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I found them at the recycling facility where we picked up the tired machines that still worked fine (most of them) | I found them at the recycling facility where we picked up the tired machines that still worked fine (most of them) | ||
The Pitchman | === The Pitchman === | ||
The Pitchman was built out of an old Panasonic Walkman that still worked fine, when it fell into my hands and it still does, but now it has some extra features. | The Pitchman was built out of an old Panasonic Walkman that still worked fine, when it fell into my hands and it still does, but now it has some extra features. | ||
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I found a circuit to accomplish this. | I found a circuit to accomplish this. | ||
[[File:Circuit schematic 2.png|left|thumb|398x398px|circuit schematic]]I used only four buttons and potentiometers and did the wiring the same way as shown in the picture to the left, if you | [[File:Circuit schematic 2.png|left|thumb|398x398px|circuit schematic]]I used only four buttons and potentiometers and did the wiring the same way as shown in the picture to the left, if you click on the picture, you'll see a bigger version and also the tiny descriptions become more visible. | ||
For my version, I made some kind of handheld thing with all the buttons and potentiometers inside a transparent cassette case. | |||
[[File:Handheld pitch trigger.png|left|thumb|1003x1003px|handheld pitch trigger with pitch set]] | |||
[[File:Use of spacers.png|left|thumb|use of spacers]] | |||
The buttons were sourced from an old children's toy that I also found at the recycling facility, the potentiometers were ordered in a set online with different values. | |||
At the end, i was able to set different speeds with the potentiometers and trigger them with the four buttons. | |||
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I used a tape with recordings of bird voices that sounded very weird but still like birds but different species | |||
if you pitch them up and down and i also used a tape loop with only one Synth sine wave on it that I was able to pitch up and down to a specific tone with the help of a guitar tuner. | |||
If you use two buttons, the values are added to each other and you can play some kind of portamento. | |||