Nielsen Speaker is a Toy Guitar Motor Controller Spinning Speakers Synthesizer #circuitbending
this project that produces synthesizer sounds with spinning speakers attached to a motor controller operated by a toy guitar:
Yup!
Motor controllers and their matching motors make neat (often octave-ish) noises. In essence, a motor driver is a synthesizer of sorts.
Motor drivers are basically the same as amplifiers.
Plastic toy guitars are often horrible anti-instruments and need rehabilitation.
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Leslie speaker.
He walks through the build process in the first part, with the spinny sounds bits beginning around 3:45:
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Great! I didn’t tease the part where you say ‘full-size version’ exactly because I didn’t want to play it up – but glad to hear you’re working on it, as that sounds (pun intended) amazing!
Watch out for this project’s bigger, faster, louder, dangerous and possibly drunk bigger brother! It’s in progress and I hope to post it soon…
Great! I didn’t tease the part where you say ‘full-size version’ exactly because I didn’t want to play it up – but glad to hear you’re working on it, as that sounds (pun intended) amazing!