There are normally open reed switches and normally closed reed switches. That is, to look at my diagrams as starting points and then to expand the ideas of these basics in the ways circuit bending so easily presents. I came into circuit bending from a purely visual arts background with very minimal electronics knowledge. Reed ghazalas site, the father of circuit bending as well as its first published author. Circuits circuit analysis basc your answers to questions 37 through 39 on the dia base vour answers to questions 42 through 44 on thc in gram below, which represents an electrical circuit consist formation and diagram below. Short circuiting an electronic device more than likely happened before, but reed saw its potential as something more. Jan 11, 2011 also, circuit bending is typically performed on lowendtoy instruments. Circuit circuit analysis with answers mr hermans webpage. Circuit bending is the creative, chancebased customization of the circuits within electronic devices such as lowvoltage, batterypowered guitar effects, childrens toys and digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators. Hes credited with documenting the first known bent device as we know it. Circuit bending started by accident in 1966 when reed ghazalas 9v batterypowered amplifier shorted out in his highschool desk drawer. Exploring ways of re thinking and reusing technologies article pdf available november 2015 with 96 reads. Reed ghazala developed the technique of circuit bending in 1967, following the chance encounter of a transistorized amplifier with an unidentified object in his desk drawer.
Reed ls considered to be one of the most influential working artists of the last three decades. Basically this amounts to taking a piece of wire and soldering it across two points on a circuit board in order to send digital data into places on the circuit where is was never meant to be. Reed ghazalas circuit bending reed ghazalas is know as the father of circuit bending hes been doing it since the 1960s. Radial final circuits radial circuits may also be used in uk installations and differ from a ring circuit as only one end of the cable. Revolutionizing the ears victoria nguyen circuit bending. The online extra for that feature has additional bending resources. Along with many private acquisitions, reed s work has found its way into the nyc museum of modern art, the guggenheim and the whitney permanent collections as well as numerous other public galleries worldwide. Speaknspells turn up regularly at car boot sales or on ebay, but have become somewhat overpriced due to the popularity of circuit bending. This artist is claimed to be the father of circuit bending. Handling and load precautions when using reed switches in. Qubais reed ghazala born 1953, an american author, photographer, composer, musician and experimental instrument builder, is recognized as the father of circuit bending, by whom.
Circuit bending media archaeology into an art method article pdf available in leonardo 455 october 2012 with 205 reads how we measure reads. Reed ghazala, antitheory, anti theory, antitheory workshop, photon clarinet, vox insecta, circuit bending, circuit bending, father of circuit bending, incantor. Casper electronics a luthier of circuit bending who catalogs all sorts of electronics knowledge for others. Neil friedman, in his unique wisdom, provided my first circuit with a name. An introduction to circuit bending by tom bugs tom. Build your own alien instruments extremetech by reed ghazala isbn. I understood the very basic concept of an oscillator when i first started bending some sort of circuitry that creates a waveform that oscillates between high and low states, but i had no idea what sort of circuitry went into making an oscillator nor did i understand how exactly. One of the most common pieces of circuit bending hardware is the singlepositiondualthrow spdt switch. Build your own alien instruments, author reed ghazala, year2005 reed ghazala published 2005. Aug 26, 2005 reed ghazala developed the technique of circuit bending in 1967, following the chance encounter of a transistorized amplifier with an unidentified object in his desk drawer.
The most basic idea behind circuitbending is the art of the creative short circuit. Representing each connection regardless of its thickness as a line, create a drawing representing the connections built into the circuit board, such as shown below. Any interesting sounds found in this way will be charted directly on. Jul 31, 2014 first, lets revisit reed ghazala, whos been called the father of circuit bending. E questo il nome riferimento dellarte di fare bending. Circuit bending circuit bending revolutionizing the ears. The side of the board with most of the little bumpy colorful things resistors, capacitors, chips is called the component side. Reed ghazala the guy that invented circuit bending in 1967. First youll notice the photos of the speak and read and omnichord circuit bending projects and then youll find reed ghazalas incantor tutorial for making a machine from the speak and spell family come to life. Written by a circuitbending pioneer, this book goes into much greater detail about the ideas introduced in this zine sparkfun is a great online resource for broader concepts like circuits. He can often be found writing music, sculpting, taking photos, hunting mushrooms, building things that fly, or indulging in other creative pursuits as befits a true. Anant agarwal and jeffrey lang, course materials for 6. Notice his humble and laid back demeanor, unlike the hipsters who would have you believe that they have some sort of secret circuit bending cult buried deep beneath the catacombs of brooklyn and the only way you can get is if if you know the password its skinny jeans incase.
Build your own alien instruments extremetech by reed ghazala 20050826 on. Circuit bending general getlofi circuit bending synth diy. Precautions handling and load precautions when using reed switches in various sensor and relay applications cutting and bending a reed switch many users of reed switches for sensor and reed relay applications try to make the sensors and or relays themselves internally. By taking this course today, you will learn how to make music by circuit bending. Reed ghazala armored now against attacks, the instrument settled into this. This text seeks to show why circuit bending can be considered an aesthetic phenomenon.
