On "Sidetracked", double 12" released by Mode of Proof Records, Detroit, MI, 2004:
Blastastic Domecrusher

On "Wigsplitter", net release by MP3DEATH, 2005:
Engineered Plague Battlemage Defective Tournament Level Racquetball

Sludgeon2
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Everything is contained in a standard, run of the mill, metal toolbox. The bottom drawer contains a working computer with a VIA EPIA V motherboard & cpu, memory, hard drive, cd rom drive, fans, power supply, and cables. The middle drawer contains a usb audio interface, roll-up keyboard, mouse, and a Gameboy running Sludgeon2. The top contains a midi controller, power cables, surge protector, and a crappy lcd screen mounted to the bottom of the lid. Holes were drilled so that the power cables in the top could be connected to their respective devices in the middle and bottom drawers and would not impede the opening and closing of these drawers.

 

The "U" jutting out of the front is the power cable for the computer connected to the flush-mounted power supply in the bottom drawer. There was not enough room to completely enclose the power supply with the power cable attached. To resolve this problem, holes were drilled into the front of the bottom drawer in order to run the power cable from the power supply back into the toolbox. The white cable coming out of the top is from the surge protector. This is the only cable that needs to be plugged to use this rig. Once plugged in, everything but the Gameboy starts up and is ready to use.

 

The Manual Drive Tape Player is a device that allows a user to manually play any tape at variable speeds. Playing tapes at any rate other than the nominal rate alters the pitch. The Manual Drive Tape Player is comprised of 2 parts: the deck and the crank, both of which are derived from 1 old Sony Walkman and about $5 worth of parts. The audio from the headphone jack can be run into any amplifier, mixer, or computer.

 

The deck is made by removing the motor and gears that spin the spindles, as well as removing the spindles themselves [the motor and gears can be thrown away, but NOT the spindles: those are used later]. It is important to leave the mechanism that moves the tape head into and out of place in tact [in other words, leave the Play mechanism alone].

The crank is made from a simple casement window crank [about $3 at a hardware store]. One of the spindles removed from the deck is turned upside down and mounted on the bottom of the crank. Modelling putty works good and is cheap [about $2 at game or hobby store]. Once complete, put in a tape, insert the crank into the tape as shown in the first picture above, press Play to move the tape head into place, and spin the crank.

 

Circuit bent Groovy Tunes children's keyboard. Added six toggle bends, four button bends, five potentiometer bends, and two 1-to-n body contact bends. Sample available here.

 

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