jarrin > Interests > Electronics > Circuit Bending

It plays sounds through a tiny speaker when its fangs are manipulated, it's abdomen is squeezed or it is jostled.

After playing with the innards for a while, I discovered there really

Bug Guts

wasn't much I could do to manipulate the sounds (it's all of three switches, a tiny resistor, a tiny cap and an IC).  But I discovered that the DSP is really quite good!  When I bypassed the tiny 1.5" speaker and ran the audio signal into my amp it was clear, loud and evil sounding.

In the end, I decided not to wire any new switches in. All I did was replace the internal speaker with

Just like the original, but with an RCA line coming out of its head.

an RCA jack and put it all back together.  (And I apparently busted the LEDs in the eyes; drat.)

Current status: functional, finished
The audio tracks herein were recorded by running the new audio line directly into my laptop. I hope to record "original" sounds by running the audio through the old 1.5" speaker to give y'all a frame of reference.

  Attack
This noise occurs when either of the front "fangs" are pulled.

  Squooshing Noises
A variety of noises the bug makes when its hind-section is "squooshed".

  Motion Noises
There is a motion switch on the circuit board. These are the sounds it makes when it is jostled.

  Strange Error Noise
Once in a while, for no good reason, the bug makes this noise. I don't know why.