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ALoveSupreme:

--- Quote from: McTaggart on 28 Dec 2007, 20:11 ---Circuit bending isn't about control at all, it's not really about the sound it makes (though that's kinda important). The most important thing is hack value. Buying something is out because you didn't do it yourself and using things that are made for making noises is out because there's no hack value in making something do what it's supposed to.

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In DeKalb the circut bending thing was really big about three years ago, though.  I genuinely thought the "fad" (so to speak) was pretty much over with.

I did see this one guy at a local open-mic-night type thing do a badass set with this light-up turtle child's toy (sort of like if you mixed a plastic turtle toy with a Simon light up game piece).  He had it flashing lights and making tones as he pushed the buttons. 

McTaggart:
Yeah I think it is kinda dead now. That was more a hacker rant than an impassioned circuit bender rant.

ALoveSupreme:
But I do agree completely.  What's the point in circuit bending otherwise?  I thought most of the art was coming up with your own sounds.  I've never done it myself but I watched a few friends do it for a while and I always gathered that was the whole idea.

Cernunnos:
Soldering's not as tricky as you think, either. Nor is it dangerous really. I might just think of it that way because of how often play work with fire, but low- temp solder doesn't even require fire.

Cernunnos:
Depending on your diet, maybe even easier.

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