circuit bent casio cz230s

May 12th, 2008 clavi

cz23x - 2000

my first circuit bending project. the cz230s is basically a non-programmable cz101 with a bunch of presets and a built in rz1. i initially added 4 switches to distort the drum sounds and distortion on the keyboard voices with a knob for amount that takes it from fuzz to overdrive. later on i went back and built in a 555 lfo to the pitch (connected to the bend wheel) with speed control. i also added a switch to turn the speaker off for late night rockin.

1 broken key.. some ghetto body contacts on lower right

l-r: lfo led, lfo on, lfo rate, dist amount, dist on w/ led, 4 drum dist w/ leds, speaker off.

drum chip.. interconnect pins for distortion and other effects..

keyboard voice with distortion and lfo:

drums with distortion:

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paintings 1993 - 2005

May 10th, 2008 clavi

these are some older paintings i did mostly from 2004 and 2005, but there are a couple of earlier ones as well. most were done for friends.

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