speakers vs no speakers...

jamiewoody · December 27, 2009, 02:14:08 AM

who here removes speakers from bent keyboards?

other than creating more space for controls and things, what other advantages and reasons are there for doing so?

it seems i read that it helps for voltage crash.

thoughts?

Remork · December 27, 2009, 03:09:22 AM

driving speakers requires a lot of current, so especially power amp IC's can behave differently when used with/out speakers.
for some things (like voltage crash etc.) no speakers are indeed a good thing.. makes the instability more stable, if you know what i mean

i prefer to put speakers on a switch so i have the choice between speaker and line out- but if i have to choose one over the other i'd go with a jack, just to be able to run it through effects/mixer/amp which saves you the pain of having to mic stuff.

SineHacker · December 29, 2009, 01:37:25 PM

i only ever remove speakers if I absolutely have to - I don't like making breakout boxes unless there is a good way to attach them to the toy - I think if a circuit bent toy can't make noise as a standalone unit, it loses lots of its kitch novelty magic

Remork · December 29, 2009, 03:18:12 PM

true. it's just that i like to be able to use them in songs (oh, the dreadful humanity of it all!)
and as such like to be able to have them pluggable onstage..

jamiewoody · October 18, 2010, 03:52:46 PM

i guess i should remove my speakers...but, the only delima is, what do i do with all these speakers?! lol

Circuitbenders · October 18, 2010, 04:10:37 PM

Quote from: jamiewoody on October 18, 2010, 03:52:46 PM
i guess i should remove my speakers...but, the only delima is, what do i do with all these speakers?! lol

You should see my spare speakers box its getting ridiculous, and my metal workbench which has dozens of speakers attached all over it with their magnets.

Ciderfeks · October 18, 2010, 07:47:38 PM

Quote from: jamiewoody on October 18, 2010, 03:52:46 PM
i guess i should remove my speakers...but, the only delima is, what do i do with all these speakers?! lol

Build one of these...

jamiewoody · October 18, 2010, 08:52:44 PM

are those holes, or are all those speakers?! lol

i removed the spkr from my casio pk-1, it has a 1/4" out jack, and i am going to put the LFO where the speaker was!

sticking an LFO in a keyboard is where it's at!!!

Ciderfeks · October 18, 2010, 10:02:57 PM

Quote from: jamiewoody on October 18, 2010, 08:52:44 PM
are those holes, or are all those speakers?! lol

They are all speakers - some guy made it for an audio installation I took part in a couple of years back. It was about 2 feet square and I think it looks a treat!

jamiewoody · October 18, 2010, 11:22:59 PM

oh, it's very cool! i love that hammered metal look too!