Circuit Bending Part II

Once you become familiar with the basic setup of the keyboard, calculator, toy, etc. that you'll be bending it is time for true experperimentation to begin. This is where the implementation of parts comes in. Basic parts that I'd recommend to start with would be:

single pole switches- toggle one circuit on or off
LEDs- light emitting diodes to represent the power on, output level
resistors- lower the current flowing through the circuit
capacitors- store the current for an amount of time and releases it
variable resistors (also known as potentiometers)- a resistor with a range of resistance

To show what can be done with all these parts- here are the before and after pics of my Casio ML-1.
Before bend-

After bend-


The beauty of circuit bending is that each device can turn into something completely different, even if using the same starting device. The Casio bend above included:

-1/4" output
-potentiometer to control 4 pitchbend effects
-6 single pole single throw (SPST) toggle switches (from L-R: effect 1, body contacts on/off, effect 2, effect 3, effect 4, speaker on/off)
-green LED wired to output
-new paint job