Squidfanny - Circuit Bent - Yamaha PSS-580

YouTube via squidfanny | August 12, 2010

"Hybrid FM/PCM keyboard synth with MIDI. Identical to the PSS 480.

Multi couloured Metallic Paint Job on the keys, changes colour depending on the angle of the light.

Loads of Glitching on the Digital drums, mounted on Rotary Switches and toggles for live expressive performance.

Sadly haven't been able to mod the FM section (yet)........"

Squidfanny - circuit bent YAMAHA PSS-470

squidfanny | August 12, 2010
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"Quick mess around with my old yamaha pss-470.
Create new sounds by pressing buttons, turning knobs and flicking switches.
Lots of FM Glitch sounds and new Instrument/Chord/Bass sounds.

Very nice Pure FM Keyboard Synthesizer from late 80's with loads of mods and Metallic Paint job on keys.

'Clock-Shock' Mod - allows new custom patches to be created by pressing 5 push buttons.

'Linier Glitch Knobs' - 'Play' the glitches live with a linier response.

'Data Line' mod - 6 switches interupt data flow between CPU and FM chip.

Pitch Knob / LFO / LFO Depth.

Scored another one of these beauties on the weekend, so this one will be sold on ebay soon :)"

Squidfanny - circuit bent Metallic Green VL-1

" squidfanny | August 12, 2010

Previous video didn't record audio properly, so re-vidded this machine.....

Bad-ass metallic paint job, flashing lights in the screen and all the best mods.

Buy it on ebay, before I change my mind!"

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Squidfanny - Circuit Bent YAMAHA PSS-140

YouTube via squidfanny | August 19, 2010
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"Lots of fun from a cheap FM keyboard.....

DATA LINE MOD - 6 x Toggle switches interupt data flow between CPU and the FM chip.
CLOCK SHOCK MOD - Push green button to glitch out the drums.
PITCH DROP SWITCH - Drops Pitch.
GLITCH KNOB - (Kinda) Linear FM glitching.
FEEDBACK OSCILLATOR - Phat dirty Oscillator.

& Multi-coloured Metallic Paint Job on the keys. Colour changes depending on the angle of the light.

Going up for sale soon on the mighty ebay."

Squidfanny - Glitch Bitch IV

squidfanny | August 19, 2010

"Solid metal GLITCH-BITCH 'Talking Glitch Synthesizer'.

Scrambled Speech Circuits from a 1980's talking computer. Housed in an antique 1930's cigarette box."

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent YAMAHA RX-21 Drum Machine

squidfanny | August 19, 2010

"Horrid, Evil, Nasty, Raw, Rough, Harsh & Abrasive....

Instant Hard Techno in a box from this very un-pleasent 1980's midi drum machine.

This nasty little drum machine was my first attempt at spray painting, from some months back. The paintwork is pretty rough, but then so are the sounds...."

Squidfanny - circuit bent YAMAHA PSS-26

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Mar 27, 2011
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"Quick Demo to show the wild side of the PSS-26.

Switches & Knob on the left contain stable Glitches, providing lots of lovely stereo Re-struction & De-struction.

Switches on the right of the machine are used for Damage and Crash Sounds & for creating new instrument patches from corrupted versions of the original patches.

Really powerful Glitch on this machine, due to the combination of Stereo FM and Digital PCM circuitry. Modulation between the circuits yeilds really dramatic results."

Update:

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent YAMAHA PSS-780 Music Station

Uploaded by squidfanny on Mar 27, 2011

"Top of the line FM / PCM / MIDI SYnthesizer w Reverb & Analog Chorus.

+Hacked Chorus reveals a sweet Pitch LFO with Flashing Light.
+27xGlitches Transmute the dry and lifeless digital drums into a cacophony of Ring Mod Rhythms, Bit-Damaged Beats and Bleepy Oscillators.

Metal Keys look absolutely stunning, but sadly my shitty camera can't capture the detail..... Anybody watching swap this machine for a really nice camcorder?"

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent YAMAHA PSS-6 Glitch Synth

Uploaded by squidfanny on Mar 27, 2011

"Cheap and cheerful Digital mini Keyboard, with Damage-Piano, loads of rough and grainy Glitch Noise and really dramatic Crash Sounds from a voltage-drop Knob.

Like all yamaha's AWM Machines, Diodes are needed in series with switches for full ROM Scrambling."

Squidfanny - ROBOT BIT-CRUSHER

YouTube via squidfanny | December 02, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes
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"Robot Bit-Crusher by Dave Squidfanny.......

Drums from external drum machine, Modulated, Mangled & Crushed with mechanical effeciency.

