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circuit bending

circuit bending noun: the creative short-circuiting of electronic devices such as children's toys and small digital synthesizers in order to create new musical or visual instruments.

Noun

circuit bending (uncountable)

  1. The creative short-circuiting of electronic devices such as children's toys and small digital synthesizers in order to create new musical or visual instruments.
    • There is some circuit-bending done with devices that generate video, but not much as the price of such devices is generally too high to make circuit-bending’s random (and often destructive) results worthwhile.2007, Richard Colson, The Fundamentals of Digital Art, AVA Publishing, →ISBN, page 46
    • Some music, such as electronic dance music, is completely produced electronically and new practices have developed such as live coding, circuit bending, and chipmusic.2014, William Forde Thompson, Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia

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Questions about circuit bending

What does circuit bending mean?
Circuit bending means the creative short-circuiting of electronic devices such as children's toys and small digital synthesizers in order to create new musical or visual instruments.
What part of speech is circuit bending?
Circuit bending is a noun.

Words near circuit bending in the dictionary

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