Circuit bent Amstrad CKX 100 keyboard – experimental/glitch/noise/drone/videoart

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Circuit bent Amstrad CKX 100 keyboard
Circuit bent by Psychiceyeclix – Circuit bent Amstrad CKX 100 keyboard with video out shape variations which give black & white patterns with the sound.Bend it’s sounds with pitch bend down to dirty depths, use the LDR to control pitch with light,.Use LFO to wobble & mangle the sounds, use the RCA patch bay to create unique sounds & rhythms.Has an LFO out on the patch bay so it can be patched to the other RCA’s.Has a 10 step sequencer to sequence your glitchy sounds. This old rare thing has some unusual goodies on it – playright mode, auto harmony &………midi out! NB -Requires 9v DC power supply.A couple of the LEDs on the sequencer no longer work & has a damaged unused switch (purely cosmetic) Mods – 

 

21 rca patch bay, sequencer circuit,10 step switches, Lfo circuit, Lfo on switchLfo noise switch, video variation shape switch, video mix control, pitch control, pitch on/off switch,LDR pitch control, Composite video out.Video demo’s – 
https://youtu.be/Q92C78RVbSg / https://youtu.be/mNYRC1whk9U / https://youtu.be/0l_V1doZnhQ
info – instagram.com/psychiceyeclix  /  facebook.com/psychiceyeclix
main features:49 midsize keysmain voice polyphony 8 notes (only 3 with accompaniment, 1 in trio mode)10 semi- OBS preset sounds {elec piano, synth 1, guitar, flute, bells | brass, synth 2, harpso, organ, strings}28 preset rhythms {r & b, hi-tec, pop, swing 1, dixie, samba, march 1 | rock 1, disco, funk, swing 2, hoedown, salsa, march 2 | rock 2, reggae 1, hip-hop, bounce, country, bossa, waltz 1 | boogie, reggae 2, heavy metal, ballad, barock, pop-cha, waltz 2} (selected in a sequence by 7 group + 1 select button)volume & separate rhythm accomp volume slidervibrato & sustain buttontrio mode (“auto harmony” button)single finger accompaniment (manual chord mode with rhythm off)”playright” mode (switches keyboard to pentatonic scales selected by the current single finger chord)tempo +/- buttons (21 steps)rhythm fill-in buttonkeyboard drum kit mode only during demos {whistle, hand clap, dog, cowbell, bell} (each 3 pitches)many orange, green & yellow LEDsmain voice sound is based on 2 layered static digital waveforms with independent simple envelope; with some low tones mild sample aliasing noise gets audible. The sound is stereo; the 3rd keyboard octave is panned to the center, lower notes only to the left channel and higher notes only to the right. Percussion is made from thin sounding low resolution samples.complex multi- chip hardware (crystal clocked):CPU= “8J2, HD63B03XP, Japan” (64 pin DIL)IC8 (sound IC)= “ST, M114S, 28832” (40 pin DIL)IC5 (RAM?)= “KM6264AL-10, 844, Korea” (28 pin DIL)IC4 (EPROM) =”VER. 2.22  4D37″ (28 pin DIL)IC7 (EPROM) =”VER. 11.5  19R7″ (28 pin DIL)IC9 “KIA7769P, 8L” (16 pin DIL)8 KByte RAM, 48 KByte ROMsimple sequencer (polyphonic record/ playback with accompaniment, no edit)7 long and complex orchestrated demo melodies (those mute their main voice during manual play)jacks for AC- adapter, phones, line out, tape data saving, MIDI out
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