The MickeyDelp.com Bender Sequencer can turn any device that makes sounds into a rhythm or melody machine by playing a sequence of notes.
The Bender Sequencer was created specifically for controlling devices that were never even designed to be controlled! Those devices can be electronic musical instruments, circuit bent toys, electronic kits or your own circuits. The Bender Sequencer has a variable resistor output that can be connected to a circuit the same way you would connect a potentiometer, and a trigger output that can be connected anywhere you would connect a switch or pushbutton.
If you have a modular synthesizer with a CV (control voltage) or MIDI input, then there are plenty of commercial sequencers and several sequencer kits available. However, if you have a device that has no built-in control interface, then you need the Bender Sequencer. Any noise making circuit that has a pitch resistor can now play sequences of notes. That's what the Bender Sequencer was created for!
Features:
Eight Separate Pitch Controls
Steps Selector Select 2, 3, 4 or 8 steps in the sequence.
Sequence Speed Control
Trigger Duration Control
Indicator LEDs An LED for each step and one for the trigger make a cool display.
Infra-red Synchronization Wirelessly link multiple sequencers to control multiple devices with a synchronized beat.
Frequency Divider Easily switch between sixteenth, eight, quarter or half notes. Synchronized sequencers can run at the same base frequency with different divider settings.
Optoisolated variable resistor and trigger outputs An optoisolator is a device that contains an LED and a light-activated transistor embedded inside it. The sequencer turns on the LED, which activates the transistor. This has the effect of electrically isolating the sequencer from the bent device. The benefit of optoisolation is that no voltage runs through the outputs so the bent device can run at a different voltage than the sequencer without affecting either device.
Below is a video of the sequencer controlling an Atari Punk Console. It is an earlier version of the sequencer which had tiny trimmer potentiometers. The current version (the one for sale now) has larger pots that are very easy to turn.
Doug using IR Sync to control a Bleep Labs Nebulaphone By the way, the Bender Sequencer can control the tempo of the Nebulaphone through IR Sync, but it cannot bend the pitch because the Nebulaphone is digital. I have talked to Dr. Bleep about it and he agrees.
Bender Sequencer
