I've been quite happy with the result, and in a way it reminds me of controlling the speed of a tape motor using a similar setup (ie. PWM from the Arduino - controlled by an outside source etc).
Friday, October 23, 2009
Circuit Bent Buddha Box 4
Using a different Buddha Box than the one I previously used (I fried that one unfortunately - how distasteful; I really liked the sounds it made), I added the generic pitch resistor modification with the slight twist of using an LDR instead of a pot, and then using an LED connected to an Arduino to control the amount of light hitting the LDR (in other words - a vactrol).
I've been quite happy with the result, and in a way it reminds me of controlling the speed of a tape motor using a similar setup (ie. PWM from the Arduino - controlled by an outside source etc).
I've been quite happy with the result, and in a way it reminds me of controlling the speed of a tape motor using a similar setup (ie. PWM from the Arduino - controlled by an outside source etc).
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sucks you fried the other one it was sounding so epic, really like the work you are doing with this one tho.
keep at it.
When its speeded up it almost sounds as bad as the crazy frog haha! nice stuff though.
Hello
I tried to add a pot in place of the pitch resistor to one of the blue type buddha box and the thing would die and I would have to take the batteries out for it to work again.
I find that a lot of the smaller toy circuits are finicky and sometimes i have a hard time modifying them.
Did you have any problems with your buddha box pitch resistor?
Any ideas or tips?
Hello
I tried to add a pot in place of the pitch resistor to one of the blue type buddha box and the thing would die and I would have to take the batteries out for it to work again.
I find that a lot of the smaller toy circuits are finicky and sometimes i have a hard time modifying them.
Did you have any problems with your buddha box pitch resistor?
Any ideas or tips?
Hello
I tried to add a pot in place of the pitch resistor to one of the blue type buddha box and the thing would die and I would have to take the batteries out for it to work again.
I find that a lot of the smaller toy circuits are finicky and sometimes i have a hard time modifying them.
Did you have any problems with your buddha box pitch resistor?
Any ideas or tips?
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