Christy and I were in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho last summer. If you’ve ever been then you’ll know that there isn’t much to do. If you plan on staying longer then a day then you’ll probably end up seeing everything there is to see in that day, and spend the rest of your time repeating that day over and over again.

Anyway, we decided to spend our time looking for rare finds at the local thrift stores, and record stores.

On top of finding some really dope records, I scored this practically new “Casio SK-1″ for only $4.00. It was originally $8.00, but Christy’s father thought that was too much for the SK-1, and he rubbed off the price, and then proceeded to negotiate the price down to $4.00. Pretty funny shit actually, but again I’m getting off topic.

If you’re familiar with the SK-1 then you’ll know why I’m so excited that I found this. This keyboard is so underrated. It’s not only amazing on it’s own, but it’s also a brilliant machine to circuit bend, although I don’t plan on circuit-bending mine until I can find another one. I’d like to keep one intact.

This keyboard has a sampling feature that allows you to sample anything, but for a limited time.

You can then save your samples and use them for quick reference during a live set, or a recording.

Now what I’ve heard people do to the SK-1 after circuit-bending it is pretty phenomenal as well, and if you’re really into circuit-bending devices then I would refer you to try circuit bending an SK-1, but if you only have one then I would refer you to NOT circuit bend it. Instead, save it until you find another one, otherwise look for another keyboard to circuit-bend as the SK-1 is no longer in production.

Anyway, I hope you found this post to be at least somewhat useful and informative.

peace,

- m / Colorcubic™

I’ve been into the whole circuit bending mess for a little while.

I’ve messed with a few toys here and there, but nothing I’m really happy with. My buddy “Air Fortress” has bent some really dope shit that is really impressive. He bent this one toy guitar and adapted it to emulate a theremin.

Anyway, a really good book that I would refer anyone to read who’s just getting involved with circuit bending is this book by: Reed Ghazala “the Father of circuit-bending.”

The book cover and graphics are a bit to be desired, but the book is really informative, and will help you along your way to building advanced circuit bent hardware.

The main reason I posted this was due to my never ending exploration of new sounds for sound designing and electronic music. I’m sure if you read this book it’ll give you a whole new perspective on producing beats, etc…

Peace,

-m / Colorcubic™