This is done by giving it an historical background, and by relating it to aesthetic theories and practices. Ghazalas circuit bending technique is taught at mit, harvard and numerous colleges and high schools all over the world, circuit bending workshops and concerts occur regularly at clubs, museums, galleries and maker spaces. I recently ran into a wiring problem and made an illustrated post on how i figured out the solution and some guesses as to why i came to the solution i did. How to build a reed switch circuit learning about electronics. The classic bending devices are the texas instruments ti speak and spell maths read range of kiddies educational toys. Basic engineering circuit analysis pdf pdf best of all, they are entirely free to find, use and download, so there is no cost or stress at all. An external power supply of too high a voltage was accidentally applied to the circuit. In this course, you will learn to modify electronic devices to add knobs and switches to create your own unique sounds, create an arsenal of hardware devices unique to you and create ultraunique sounds using your circuit bent instruments. The circuit bent instrument, often a rewired audio toy or game, creates a new instrument and a new musical vocabulary, which is part of reed ghazalas anti theory of opening up electronic to all audio frontiers. Circuit bending build your own alien instruments extremetech. Circuit bending is the creative, chancebased customization of the circuits within electronic devices such as lowvoltage, batterypowered guitar effects, childrens toys and digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly. Qubais reed ghazala has been circuit bending since the 60s. Casper electronics peter edwards great site, with tons of crazy bends, pictures, soundclips, and even a couple of great guides.
This classic text has been thoroughly revised by a new. Circuitbending and diy culture 19 examples of methodology besides the examples of the fathers of the methodology reed ghazala and nicolas collins, and the abovementioned casper electronics, there are some other projects worth pointing out. Bug brand bristolbased tom bugs makes and sells circuit. In order to show the practical part of circuit bending, four experiments are carried out. Circuit bending expensive professional instruments, such as vintage synthesizersdrum machines, is called butchering.
His page is pictures, sound clips, and general bending info. Apr, 2020 in this course, you will learn to modify electronic devices to add knobs and switches to create your own unique sounds, create an arsenal of hardware devices unique to you and create ultraunique sounds using your circuit bent instruments. For more information, be sure to pick up a back issue of make magazine issue 4, the music special. The other ti toys are slightly more rare, but are equally wonderful to play. Pdf podcast, youll download a good chunk of circuit bending instructions. A reed switch is a very basic 2lead switch that is switched on by a magnet being brought into the vicinity of the switch. Basically this amounts to taking a piece of wire and soldering it across two points on a circuit board in order to send digital data into places on the circuit where is. Reed s twentyarticle series circuit bending and living instruments is now being published and translated around the world. First, lets revisit reed ghazala, whos been called the father of circuit bending. Build your own alien instruments in some cases, they are either unpublished in the journal itself or published in an abbreviated form in the journal.
Fu lui infatti che nel 1960 ebbe lidea di cortocircuitare, strumenti musicali e non tastiere, giocattoli, pedali per chitarra e drumachine, elettronici alimentati a pile. With both of these instruments the circuit was then altered due to various circuit bending discoveries, which are now integrated into the final designs. A ring circuit is favoured since it provides twice the capacity margin and will always supply power to each outlet if there is a break in the circuit, i. If youre seeing this message, it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website. I contributed several articles to that including portions of the circuit bending feature. Typically, toys or other batterypowered circuits with audio outputs are modi. In 1992, he coined the term for a series of articles in. This pdf file is a great abstract about the fretless zithers. Pitch bending in free reed instruments with mechanically driven air supplies, such as the reed organ, harmonium and accordion, is a different matter.
Discovered him and his website 11 years ago and started circuit bending that day. The french duo 10konekt5 which, in french, sounds like disconnect, for example, is a free. Bending boundary layers in tensioned cables and rods article pdf available in applied ocean research 224. Numerous studies and books, both educational 3 and theoretical, have. Circuit bending is the creative customization of the circuits within electronic devices such as low voltage, batterypowered guitar effects, childrens toys and small digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators. Joshua litz, friend and neighbor, was a bending partner of mine from the very startthe two of us exploring circuitbending and together registering the same amazement as we watched the first circuits, back in the 1960s, reveal themselves. Hopefully it could save some people the hassle of having to rewire their project.
Knobs and switches may intrude into slots in the case and require bending the plastic to release the board. Build your own alien instruments extremetech by reed ghazala 20050826. Pdf bending boundary layers in tensioned cables and rods. A reed switch consists of a pair of ferromagnetic reeds, which overlap at their free ends contact area at a very small distance and are hermetically sealed in a glass tube. If youre behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains. View notes circuit bending from com 300 at mcnally smith college of music. At the end of the chapter on the sk 60 testing he mentions lightly that depressing the defibulator button for more then a quick second can fry the circuit. At least two methods of pitch bending in the accordion have.
Supporting the switch lead while bending is a must. Notice his humble and laid back demeanor, unlike the hipsters who would have you believe that they have some sort of secret circuit bending cult buried deep beneath the catacombs of brooklyn and the only way you can get is if if you know the. Reed is a true genius and pioneer of electronics exploration who is also a brilliant musician, artist and photographer. Reed ghazala developed the technique of circuitbending in 1967, following the chance encounter of a transistorized amplifier with an unidentified object in his desk drawer. Build your own alien instruments by reed ghazalawhile out of print, copies of this book can be found online. Look through the green covering of the circuit board to see the darker traces of the metal connections. Reed ghazala, a cincinnatibased american artist born in the 1950s, is a pivotal figure in the development of what is termed circuit bending. Circuit bending has a history beginning with musicians such as reed ghazala. The spiritual precursor to code bending is that of cir cuit bending, a term coined by reed ghazala, although he explicitly ma kes no clai m on be ing the first to carry out the practice 2 1. Pitch bending in the harmonica, in which manipulation of vocal tract resonances plays an essential role, has long been a common practice.