s-cat again / Dub Sirens

maxmaxmax · August 04, 2008, 01:57:26 PM

his dub sirrens are kids electronics kits of maplins as i have heard. this guy needs to be shut down if you ask me.

i think its brainwashing circuit bending, there is so much more to it than what he does and hes making too much money.

cheers

(i just edited the title of this thread and added the dub sirens bit - circuitbenders)

Circuitbenders · August 04, 2008, 03:21:26 PM

well, seeing as he bought about 20 loud hailers / megaphones with built in siren effects a few months ago i'd be willing to bet they are made from them rather than maplins kits.

But this is a bit of a tricky subject isn't it? I'd be the last person to defend S-Cat as in my humble opinion he is an idiot with massive delusions of grandeur, but just because someone has found a way to do something simply, which people will pay a lot of money for, doesn't necessarily mean that its a bad thing.

Was the guy who bent a bit of wire to make a paperclip just cashing in on peoples stupidity? Anyone could have done it but they didn't.

I would agree with you totally that selling crap for absurd money isn't really appreciating the 'spirit' of what circuitbending should be but Its a free country, if people want to pay ridiculous money for something they could build themselves in about 20 minutes or just because it has some bits of wood bolted to the side, then thats entirely up to them.

Not wishing to sound like i've got my head up my own arse here, but i just can't be bothered to build stuff thats really easy to put together and sell it for absurd money, as its just really boring. Which is why circuitbenders don't make many circuitbent toys anymore. Most people on this forum could probably do exactly what S-Cat does and probably do it better, but I for one just can't be bothered with it as i'd rather do something interesting and build quality machines rather than throwing together a siren circuit, doing a few tweaks on it and sticking it in a box with some chunks of wood nailed to it.

Circuitbenders · September 15, 2008, 11:44:14 AM

in fact if anyone is interested, the S-CAT dub siren is one of these recased with a pitch control and a line out

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130253415592

Quick, everyone jump on the bandwagon and flood the market!

Signal:Noise · October 12, 2008, 09:27:22 PM

The guy is an arse, but last time I looked there wasn't a shadowy international brotherhood of circuit bending assassins whose sole purpose is the destruction of those who refuse to enter into the spirit of circuit bending.

computer at sea · October 13, 2008, 12:48:02 AM

Quotea shadowy international brotherhood of circuit bending assassins

They're over on the Yahoo board.

Circuitbenders · October 13, 2008, 07:08:48 AM

Quote from: Signal:Noise on October 12, 2008, 09:27:22 PM
a shadowy international brotherhood of circuit bending assassins whose sole purpose is the destruction of those who refuse to enter into the spirit of circuit bending.

Where do i join and whats the pension plan like?

Signal:Noise · October 13, 2008, 07:43:04 PM

Quote from: Circuitbenders on September 15, 2008, 11:44:14 AM
in fact if anyone is interested, the S-CAT dub siren is one of these recased with a pitch control and a line out

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130253415592

Quick, everyone jump on the bandwagon and flood the market!

What would be really evil would be selling kits and instructions for people to do it themselves.

Circuitbenders · October 14, 2008, 08:03:38 AM

Whats the betting that maxmaxmax up there is in fact s-cat once again displaying his famous 'sense of humour' or whatever he calls it.

voodoolikeudoo · October 14, 2008, 08:12:33 AM

Quote from: Signal:Noise on October 13, 2008, 07:43:04 PM
What would be really evil would be selling kits and instructions for people to do it themselves.

It could be like those Kenton kits where you pay about £100 and get 5 components, a couple of bits of wire and some strip board.

voodoolikeudoo · October 17, 2008, 01:16:51 PM

see this video http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cCZCF3tI0Dw

see the bit in the comments where s-cat claims its a 555 oscillator..........

well thats just bullshit as i've got 3 of those sirens that crustypaul linked too and its one of them in a box.

how tragic

Circuitbenders · October 17, 2008, 01:24:31 PM

i couldn't resist putting a comment on there

Signal:Noise · October 17, 2008, 07:53:22 PM

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5DOCqjWHfaw&feature=related

now this is what i call a dub siren. At least there are some people who put a bit of craftwork into their art.

Circuitbenders · October 17, 2008, 08:19:48 PM

nice

anyone know where Mr Oceanus gets those joysticks from?

Matt the Modulator · December 13, 2008, 11:33:18 PM

Quote from: Circuitbenders on October 17, 2008, 08:19:48 PM
nice

anyone know where Mr Oceanus gets those joysticks from?

A lot of old video games (Pong) come with simular joysticks. http://uk.farnell.com have some but they are very expensive ?? you could try asking Doepfer as they make a module with one. I have asked them about were to get their types of jack sockets from and they pointed me to Rapid electronics so might be worth a try

mr ibrahiem · January 04, 2009, 06:37:04 PM

I agree I am new to this site and I can make...infact Ihave made abetter machines than this guy has ,I made a circuit bent coleco tutor computer(not talking teacher,like it with female voice) with midi sync and i gave that to a youthclub that I went to .I have aspergers and yet I have more ceativity than that guy in my fingertip I also gave a pt-100 with humidity and heat restistors that change resistance in a circuit ,a bit like a potentiometre the kids love this stuff I, do It as kids like them dont ever get a seeing into this art form and they can impress and maaze you. thoze kidz were at time playing like professionals.