Posts Tagged ‘circuit’
DJ TOY THING (aka DJ Crappy Turntable)
El MuCo has begun work on a number of one-off instruments, one of which is briefly described here. This fantastic pile of crap was once a DJ toy whats name I have forgotten, but will refer to as the DJ Crappy Turntable or DJCT for short. This instrument had two “platters” on the top side…
Read MoreCasing the Casio SA2
There are a lot of sites/posts online with either audio or video of bent Casio SA2s. One site in specific has a lot of great, detailed information on the Casio series, and that is CasperElectronics‘s site. In fact, his site should be required reading by anyone looking to learn anything about hardware hacking. That said,…
Read MoreEl MuCo: Birth of The Growler!
Less than two weeks after the completion of the JankoTunes (real name pending) Kane and Scacinto have finished the second El MuCo instrument! Witness the birth of THE GROWLER! In its previous life, The Growler was a PC Picture Phone: a pathetic and annoying toy whose only purpose was to entertain tiny people with underdeveloped…
Read MoreMaiden Voyage
On Saturday the 18th of July, the first El MuCo instrument was completed and taken for her maiden voyage. Enjoy some pics of the instrument and a sound clip of scacinto introducing her sonorous loveliness to the world (not for the first time, but for the first time as a complete and beautiful lady…) Also…
Read MoreEl MuCo: Custom JankoTUne (KidTunes) Post-Evisceration Construction
Once the PC Picture Phone and the KidTUnes were eviscerated and frankensteined back together in a manner more aesthetically pleasing to both eye and ear, it was time to re-house the KidTunes. The aesthetic of painted toy plastic is nauseating to both Scacinto and Kane so a plexiglass housing with stainless (when possible) hardware was…
Read MoreEl MuCo: PC PicturePhone Janked (plus a little Kidtunes)
On the 27th of June, in the year of our Lord (his Noodliness the Flying Spaghetti Monster) 2009, a PC Picture Phone was janked into greatness. Additional functionality was also added to the KidTunes Keyboard with some soldering and the assistance of “The MegaPot.” The creation of the PC Picture Phone JankoCircuit ™ on the…
Read MoreCapturing the gentle sounds of short circuits
After a long night soldering in the “man room,” Kane recorded some of the gentle sounds of the the Scientific Toys Kidtunes Electronic Keyboard. By running a cable straight from the speaker (and bypassing any external amplifier circuit) the sound is surprising clean…and, dare I say it, refreshing! Kidtune Magicke Addendum: A few more samplings…
Read MoreMuCo and the Laying-on of Hands (and pincers)
Having purchased 9 electronic children’s toys for the purposes of evil (and paying by the pound $16 total!) Kane and Dusty set out to bend the devices to their will. With the laying-on of hands, ordinary became extraordinary. Following are some pics and a sound clip of the newly “fantastified” PC Picture Phone. PC PicturePhone
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