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This is all about modding and tweaking the hell out of various hardware. Be it a toy synthesizer or a pro gear - there's always some room for improvement.

While circuit bending process, to be successful, generally calls for a person completely unwise in electronics, there are still some nice things that professional electronicans can do about it. That's ok that we are unable (just cannot from a moral stand of point) to short completely random circuit points with wires, as well as we do require extremely overdone reasoning above curiosity - we can still have some fun.

 

	Synthesizer & other gear internals Yamaha synth chips (pinouts - many of which nowhere else to be found) Roland wave expansion cards () Pinpointing problems in Юность / Юность-16 / Юность-70 and getting them back to life Alesis M4 & M4C DSP chip (used in MidiVerb 4, MicroVerb 4, NanoVerb e.t.c.) RMIF TI-3 / TI-5 soundsource internals, ROM images and repair tips Texas Instruments TMS57070 DSP chip (found in many fx boxes of various manufacturers) Лель ПСР soundsource internals, ROM images and repair tips Лель DR-8 soundsource internals, ROM images and repair tips Casio CZ-1 cartridge internals and ROM dumps
	Synthesizers, effects and companies Roland INTEGRA-7 (I am disappoint...) Roland FA-06 / 07 / 08 (don't buy it until they fix their stuff... v2.01 firmware still poor)
	Programming the vintage stuff Commodore Plus/4 C16 264 TED note frequency tables (ones that are correcty calculated) Casio Loopy game console (synthesizer part in it is actually a standalone keyboard) Yamaha Playcards (internal format and stuff)
	Technology and just some interesting stuff Roland DJ-70 staff display General technology articles coming soon...
	DIY gear Controlling Yamaha OPK (YM7116) and OPK2 (YM7129) synthesizer chips.
	Homebrew gear Home brew electronics articles coming soon...