Circuit Bending the Protech Drum Toy RY-1286T in General
By Nerdblog el 14-Aug-2008
GetLoFi has a great tutorial on how to circuit bend a Protech Drum Toy. The website has all the schematics and more pictures so you can make your own. Looks like a great way to get into the circuit bending craze.
I’m very fond of the Protech Drum Toy (or the “RY-1286T” if you read it’s most likely peeling label on the back), and it has special significance for me, as it was the first toy that I ever circuit-bent. With instruction from Patrick from Roth Mobot at a free workshop in 2005, I was able to find and figure out how to wire a pitch bend and a noise/buzz bend. Thus was born the Drum Invader, and it remains one of my favorite projects to this day.
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GetLoFi has a great tutorial on how to circuit bend a Protech Drum Toy. The website has all the schematics and more pictures so you can make your own. Looks like a great way to get into the circuit bending craze.
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I think the title says it all. The video, by Lorin Edwin, explores some simple techniques to figure out how to circuit bend your own toys and electronics.
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This looks like a good time for all those beantown benders, April 15th 7pm @ Willoughby and Baltic in Davis Square. Jimmie writes -
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GetLoFi has a nice rundown on how to get your bending with an inexpensive surplus “Saw III” voice recorder -
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This looks like a good time for all those beantown benders, April 15th 7pm @ Willoughby and Baltic in Davis Square. Jimmie writes -
I’m running a quick little workshop on circuit bending for the Boston area Dorkbot group. This is going to be a very quick introduction with a very low technical barrier. Hopefully [...] [..] 
GetLoFi has a nice rundown on how to get your bending with an inexpensive surplus “Saw III” voice recorder -
The device costs $2 and includes as set of 2 AAA Batteries! When it comes to bending there are a few interesting points and also some annoyances. The drawbacks include: no Loop Mode when play button [...] [..] 
Filed under: Features, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm
Over the past week, we've had a chance to check out ION's premium Rock Band 2 drum set, the Drum Rocker (We've played it once before at E3 2008). We're waiting for a [..] 
