Total insanity circuit-bending keyboard (YAMAHA PSR-185)

April 18, 2009 by
Filed under: Yamaha Keyboards 

Short video where basically it thinks I’m pressing very random things, very quickly. Made it because I think my previous circuit-bending vids have been too long and boring. Hope it livens things up. =D Seems I’m sending the main clock pulses (which are VERY fast) into the part of the keyboard which deals with detecting presses of buttons and keys.

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18 Comments on Total insanity circuit-bending keyboard (YAMAHA PSR-185)

  1. RaldyV on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    2. 0:16 Sounded more like Luigi’s Mansion, when the Music speeds up as you’re sucking the Ghosts out of the Room you’re in.

  2. ImASoloMother on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    3. go die you worthless scumbag.
    you fail at life.

  3. Copper20 on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    4. I never did own this keyboard, but it was very popular and I liked it a lot until I looked at newer yamaha and casio’s older CTK-411 released in 1998.

  4. Copper20 on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    5. Yeah it does at the beginning. Then it sounds a lot different.

  5. AMOKIAN on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    6. I LOVE THE SOUNDS< I am ripping mine open NOW!!! YEAH!!!

  6. idigmusicalsequels on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    7. i have the very same keyboard! so cool… mine hasn’t glitched up like that though, i hope it doesn’t anytime soon. i plan on making a million dollars with it lol. the sounds coming out of that thing of yours is sick! i just wish there was a way to transfer sound to the computer without any low quality shakes, i mean the instrument is a little outdated compared to the new keyboards out there. it will always be a classic though.

  7. DevotedAnimeSharer on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    8. Rofl sounded like bowser music XD

  8. DugOLas on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    9. I have that keyboard!

  9. SomethingUnreal on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    10. …Well, that was nice and constructive.
    What a nice message you’re portraying of our country too. <_<
    (Learn English too…)

    If you have seen how boring my other circuit-bending vids are, you’d understand why I did this rubbish in an attempt to lighten it up.

  10. swizzleuk on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    11. your gay.

  11. SomethingUnreal on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    12. Maybe I’ll put a vid of that up soon. :P
    So I can’t add switches to the sound chip because if you just move your hand near the switch then it will cut out. T_T I failed…

  12. SomethingUnreal on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    13. No. I was going to, actually, but the pins on the sound chip are very close to each other, making it tricky. Since I found out about the glitched-drums mod, I accidentally made the thing ‘permanently’ circuit-bent (you can see that on another of my vids).
    Now the sound chip has become ‘over-sensitive’ – even when the cover is on, if you just so much as move your hand near the back of the keyboard and it buzzes and cuts out eventually.

  13. rohanvonneoray on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    14. Hewy I have the same keyboard
    Have you added any actual buttons yet?
    Preferably to glitch up the drums?

  14. SomethingUnreal on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    15. Yes, I understand you fine. =)
    Well although it seems I spent a long time circuit-bending it (with all the vids), it was only really a few days.
    I have also played around with a little toy computer, if you check out the ‘PROPERLY circuit-bent’ video, it’s okay. Not complex though, just hit the modded button during sounds for some craziness. It’s not a long vid though, I might upload a longer one. It doesn’t show off all of the different sounds.

  15. Frankzvpl on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    16. No, you couldn’t :) . One question more – don’t you have anything else to play with, so you’re using an old keyboard’s sound chip? Oh, I hope you can understand me, because I’m not British.

  16. SomethingUnreal on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    17. Haha! Yes, I suppose I could, and thanks. But would I have to put a crack in it and place it somewhere where people could trip over it?

  17. Frankzvpl on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    18. You can always call yourself a modern artist. Good video.

  18. JingleJoe on Sat, 18th Apr 2009 5:08 pm

    19. ha ha thats great it really is insane!

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