New device for sale: circuit-bent mini beatbox

posted in: Circuit bending by Michael Una on March 15, 2009

A “mini beatbox,” which selectably plays a handful of funky beats, has been circuit-bent to control tempo and pitch. The resulting sounds are glitchy, IDM-like drones and rhythms.
Fans of Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and the like will enjoy the sounds this little device makes. Any electronic musician looking for unique sample sources need look no further.
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Seq-it prototype v2

posted in: Bump-it, DIY by Michael Una on March 09, 2009

I’ve been working on my sequencer-synth a bit more.  In fact, I’m stopping development of this little box to start over again from scratch, but I wanted to document it first.  So here’s my first stab at a sequence-driven synthesizer:
Seq-it prototype v2 from Michael Una on Vimeo.

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