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Tutorial Repair Complete

Still working on some of the other pages, but all the old Tutorials should be good now. I guess I should write some more of those one of these days…  

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Circuit Bending Challenge

On October twenty-eighth two-thousand seven, a prestigious challenge was put forth. Thrift stores raided, fingers moistened, soldering irons heated, and toys violated. When the solder smoke finally cleared, only one could stand victorious with their ears covered. This is the story of my part in that challenge….Ok, enough with the epic narratives. The challenge was to [...]

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VSS-30 Tutorial

The video above is of my most recent bent VSS-30 that uses a 12 point switch bay using 2 way center off switches. This is my documentation on bending a Yamaha VSS-30. This ultra sampling keyboard has some really awesome capabilities on it’s own. I got this info initially from one of the bending forums, but [...]

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PSS-270 Tutorial

After some major diggin’ for info I found that no one had a specific guide for bending a Yamaha PSS-270, so I decided to make one. Credit to Sean “audioid” (myspace.com/audioidbentaudio), and Paul from circuitbenders.co.uk for the info on this bend. This bend involves cutting data lines that go from the FM synth chip (YM2413) [...]

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Furby Bending Tutorial

Since I’ve been asked many times about bending furbies I thought I would make this guide to help those that would like to give it a try. This furby is in the typical shape I find most of them in. Let’s take away his dignity further by striping him of his fur. This lump on his bottom [...]

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Welcome to Circuit Bent

My name is Kevin Rees and I create custom built, circuit bent instruments. You can find here my latest projects as well as new instruments for sale. Have questions? Please contact me!