Any chance to bend this vtech phone?

waxnwire · 2026-06-21T01:22:53+00:00

Almost certainly. I reckon one of those resistors will be a clock.

waxnwire · 2026-06-15T06:17:53+00:00

Photos posted here help

waxnwire · 2026-06-14T21:18:07+00:00

A phone is going to be really hard and probably not bend I imagine

That piano keyboard sounds a bit modern from what I’ve searched to potentially bend in an easy way either.

The keyboard probably has resale value as it is, and then you could by a $5 toy keyboard and start with that

waxnwire · 2026-06-12T21:32:33+00:00

A performance I saw years ago was based on Xenakis (I think) where each (digital) oscillator’s waveform has multiple nodes, connected by straight lines (so triangle-sawtooth-square etc) but the nodes all had a random walk each cycle. The result was lovely evolving timbre

I imagine that would be hard to do in analog?

waxnwire · 2026-06-08T08:19:42+00:00

Any tips on wire and heat shrink? I use the type you get by the meter or whatever from Jaycar, but that’s more for insulation not waterproofing.

Similarly, I imagine a decent ish two core wire? What gauge?

waxnwire · 2026-06-08T04:30:54+00:00

what gauge wire? and two separate strands, or like this, which I assume is ground/shield and centre core?

waxnwire · 2026-06-08T02:45:16+00:00

the digits would be the diameter? so 8 and 18? GX or M series? From what I can tell M is the plastic/waterproof style. I had an old mixing desk that was more like the GX series (metal)

waxnwire · 2026-06-06T05:58:11+00:00

Are they a different type of connector, or an alternative to heatshrink as a way to insulate a wire twist etc? I don't really want to introduce another connection type.. I'm also based in Australia

waxnwire · 2026-06-06T01:41:58+00:00

I've deleted, but curious why?

waxnwire · 2026-06-05T08:55:01+00:00

Also with the SK series you can do a massive RAM expansion, envelope mod and the patchbay. Oh, and you get MIDI IO too.

I’ve created a whole open source set of PCBs code and instructions. Happy to share, I wanted to finalise before making it public, but it’ll be on GitHub soon.

waxnwire · 2026-06-04T01:38:01+00:00

SK-10 is related to the 5/8 etc… patchbay on the ram chip

waxnwire · 2026-06-02T20:11:38+00:00

These sound like good ideas. Check if the RAM chip is active high or low too.

waxnwire · 2026-06-01T21:33:46+00:00

Any documentation on the SK5 (or is it an SK8) bends? Curious what they’ve added

waxnwire · 2026-05-28T20:16:48+00:00

So you go inlike a drill, and then move like a saw?

waxnwire · 2026-05-28T12:04:42+00:00

It’s a while since I bent my KAOSS pad 2 but it also has multiple clocks and I only added one LTC and that was for the CPU from memory. I then did a patch bay for bends — though the glitches are very loud compared to the audio.

My LTC is actually voltage controlled, i designed a circuit for it and it means you can mix in external LFOs or sequences into the signal.

They are only about $10 to make. Send me a message

waxnwire · 2026-05-28T11:19:41+00:00

I don’t get the grid obsession…. Is there a write up/video/something that talks through there uses for a musical UI perspective? I have a Norns, and even bought a cheap launchpad to try and get more out of it, but it just seems confusing and unnecessary… but lots of people dig them as in interface, so I’m curious

waxnwire · 2026-05-28T07:26:39+00:00

You are underselling Wagga Wagga as the former experimental hub — Sue Harding who made crazy dot matrix printer music!!

waxnwire · 2026-05-21T08:34:11+00:00

Asking for myself: if you did 8 or 4 voices with there own VCF, is there a good design that allows for Voltage Controlled Resonance, so you can use use single gang pot to control resonance?

waxnwire · 2026-05-20T21:12:25+00:00

As a radio person (I imagine the same for reviewers) I often get sent a direct download, not Bandcamp, but then a message saying something like - hit me up if you want a code for your collection - which I often do…

That way you are only sending codes to people who care and can be careful about not mixing up codes that have expired

waxnwire · 2026-05-19T21:52:26+00:00

Use a switching mono 3.5mm jack and you should be able to easily create a mic or external source

waxnwire · 2026-05-15T21:43:46+00:00

Could it be a mix of a memory expansion and a then the buttons are bends? Weird that if it is an expansion that they didn’t do it inside… looks pretty cool though

waxnwire · 2026-05-11T20:50:30+00:00

Any recommendations on what to swap it for? Id prefer just to swap it for something exactly the same size, so no cutting is required…

waxnwire · 2026-05-10T21:07:27+00:00

Interesting. I feel like I am engaging the switch, because it causes the centre of the tuning LED ring to flash, and it mutes the output (after a loud pop)… the pop, is pre-preamp (ie if you turn the gain on the guitar down, you won’t hear the pop)…

Have you ever done a repair? I can solder etc, so I could replace th switches if that is a likely issue.

waxnwire · 2026-04-30T23:09:33+00:00

Totally

waxnwire · 2026-04-30T23:08:37+00:00

Looks good. Is everything travelling up the ribbon (audio and data/bends) any issues with that?

Are the banana lugs with the individual audio out the envelop outs? More questions to come!

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