Friday, October 26, 2012

Sesame Street All Star Band

This keyboard sounds so cool you almost don't even need to bend it. The first one of these I bought off ebay for like twenty some ought dollars and I kinda fucked that one up. Then I few months later I found one at a goodwill for only a $1.99. I was definitely beating myself up for spending so much on the one from ebay, but I really like this keyboard so I still think it was worth it.

This is what it looked like before I painted it...


And the after I painted it...


I love the way the paint cracked and split over the keys. Apparently if you spray on a coat of white spray paint as a primer and then get impatient and spray on a thick coat of the next color, it'll look crackled like it does above.

The mods from left to right  :

  • 2 Black Coarse Pitch Knobs
  • 2 Grey Fine Pitch Knobs
  • N.C. Momentary Reset Button
  • ON/OFF/ON Pitch Resistance Switch
  • Body Contact
  • Loop Hold Switch and Audition Button

This keyboard can make such thick glitch-y tones when you lower the pitch. I love the way it sounds. You can also get some great drone sounds out of this thing, just drop the pitch way low and flip the loop switch. 

I removed the buttons on the left that played the programmed songs and put the pitch switch and the reset button there instead. I basically followed the schematic from the Getlofi.com. The only thing that is really different is there are more pitch knobs and I left out the capacitor buttons. 



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