When the machines take over you'd better have a robot friend to protect you!"

Update:

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent HING-HON EK-001

squidfanny | December 02, 2010 |
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"Good Old toy keyboard with Analog Instruments and Atari Style Digital Drums.

All the usual PITCH, OSCILLATORS & 'CRUSH' DISTORTION.
PLUS a Special GLITCH knob which allows access to a whole range of other weird and wonderful GLITCH based sounds.

Metallic keys, painted using 5 colours / shades of metallic auto paint. Changes colour depending on what angle the light's pointed....!

Going up for sale on ebay soon (Unless someone makes me a decent offer)."

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent 'German Vtech Talking computer'

YouTube via squidfanny | February 05, 2011 |
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"Sadly no scrambled speech capabilities on this german version machine, but there is enough minimal sounding Techno Loops and Glitch sounds to make it worth the effort.
Also added touch points for Bleepy Squarewaves and a Dirty Bass Oscillator."

squidfanny - Circuit bent 'SUPER TALKING WHIZZ KID'

squidfanny | February 05, 2011 |

"Another wicked Vtech toy with an array of inspiring electronic Glitch sounds, Techno Loops and Scrambled Speech as only circuit bent gear can provide :)

Like many 90's Vtechs, this machine has 'copyright protection' to prevent Chinese companys making cheap copys of the machine by ripping the Rom data.
Sadly this limits the machines 'bending potential, but the copyright message is still a pretty cool easter egg.

Added 6 x Glitch switches, Screaming Feedback Oscillator, Volume Knob (from silence to distorted), Copyright Button, Flashing Envelope LED Light and Metal Bolt-Bay for additional sounds and also for interfacing with other squidfanny machines."

Circuit Bent KAWAI Drum Machines by Squidfanny

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 14, 2011

"Another wicked Kawai drum machine.... This one's got the infamous R-100 Rom, with rock-solid Synthethic Drums and Percussion.

Sounds and Beats instantly recognizable to fans of Wax-Trax and generally anyone who listened to music in the late 80's / Early 90's.

Loads of Mods on this machine, including some really filthy Distortion."

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent KAWAI R-50e (2010)

Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 14, 2011

"My Favourite Digital Drum Machine, the KAWAI R-50e. Pure Synthethic Drums, and instantly recognizable Hits and Bass."

Update:

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent KAWAI R-50e Drum Machine (Electronic ROM) july 2011

Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 14, 2011

"Glitch Drums, Busted Beats, Digital Slap Bass and the infamous 'Fairlight Orchestral Hit'.

Loads of mods, designed for performance....

The R-50e is one of the greatest Drum Machines ever made, and an under-rated hero of the 1980's.
It was regulaly used in 100's of movie soundtracks including the original 'Terminator' movie & 'Robocop'. Early Manga movies all loved the r-50e and electronic music owes much to the Hits and samples contained within this innocent looking drum Machine.

Do you want one??? Well you'll have to fight me on ebay!!"

Squidfanny - ALIEN DRUM MACHINE HR-16 (Final Vid Feb 2011)

YouTubeVia squidfanny | Mar 1, 2011 |

"Beloved Alien HR-16 Glitch Machine.
Instant Chemical Electro and Busted Beats.

Sadly I need some cash so she's getting passed on..........

Too many Mods to list, check out the ebay auction for all the details.

Also Check out Response vid to see the bolt-bay in action."

Update: the new video above. The following was posted earlier with the older video now moved below. Instead of having two posts I opted for consolidation into one new post.

via this auction
"High Resolution 16 Bit Digital Drum Machine with Assignable Outputs and MIDI. Circuit Bent with powerful Modifications and Stunning Sounds... This machine can be used 'As Stock' and functions perfectly as such...

