CIRCUIT-BENDING: CREATE YOUR OWN ALIEN INSTRUMENTS by Reed Ghazala

Wiley, 2005, First edition, 450 pp., 7 1/2" X 9 1/4", Softcover

Very good

An insightful book on the subject of circuit-bending, an art based on the modification of existing electronic circuits in order to unveil hidden features within them, specifically related to sonic output. The writer, Qubais Reed Ghazala, is often referred to as the father of circuit-bending, since he accidentally pioneered this art in 1967, when a solid-state amplifier’s circuit was shorted due to contact with a metallic drawer. He witnessed the transformation of the amplifier into a synthesizer, emitting sound effects comparable to those produced by expensive commercial synthesizers. Thus, circuit-bending was born.