Sound arts, Strand 2

Circuit bent analogue mixer

My idea to circuit bend this mixer came about from the use of no input feedback mixing. I wanted to create a instrument that would produce the same tones and sounds as no input mixing would, but with the benefit of it being a standalone device and have multiple free inputs to modulate the sound produced. I started with finding the input connections in the circuit and soldering a on/off switch to a wire. Next finding the output connection i ran into a problem with using analogue, to create a feedback loop digital mixers have a current passing through which amplifies the the connection creating the loop. Where as analogue do not. To solve this I created a connection to the positive power input from a resistor which I then connected to each potentiometer for each input and then back to the output. The final step was adding dead switched to each loop so each loop can play its own note and then use the dead switches to play the mixer like a keyboard.