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SpeaknFreaq Mark I (circuit bending project complete!)(SAMPLES! PICTURES!)
A few months ago a posted a thread with some toys I planned on bending.
Well I finally completed my speak and spell bending project!
I haven't painted it yet, or added decals, but will soon.
Here are the pictures (click for full size)!:
Video!
http://www.youtube.com/v/pVQJIEOsasU
PS:
I'll post pictures of the guts, and when it's all painted later on.
LOL!
"Witness the glorious light emitting diods. how they pulse in several colors of fashion, though i do beleive the red mode has been burnt out, nevertheless blue and green still function and it looks hot, im still disapointed,... bummer"
Now make a song
good job man, i like it
its fun to play with that deffinately
May I ask the purpose of your mods? ie is it just lights added, or have you altered the circuit too so you can create some sort of warped sounds?
Circuit is altered to create strange sounds.
Pshh. What's the point of adding cool lights, if all it does is make the same old speak and spell sounds?
Just finished painting it. Will post some more pics later today. Along with more samples.
lol awesome
Ok. Finally done!
Here's some final pictures, click for bigger versions!
And some audio for you!
http://archives.djfreaq.com/archive...knfreaq_raw.mp3
Almost forgot!
Here's a gutshot, click for a high resolution image of it's guts.
And here's a pic, with lables on what does what.
Thanks for all who took an interest!
wow thats awesome dude congrats on completed projects!
Nice work.
forget the all the supersaw discussion. This is the coolest thing I have seen here. All I have is the Speak and Spell emulator but that's way friggin' cooler.
Great job Freaq!! Please share how you did those modifications.
Richard James, is that you?
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| Originally posted by jacheatamobits Richard James, is that you? |
Next you should circuit bend a DC-input so you don't have to run it off batteries all the time...and maybe a line-out too 
The beauty is. The 1980s era of speak and spells come with line out and DC input!
And even the original 1978 models had DC inputs, but they don't have line-outs, which im currently working on incorporating in my 1978 model.
Make sure you listen to the tunage!
----Adam
Here I stand educated. Thanks...didn't know they already had those features
Listened to the track...cool
hey Freaq...just wanted to point out...that you're a freak!
wow man...that's awesome 
any kind of advice as far as reading material that i might check out to be able to do stuff like that? hahaha. i mean if i opened up a speak n spell...i'd just break it just anything you might suggest for understanding a little more what i'm looking at there in the gut shot...
even just some general subjects...electronics is a pretty broad field. don't really know where to start, but would love to understand electronics like that...i'm very impressed
how do you press the keys with that new case?>
how do you make that its awesome.
HAHAHA who needs a pioneer efx 500 or 1000 lol awesome work dude
RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well. It's really simple. You only need to know basic basic basic stuff about electronics and circuit flow to bend a toy.
As long as you know what the components do (ie, capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, switches etc) it's really easy. The fun part is finding all the strange noises. By short circuiting the toy.
A great guide for circuit bending (which I found later, after I finished this project) is Reed Ghazala's "How-To Circuit Bend Guide"
http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/
It gave me some good ideas for future projects. Including using photo-resitors to make some cool theremin like effects, by wiring photoresitors into the pitch circuit of my next speak and spell.
That guide gives you some good pointers.
Check it out. He's an odd duck.
---Adam Wrzeski
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| Originally posted by DJFreaq Well. It's really simple. You only need to know basic basic basic stuff about electronics and circuit flow to bend a toy. As long as you know what the components do (ie, capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, switches etc) it's really easy. The fun part is finding all the strange noises. By short circuiting the toy. A great guide for circuit bending (which I found later, after I finished this project) is Reed Ghazala's "How-To Circuit Bend Guide" http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/ It gave me some good ideas for future projects. Including using photo-resitors to make some cool theremin like effects, by wiring photoresitors into the pitch circuit of my next speak and spell. That guide gives you some good pointers. Check it out. He's an odd duck. ---Adam Wrzeski |
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