Maplins voice changers.

Signal:Noise · July 28, 2006, 08:42:59 PM

Be warned, they fry easily and don't appear to have any useful bends other than adding a line in/out.

the_zombiest · August 04, 2006, 10:05:46 AM

is that the purple one or the 'engerlaaaAAAaaaand' one? I'm guessing that really, they are both the same.
I just got a purple one. I think line in/out is all you really need. I got a different make from a car boot sale for 50p. I managed to find the resistor that controls the intensity of the voices. It sounds nice.

Signal:Noise · August 04, 2006, 01:16:25 PM

It was the purple one, but I'm told the engerland one is identical. Might get another one to add to a keybaord as some kind of warped FX box. Was just annoying that I fried it so quickly.

the_zombiest · August 04, 2006, 06:32:43 PM

I fried my first toy recently. I won it off ebay. Just a really shitty 'my first dj' sort of thing. It was broken when I got it, it fixed it and then i broke it. Oh well, £2 ain't much more than a bag of chips... I'd have preffered the chips though/

Signal:Noise · August 04, 2006, 08:11:48 PM

Chips are always a winner.

And as for frying things, I killed my DD6 drum machine within three hours of getting. Not to be defeated it's being resurected as a wierd flashing light box complete with brightness controll and rate. hopefully I'll make the £4.20 I paid for it back.

the_zombiest · August 14, 2006, 02:58:30 PM

signal-
did you have any trouble hooking up the line in/out on the purple voice changer? I'm ready to set fire to mine. it's doing my head right in. It just doesn't want to work! works fine with the internal speaker/mic. RAR!!!!

Circuitbenders · August 14, 2006, 03:05:51 PM

I had some trouble with a voice changer until i soldered a low value trimmer pot across where the speaker would normally be connected as a kind of dummy speaker load. Adjusting the trimmer pot seems to set the output volume.

the_zombiest · August 14, 2006, 03:16:14 PM

Thanks again Mr. Benders. I thought about trying that, but i just got angry instead.

the_zombiest · August 14, 2006, 07:21:48 PM

that didn't seem to be the problem. what was the problem were the cheapo non-rohs 5p jack sockets that I bought. They work now though and so does the voice changer. HUSPAZ!

andy_wheels · October 09, 2006, 08:59:12 AM

i'm wondering if this m+s toy might make a nice fx box??

http://www.marksandspencer.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Section_Id=9168&Product_Id=2132242&portal=froogle&extid=f_msf

hmmm, £9.50 though. shame it isnt a bit cheaper.

the_zombiest · October 10, 2006, 04:08:00 AM

everything on that page looks like it'd bend a treat.

Shame they're all fairly pricey.

ne7 · December 06, 2006, 09:46:42 AM

i just bent one of these -
added:

vol control
input
output
switch between speaker/out
feedback push switch (makes nuts noises when u hit this even without input

proper on/off switch (negates needing trigger press)

plus i know u can add these:
pitch control
volt crash

the 5 switch one (makes various diff effects depending on the switch config) is really cool -
they are going for 4.99£ atm so i'd grab one - they are bloody great just as a cheap effects box

ne7

andy_wheels · December 12, 2006, 10:42:58 AM

Quote from: ne7 on December 06, 2006, 09:46:42 AM
i just bent one of these -

ne7

which one are you referring to? the m+s voice changer or the mapling one?

ne7 · December 12, 2006, 09:39:57 PM

the maplins one - i'll post some piccies in a bit

they are going for 4.99 in the local branch... good value for a nice set of odd effects i think...