The Mods are -
Pitch / Tempo Modulation - Thanks to new 'Precision Oscillator' Circuit. Excellent Sonic Modulation Features in the form of 2 x Silver PITCH/TEMPO Knobs on the Side of the Machine. Small Knob is Fine tune, Large knob is for DJ Effects and Bit-Stretched Digital Noise. A metal Toggle Switch is used to Dis-engage the Pitch Knobs for use with MIDI functions, and a RED and GREEN LED Light indicate Status.
* 24 x Powerful Glitch Mods - Controlled by 3 x Black/Silver Rotary Knobs and Activated by 3 x (on/off/on) Toggle Switches. A bank of LED Lights indicate which Mods are active and the Glitch Activity within the machine. All manner of Amazing Sounds to be found and played by Flicking Switches and Turning Knobs.......
* 5 x Big Round Black 'Arcade machine' style buttons - Provide momantary Glitch for Minimal and Expressive Glitching.
* Big Red Button Provides Decimated Digital Distortion for Hard-As-Nails Damage Beats.
* Syncopated Bleeps and Squarewave Synth Tones ranging from Ultra Pure Sub Bass to Barely Audiable Birdsong. Modulation is Provided by a 9 x Position Rotary Knob on the Right side of the Machine, and an On/Off/On Toggle Switch to Activate for a total of 18 x Settings.
* Comprehensive and Cool Looking Metal BOLT-BAY (Patch-Bay) with 25 x Points. Allows Access to 1000's of weird and worderful Glitch sounds, Bit-busted Beats and General Havok.... Use Included Patch Leads (or any metal object) to connect the bolts together. Bolt-Bay can be used to interface the HR-16's Digital Circuitry with other suitable Squidfanny gear such as THIS or THIS........
* Flashing Lights-O-Plenty with 41 x Old School GREEN & RED LED Lights and Cool Pulsing Light Array.
* Glitch Switches each have a Bi-Colour LED light to indicate On/Off Status.
* Rotary Switches each have 4 x Red & Green LED lights which indicate their position and allow operation in the dark.
* Pulsing Light array advances each time a drum is played.""

Previous video:

Squidfanny - ALIEN DRUM MACHINE - Alesis HR-16

YouTube via squidfanny | Mar 18, 2009 |

"46 PCM Scrambling mods, housed on 4 toggles, 4 nice rotary switches and 6 big round push buttons.....

Precision oscillator (from www.getlofi.com) allows massive pitch sweeps and fabulous digital audio sickness. Big knob for the sweeps, little knob next to it sets the maximum pitch.......

26 x BOLTBAY, allows access to all the safe sounds (this machine does NOT crash). Also useful for cross-modulating other 'bent gear (see my other HR-16 vid - cross-modulating a casio sk-5).

Oh yea - also 41 GREEN and RED LED's, which flash in time with the drum beat, and indicate which bends are active..... Flashing light circuit can also be used for external sequencing of other 'triggered' gear."

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent BEAT SOUND ANALOG DRUM / MIDI-TRIGGER

YouTube via squidfanny | December 21, 2010 |
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"'Beat sound electronic drum' Fully Analog Drum Synthesizer, very heavily modified and retro-fitted with MIDI-TRIGGER converter.

Both machines have similar mods, ie Pitch, Decay, Overdrive, Distortion, Glitch, Oscillators, etc. However mods are implemented differently on each machine, thus both machines have a distinctivly different sound.
One machine is geared up to produce synthesizer sounds with loads of modulation between the 4 channels and various filtering and distortion.
The other machine functions as a 909 style analog drum synth, with impossibly deep Bass / Kik, touch points for triggering the drum circuits by hand, and seperate outputs for the 4 channels.

MIDI-TRIGGER converter provides 23 x 5 volt Trigger outputs & Accent for driving other machines and DIY creations.
Miraculously I managed to fit the entire unit, 24 jack sockets & 29 x Flashing LED lights inside the machine (along with 22 x new knobs, 12 x switches and a shocking amount of cable)...

The Trigger unit works really well, buy one from engineers@work :)"

MIDI-TRIGGER Test / D.I.Y. Glitch techno

squidfanny | December 21, 2010 |

"Some Circuit Bent gear, triggered with MIDI via my MIDI-TRIGGER converter.
Just a quick test, for fun only...

Machines used -
A pair 'Beat Sound' Analog Drum Synths, A CASIO SK-5 Sampler, Yamaha DD-6 & Yamaha DD-8. Obviously all machines are heavilly circuit bent, and fitted with trigger inputs.

MIDI-TRIGGER converter is fitted inside one of the 'Beat Sound's' and provides 23 x 5volt trigger outputs and an Accent output."
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Squidfanny - ZOOM-O-TRON 509 Effects Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 11, 2011
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"Circuit Bent Digital Effects Synthesizer, with Pitch Shifter, Flanger, Phaser, etc...

Very nicely Circuit Bent, upgraded with some new circuitry and re-housed in a nice metal case with LED lights under the clear perspex lid. Also installed a Microphone.

Dig the big Green LOOP Button.... Very cool feature with this version of the ZOOM-O-TRON."

Update: one more vid:

Squidfanny - ZOOM-O-TRON 505 Digital Effects Synthesizer (July 2011)

Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 11, 2011

"Another Zoom-O-Tron 505, with loads of modulation and a Microphone......"

