Honkatron
is a circuit bending project from a workshop run by Stu "ASMO" Smith
at South Hill
Park. It's based on a VTech toy phone - details on Stu's blog.
Technically the circuit bends used aren't rocket science. The circuit
bending ethos isn't rooted in a bit theoretical understanding of
electronics, but more in a practical, experimental and "mash up" based
approach.
The horn
used for the honkatron came from a Secret Santa at Dorkbot London.
It looks and sounds great. Really makes the project stand out. The
cigar box was left behind by the previous owner of a garage I used to
use.
Inside the
honkatron is not a pretty sight. It could be tidied up fairly easily,
and I'll get round to it one day.
The
honkatron was tested out with Stu's modular synth and analog sequencer.
The honkatron also got played through my old tape
hack.