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 Circuit-Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments

 

Published by: WILEY
Author: Ghazala, Reed
Number of pages: 400
Group: ROBOTICS
ISBN: 0764588877/9780764588877
User level: Beginner/Intermediate
Objective: Reference
Date Published: September 2005
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  • Fans will get bent out of shape if they miss the first book to cover circuit-bending-"bending," for short-the method by which an electronic toy or a device such as a keyboard is short-circuited and modified to create an entirely different sound
  • Written by the inventor of the technology, this book covers the tools of the trade, shows how to build a bending workshop, and reveals secrets that will have readers of all levels making sweet music in no time
  • Readers learn basic bends, body contacts, and other bending skills, as well as ways to create bent instruments from a variety of popular toys and electronic devices
  • Features some of the author's own unique creations