Squidfanny - ZOOM-O-TRON 506 Bass Effects Synthesizer for Marty

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jun 12, 2011
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"Phat Digital Effects Synthesizer, built from a heavily modified Zoom 506 Bass Effects pedal, upgraded with some new circuitry and re-housed in a shiny metal box.
Clear perspex is used, and flashing LFO lights are mounted inside the case. All my beautiful wiring is visible too, as well as the sexy looking circuit boards."

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent - Ibanez pd7 Bass pedal for Rob

Uploaded by squidfanny on Jun 12, 2011

"Phat old Bass Analog Overdrive Pedal required 'beefing up', so added Grotty 3 band feedback oscillators, Distortion Switch and Flashing envelope Light.
Unfortunately there was no room inside the machine for new knobs and switches, so had to use a breakout box."

Squidfanny - 'Amen Break-er' Circuit Bent HR-16 Drum Machine

Squidfanny - 'Amen Break-er' Circuit Bent HR-16 Drum Machine (august 2012)

YouTube Published on Aug 27, 2012 by squidfanny

"Circuit Bent HR-16 Drum Machine, with integrated Step-Sequencer and custom ROMs dedicated to the mighty AMEN BREAK.........."

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Squidfanny - Circuit Bent - Speak & Write

YouTube via squidfanny — April 15, 2010 — "Hello SONODROME............ :-)

Glitched out Speak & Write, for a 'mate-of-a-mate'.

Speak & Write sounds very similar to Speak & Math; ie loud, grainy mechanical man's voice."

Update:

Squidfanny - Glitch-Bitch II

squidfanny — April 15, 2010 — Glitch-Bitch II...... Another Mad-Box similar to Glitch-Bitch I.

Made from the Hacked (Test Mode) & Circuit Bent remains of a vintage talking computer toy, some spare bits from my salvage box & Precision Oscillator.

Seriously extreme Glitch synth/Sound module

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent OMNICHORD OM-27 (july 2011)

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 21, 2011
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"Seriously modified OMNICHORD synthesizer... First 10 minutes of the demo is a general play about with the various modifications, followed with quick demonstrations for the various new features.

Lets start with the obvious - Metal Touch Points and lots of beautiful flashing lights, play the various Tones & Bass frequencies directly with your fingers.
Marvel at the hypnotic, synestasic power of the flashing lights, which indicate Chord/Bass/LFO and all of the Analog Drum/Bass/Chord Triggers.

Drum Switches allow the preset Rhythm patterns to be Combined with each other to create unique Rhythmical Stuctures. Drum Knobs allow the Analog Drums to be Tweeked and altered.

LFO is able to modulate the PITCH, CHORD GATE, BASS GATE & Volume GATE. Has an ON/OFF Switch, loads of flashing lights and a big RATE knob.

Bass now has seperate volume knob and a pair of switches to alter the bass rhythm pattern

Digital Mods comprise of three big silver Rotary Switches on the right of the machine. These knobs provide fascinating Echos, Arpeggios, Ring Mods, De-tuning, Dischord and general strangeness and trippy techno sci-fi sounds....
Actually the digital mods are my favourite, as they sound very unique and unlike anything else you're ever likely to hear from a conventional synthesizer.

Yea, it's going up on ebay in a day or two. Man's gotta pay rent :)"

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Squidfanny - Glitch-Bitch IV 'Talking Glitch Synthesizer'

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jun 20, 2011
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"Version 4 of Dave Squidfanny's Glitch-Bitch Synthesizer. This one's housed in an antique 1930's cigarette case."

via this auction

"Operating Glitch-Bitch is very simple.......

Flick the Power Switch to 'ON' and the machine will play a short musical melody. Now simply Play around with the Glitch Buttons & Switches to Scramble, Mangle & Glitch out the various waveforms entirely beyond recognition and well into the realms of mind-blowing glitch electronica..... This is music mode, and you can expect to create Mis-formed melodies, Complex Musical Loops, Dis-Embodied tunes and Original Compositions based around fractured pieces of Bleepy Melodies.

Speech Mode - Glitch-Bitch is at her finest when producing electronic Speech.....

To activate Speech mode simply Hold the Green Button for 3 seconds after powering on the machine.

The machine will then proceed to spew out a random cacophony of grainy electronic speech in the form of Random Words, Sentences, Phrases, Letters and Numbers. Once Speech Mode is activated, an array of Switches, Buttons, Knobs and a Light Sensor can be used to Modulate, Glitch, Scramble and Mangle to sound well beyond recognition and often beyond description............

Although the speech is very much random, the pattern is identical every time speech mode is used. This means that will a small amount of practice, performances can be rehearsed and operation quickly becomes intuitive.

