Circuit bending

Circuit bending


Research: find out how other people toy hack.






Piezo microphone
Piezoelectric transducers are often used as contact microphones to amplify sound from acoustic musical instruments, to sense drum hits, for triggering electronic samples, and to record sound in challenging environments, such as underwater under high pressure.


Artiest using piezo mic to make sound 

tin can and beer cap piezo mic instrument 

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Unfortunately toy above is unable to hack, all the material is build in the black dot so i can't hot wire and have tried few thing so time to get new toy ! 

Toy above is more interesting it has resistor and capacitor i can hot wire to make interesting noise.
  Unit makes sex noise but after wiring them it sounds like Humming bird(interesting...)


Sound recording using Piezo Mic from class with Matt and Jim

6 motor red bull can and Jim with wire

7 spring, red bull can screws on top. Matt flicking spring and jim hitting the can.

8 spring on red bull can

9 hot wiring toy

10 hot wiring Jim’s toy and matt using motor on red bull can.

Background noise music testing.

11 spring on soft cotton and hard surface.

12 screws in red bull can

13 smashing can

Sound recording from home 

1 Sliding door

2 gravel

3 Paving Stone

4 doormat

5 chain earring and hair comb

6 beard

7 dehumidifier

8 washing machine

after playing with sound i have recorded with piezo mic and toy hacking, i have deiced to take smiler approach with sounds and making different sounds. put all the sounds together and listen carefully and think about how i feel listing to the sound.

Piezo and toy hack by Chris Lee 2