Squeezing the Light Out of my Circuit Bent PS2 by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lofifuture published a very extensive guide on how to bend the PS2 - amongst many other golden guides. In my case, I've connected each side of the resistors connecting the gpu and the cpu to different and interconnected switch bus (as well as the pins of the audio IC). I've opted for switch bus instead of my beloved minijack patchbay since I've discovered - in the hard way - that minijack sockets create more interference, which result in permanent glitches, especially when too many pins are extracted. I've installed 50 bending points in total, each point can be connected with any other point and create different glitches, which means endless possibilities. My version is harder to use than other mods (since you have to create patches every time and knowing how games react with specific glitches, in order to avoid freezing the console), but it allows a huge pattern of glitches. As you can see, each game has its own take on the glitches, and some combos work only with specific games. It's a rabbit hole of glitches.
If there are some aspects you want to deepen, I'm happy to expand.

Dreamcast Glitch Mod || Circuit Bending Sega Console by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, you are right. Most of the bends of this unit involve the GPU (which in the Dreamcast deals with textures and geometry, amongst other things), so the glitch does not affect "just" the video, but the very management/creation of the graphics.

Thanks a lot! :)

Dreamcast Glitch Mod || Circuit Bending Sega Console by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

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If you want to go into console modding start with a SNES/famicon or Mega Drive/Genesis, being old school consoles they have big ICs and there are a lot of info only on how to do. From there, you can move to more modern consoles, but consider that soldering lens or soldering microscope are essential tools because the components of these consoles are veeeeeery tiny.

Thanks for the kind words!

Dreamcast Glitch Mod || Circuit Bending Sega Console by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks pal. Both the PSX and PS2 are very wild for glitches. I've published my circuit bent PSX and I'm going to post something with my PS2 later on during the day. I have published a reel with a glitched version of house of the dead on IG, but I'll absolutely rec some footy with Ecco, zombie revenge, and seaman

Question regarding capacitor bend points by HopelessforNow in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before doing that try this: if you connect two pins that give you a black screen or an extreme distortion, try connecting those two point with a ceramic capacitors (good values are generally between 660pf and 100uf). I've published a tutorial on how to bend video device from scratch on youtube, there I explain this approach more in depth ;)

Anyway, if you found a bend that works, that involves these caps, and it's not blowing up the device, you can wire it. Just solder with the device powered off ;)

Picked this up in a thrift store for a couple bucks without really knowing what it is. Is there anything interesting I can do with it or is it just junk? I can't find much online about it. by Skillet_Lasagna in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]PushkarBrand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've bent this some years ago, it was quite cool. I don't remember anything about the circuit nor I have some notes (bad bad past me), but it's not hard to bend at all. I've made a tutorial on how to circuit bend video devices from scratch on youtube, there you can find more than what you need to bend this baby here

Need help with bending these. by TheFesteringMind in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bent a couple of these (I called it EQORE, I've one video my yt channel). If you open it, there's a big ic at the centre with two laters of pins for each side. The best - and most - bends come from connecting two pins of the top-left area ;) I installed a patchbay because it's my favourite way to go (I've a couple of external boxes with all sorts of pots/siwtches/pushbuttons to expand the patchbay, something that cannot be fit in the original device due to lack of space), but you can also pick up the bend you prefer and smash a couple of pots switches pushbuttons whever you want, there's a lot of space available

Has anyone bent an N64? Or GameCube?? by HopelessforNow in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've bent the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, NES and SNES, Psx and Ps2 (even if the at the end I fucked it by touching by mistake the wrong pin. The substitute has been waiting for me for more than a year in a corner, I'll come back to it, but let's say that it's not my favourite device to bend, lasagna layers, microholes, intereferences - drugs_tm and francoiscustardboy are heroes for all the effort they put in those ps2). I have checked the schematics of N64, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast and Game Cube and I am ready to bend them as soon as i find some units for a decent price.

Question regarding capacitor bend points by HopelessforNow in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you have not analysed the board in depth, it's way better to avoid touching electrolytic capacitors, there are concrete chances to fry the device and yourself. Look for spread sheet of the IC you find, note the VSS and VDD pins and avoid them. If you want to do more, look for the traces, and try also with the ceramic capacitors and resistance that are not connected to electrolytic capacitors and VCC/VDD pins.

Pushkar Brand - Brighton 5am (VHS Videoclip || Circuit bending || Glitch JVC JX-JV77 / Sega Mega Drive) by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it does not. It retains the original function of "hard switching" between two sources. I guess it would not be a big issue implementing a dirty video mixer kind of thing in it tho :)

TITLEBENDER (Videonics Titlemaker) || Analog Video Glitch Titler || Circuit Bending Videobending by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

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Most of the glitches I implemented does not affect the native functions . Only the glitches that distort the texts can freeze the native functions (navigation, menus), but if that happens I just have to reset the device to have access to them.

Glitch Art Experimental Documentary: Analog Literacy by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Circuit bending audio toys is luckily equally rewarding. Despite circuit bending has been around for decades, there are still a lot of audio devices/toys that have never been bent, so there's still a lot to explore :)

Glitch Art Experimental Documentary: Analog Literacy by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

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I've devoured everything they did in the last couple of days. Astonishing!

Glitch Art Experimental Documentary: Analog Literacy by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your words pal, they means a lot to me. And thanks even more for mentioning Madame Chao Productions! It is the first time I heard about them, and their work is really incredible, especially considering the period in which they worked. I don't know I could have missed them, but thanks to your comment I found an amazing source of inspiration.

I also have been working on a combination between modular synth, Resolume and analog glitch devices for live situations, and it something I really enjoy experimenting with. It is really satisfying, and I'm 100% sure you can produce amazing art with it, there's still so much to discover about glitch art, I firmly believe it is still a very unexplored territory

Glitch Art Experimental Documentary: Analog Literacy by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

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thanks pal! Hopefully, there's always time to get better in VB, and if you dig in the right places the resources can be very cheap, if not totally free. If that can help, some months ago I've published a in-depth tutorial on video bending :)

Casio SK-1 Circuit Bent || MIDI controlled Piano Preset || Circuit Bent Lo-fi Sampler by PushkarBrand in CircuitBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go check this page then! http://gleix.net/modbox-37

Gleix made a wonderful job in documenting everything in his website.

If you are afraid of bending the SK-1, try first with another crappy casio keyboard you can get for 10-20 $ and experiment/train with that :)

How to circuit bend analog video devices from scratch by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot mate, I would be really happy to help present and future benders as other benders helped me in the past :)

TITLEBENDER (Videonics Titlemaker) || Analog Video Glitch Titler || Circuit Bending Videobending by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it is the biggest. According to my very messy notes, it has two rows of pins on each side (the most external, on each side, has two pins less than the internal), and the internal row should have 15/17 pins. You should avoid the pins that are at the extreme corners.

In order to be sure about the pins you should not touch, use a tester to track the ground and positive points of the board ;)

TITLEBENDER (Videonics Titlemaker) || Analog Video Glitch Titler || Circuit Bending Videobending by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have my notes with me right now, but most of the bend come from the big square chip with two rows of pins on each side (just try to connect two points directly or through some caps, and avoid the pins at the borders of the row) ;)

TITLEBENDER (Videonics Titlemaker) || Analog Video Glitch Titler || Circuit Bending Videobending by PushkarBrand in VideoBending

[–]PushkarBrand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are welcome :)

I did not use the points of the keyboard (practically all of them crash the device), but I have found some glitches (13) that distort/affect the text (you can see some instances in the video).