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent 'Omnchord OM-27' Demo

Omnichords on Ebay - not sure if this one is listed yet...
YouTube via squidfanny — April 06, 2010 — "Circuit Bent / Modified OMNICHORD OM-27.....

Demo for Ebay auction.

I have another Omnichord which is patiently awaiting my tender touch, so this one's getting passed along to one lucky person.

Mods are -
6 Switches to Hold and Combine the Rhythm Patterns.
15 Digital mods for Sci-Fi Echo, FM Bass and De-tuned Dischord.
Bass volume knob.
4 Knobs for altering the Analog drums.
37 metal Touch Points which generate various tuned tones. Top row are static and always generate same tones, bottom row has 5 pitched bass tones and middle rows change tone with the chords.
Also pitch modulation from touch points and nasty distortion, which has volume set by hi-hats volume knob...."

Update:

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent 'Omnichord OM-27' Demo 2


Update2:

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent OMNICHORD OM-27 Demo 3 (Just the touch points)

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent KAOSS PAD 2

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 14, 2011
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"Circuit Bent Korg KAOSS PAD 2......
It might be 10 years old, but it's still a mind-blowing little machine!

I've added a Precision Oscillator circuit to the machine which allows additional modulation in the form of a big Pitch Knob and a Light Sensor (see end of vid).
Glitch is provided by a pair of RAM-SCRAMBLING Rotary Switches, which transfor Delays and 'Verbs into rich Choppy / Tonal Ring Mods and Ropbot Sounds.
Oh Yea, I also added some groovy GFOL artwork under the touch pad :)"

Squidfanny (Legacy) - Circuit Bent MONOTRIBE with R 50 & VCO Mute

Squidfanny (Legacy) - Circuit Bent MONOTRIBE with R 50 & VCO Mute (March 2013)
Published on Nov 11, 2013 HAXXOR AUDIO·20 videos

"Circuit Bent Korg Monotribe - All the standard mod, loads of modular outputs, VCO Mute (for using the external VCF input) & Some interesting glitch sounds thanks to the REZ-MOD."

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squidfanny - Circuit bent CASIO MT-46 Keyboard

YouTube via squidfanny | January 07, 2011 |
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"Mute Switches and Knobs for the Analog Drums, Dsitortion and Feedback Oscillator, Distortion switches for the instruments and a couple of Random Glitch switches."

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent YAMAHA PSS-460

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 25, 2011
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"Classic FM Synthesizer with added Phazer, LFO, Pitch Modulation, Weird Oscillation and Loads of strange FM Glitch & New sounds.

Hacked Chorus reveals a nice clean LFO which can be used to drive the Pitch, and an oscillating PHAZER....

Preset CHORD / BASS sound can be totally transformed with the aid of Glitch Buttons on the right panel. Switches scramble the FM circuits and allow new sounds and instrument patches to be generated.

The PSS-460 (PSS-470) is the best of all the yamaha FM Keyboards, with Pure FM Drums, Digital Synthesizer, Chord/Bass and fake Stereo Effect accomplished with internal analog chorus circuits...."

Update: pics and details via this auction

Left Panel Mods:
"Ultra-Stable Pitch Modulation over a large range. Small Knob for Fine tune and Large Knob for Ultra-Bass and stretched pulses.......

Clean LFO modulator - Hardware Hacking around the Analog Chorus reveals a clean LFO which can be used to modulate the Pitch of the machine. Small Knob is for LFO Depth, Large Silver Knob controls LFO / Chorus / Phazer Rate. A Green Flashing LED light Indicates LFO rate.

Rich Analog Phazer with Self Oscillation. Use the LFO rate Knob to alter the Phazer Rate. Use the Volume Slider to acheive extra Screech and oscillation if required.

Distortion Switch & Oscillation Switch."

Right Panel Mods:
" 5 x Black & Green Glitch Buttons allow the Preset Chord / Bass to altered and new Chord / Bass Instruments to be created.

4 x Data-Line Switches interupt the Data Flow between the FM chip, and allow new Sounds & Patches to be created from corrupted versions of the original presets.

Red Button 'Crashes' the FM Drums and creates interesting Rhythmic textures and abstract noise forms.

Stable Toggle Switches which can be used in accompanyment mode to alter the Chord/Bass/Drums.

Flashing Blue LED Light."

squidfanny - Circuit Bent Casio PT-10

YouTube via squidfanny | December 04, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes
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"Cheap and Chearful toy keyboard re-birthed as a Glitch / Distortion / Oscillator Noise Synth.

Pocket sized Glitch Chaos with bleep-core drums and metal keys."