Circuit Bending: Making Music By Rewiring Toys and Devices

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Circuit Bending: Making Music By Rewiring Toys and Devices provided by CreativeLive is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. Circuit Bending: Making Music By Rewiring Toys and Devices is taught by J. Anthony Allen. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from CreativeLive. The course is taught in Englishand is $29.00. Visit the course page at CreativeLive for detailed price information.

Overview

  •  In this class, we'll talk about what Circuit Bending is, and how it works. We will get physical and actually bend an old keyboard, going through the process step-by-step. In the end, we will have a cool new keyboard capable of brand new sounds. We'll even make a track with it.

    In this class we will hit the road, going to some thrift shops to look for bendable instruments. We'll do some time-lapse videos of taking things apart (complete with Benny Hill), and we will melt down some Spongebob Squarepants. Join this supremely weird class to see how it all unfolds.  

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • What is Circuit Bending?
    • What is Bendable?
    • Tools You Will Need
    • Tips on Finding Toys and Bendable Things: Lets Go Shopping!
    • Safety: Batteries Only!
    • Safety Gear: Glasses and Shoes
    • Opening Up Your Device
    • Make a Jumper
    • Making First Connections
    • Circuit Mapping and Notation
    • Types of Knobs and Switches
    • Soldering Tips
    • Connecting Wires to the Board
    • Mounting Switches
    • Connecting Switches
    • Switch Details
    • Closing it Up
    • Some Music Made From My New Bent Keyboard
    • Thanks and Bye!