gives a good example of how cool this thing would sound through some decent hardware fx.

Thanks to the guys at www.burnkit2600.com for putting the time into their site and sharing so much good info on not only the tr505 but the 626, hr16 and lots of other stuff."

'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' by Burnkit2600

YouTube via burnkit2600

"Burnkit2600 pay homage to one of their most influential bands with a psychedigital cover of The Beatles' song, 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' - one of John Lennon's most playfully visual songs, and one of the group's (and of course George Martin's) most experimental productions.
This song was created expressly for the 8-BIT OPERATORS 2009 tribute compilation 'Wanna Hld Yr Handheld'. (8bitoperators.com/beatles/)
The video was made with archival footage supplied by the Internet Moving Images Archive in association with Prelinger Archives. (www.archive.org)"

Circuit Bent Alesis HR-16 W/ TR-909 + TR-808 EPROM

Circuit bent Alesis Hr-16 with custom eprom

YouTube via wotatwaat. via this auction
"Added new eproms, filled with tr-909, tr-808 and dmx kits plus a bit of other stuff! The switch allows you to switch between the stock sounds and the new ones. There is a 24 point patch bay, and as you can see I'm still working out where the best bends are! As ever, thanks to Burnkit2600.com for all the info! Another exfade hr-16 joint"

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