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UpTown Beats drum
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Added pitch control, and RCA jacks to work with sequencers.
More info on Toys for sequencer page.
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Mr Drum
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Recased Mr Drum Mega Blocks lid with pitch control, and RCA jacks to work with sequencers.
More info on Toys for sequencer page.
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Vtech Phone
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Vtech phone with pitch control, and bolt bay to work with sequencers.
More info on Toys for sequencer page.
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Elmo Guitar
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Recased Elmo guitar with 1458 and 555 LED pitch controls, stand alone pitch control, and patchbay to work with sequencers.
More info on Toys for sequencer page.
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Cookie Monster
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Cookie Monster has 1/4" output in his belly, pitch control in one hand, and patchbay to work with sequencers in his other hand.
More info on Toys for sequencer page.
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Fuzzy BASIC Stamp microcontroller Sequencer
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Info and samples on BASIC Stamp microcontroller sequencer page.
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Vtech Music Major
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New info and samples on New Music Major page.
Old info on Old Music Major page.
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Pseudo Random Sequencer - 2 osc
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Info and samples on Pseudo Random Sequencer - 2 osc page.
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Pseudo Random Sequencer - Pseudo Random Number Generator
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Info and samples on Pseudo Random Sequencer - Pseudo Random Number Generator page.
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Vtech Laptop Sequencer
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Info and samples on Vtech Laptop Sequencer page.
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Tone Generator
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Another piece for my friend M.
I started this some time ago so I do not remember eveything, but it is a basic two 555 tone generator with the option to have a drum circuit affect the 55s.
Sample 4.37 MB.
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Rockin' Rhythm Drummer
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Info and samples on Toys for sequencer page.
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Vtech Alphabet Desk
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Info and samples on Toys for sequencer page.
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Mix Me DJ
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Info and samples on Toys for sequencer page.
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Modular Trigger Sequencer
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Talked about long ago now it is a working prototype.
Info
Sample 1 2 Mb Playing Owl and Playskool drums.
Sample 2 2.88 Mb Playing Owl and Playskool drums.
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Owl Drum
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Originally an "air drumstick" toy like Khate's Eardrill now recased in another toy. Pitch mod and ldr signal modulation. RCA jacks for controlling by mod seq.
Sample 1 1.28 Mb Played by mod seq.
Sample 2 1.88 Mb Played by mod seq.
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Playskool Drum
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Increased the range of the stock pitch range. 3 distortion switches used in combos or solo. RCA jacks for controlling by mod seq.
Sample 1 1.94 Mb Played by mod seq.
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V-Tech WhizKid Laptop
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1/4" output, output switch, power on/off*, momentary "stall"/loop, control for osc controlled "stall"/loop, pitch (slows/stutters), repeat (either Repeat or Answer it is spdt center off), rotary for 6 gitches, on/off for glitches.
More pictures and videos.
Sample 1 2.2 Mb
Sample 2 1 Mb
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V-tech Alphabet Desk
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Same bends/mods as the previous Alphabet desk. Slightly different layout of controls, added faux meter, and an aux input control for the "loop" function (that controller to come).
Sample 1 .8 Mb
Sample 2 1.1 Mb
Sample 3 600 kb
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Photos Soon
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Voice Changer
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Alien/Spaceman/Robot Voice Changer. Swapped the mic for input jack and speaker for output jack. Input jack feeds through one slide pot into circuit, and through a second slide pot (parallel to the other) direct to the output. This allows mixing of effected and clean signals.
Samples are of Blue Guitar (bottom of page)
Sample 1 .8 Mb
Sample 2 1.1 Mb
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Playskool
Old MacDonald
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Body contacts, 555 pitch control (w/on/off), triangle wave pitch modulator (w/on/off), LED to show triangle wave's rate, 2 distortion switches, 1/4" output, kill switch.
Sample 1 1.6 MB
Sample 2 1.3 MB
Sample 3 877 kb
Sample 4 1.4 MB
Sample 5 1.4 MB |
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World of Learning
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2 distortion switches, loop switch for looping "recorded" ditties, 1/4" output, kill switch, 2 switches to activate the 4 modes (replaces need to insert cards). Replaced xtal with 555 for pitch mod. Lights light up with buttons pressed.
Sample 1 1.2 MB
Sample 2 1.1 MB
My friend DJ Geeky C made this from one of these samples.
Slightly annoying and very thumpy! 1.63 MB |
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Touch&Tell
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Pitch, Distort (3), Glitches (4), rebuilt membrane pad with one rotary knob and patchbay for activity selection, and all "switches" are patchbay with a shorted plug.
Sample 2.47 MB |
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Wiggles Guitar
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Toy found on the street. Add distortion switch and switch to choose: regular pitch pot control or adjustable 555 osc signal.
Built for friend DJ Geeky C from Mission Giant. |
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Kawasaki Keyboard
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Joystick controls 555 injected signal and modulation of the 555, wet sound.
More info.
Sample 1 566 kb
Sample 2 1.23 MB
Sample 3 1.03 MB |
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Creatoy Living Room Scene
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Pitch (2), loop controls, and multi patchbays.
More photos.
Sample 1 917 kb
Sample 2 521 kb |
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Tone Organ
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1/4" output. 555 based tone generator. 555 LFO with LED.
More photos.
Sample 1.24 MB |
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Touch&Tell
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Pitch, Distort (3), Glitches (4), rebuilt membrane pad with momentary buttons, and switches for activity selection.
Built for friend M from Mission Giant. |
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Speak&Spell
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Basic mods - Pitch, Loop, and Distort (2). Controls are set into the handle area with plexi on the back to see inside. |
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Mr Drum
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4093 tone generator with many controls (plays in 4 modes). It was cased in a Mr Drum toy (bottom image), and now it is in a Jimmy Neutron toy.
4093 mode 1 1.1 MB.
4093 mode 2 182 KB.
4093 mode 3 1.1 MB.
4093 mode 4 1.4 MB.
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V-Tech Alphabet Desk
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Course/Fine pitch mod, loop circuit, 2 glitches, 1/4" out with kill switch, and reset button.
All of the info on the bends and mods.
Built for friend Gavin from Mission Giant and Fellowshipwreck Music.
Sample 1 885 kb.
Sample 2 735 kb.
Sample 3 388 kb. |
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Speak&Read
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Replaced damaged membrane keypad with 2 rotary switches and a momentary switch, loop, pitch up/down, distort (heavy/light), 1/4" output, reset switch, and powered by 9 volt battery. |
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Speak&Spell
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Body swap, 1/4" output, new hard switch keypad, loop, pitch up/down, 2 distorts, high/low beep, melody, 5 glitches. |
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V-Tech Little Talking Scholar
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1/4" output, volume on/off control, 2 magnet controlled pitch shifts, replaced cards with dip switches. |
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3 Spring Bass
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Original electronics removed and replaced with a cheap pickup and springs. |
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Blue Guitar
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1/4" output. Speaker kill switch. Added 555 LFO with LED for tremelo and pitch mod. On/off switch to play uneffected original electronics.
Sample 1 694 kb
Sample 2 779 kb
Sample 3 373 kb
Sample 4 423 kb |
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Cookie Sax
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1/4" output. Reset switch. Pitch mod. |
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