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KoolToyz

 This is the kooltoyz painted, got it for $3 at a thrift store locally.  I liked it when I saw it in the store cause it had record functions for possible looping glitch circuits (maybe coming soon?) led lights on the keys, and sure enough, when pitched higher some of the led strobing looks a lot cooler. =] This is my 2nd bend and the one that really got me addicted to thrift store rummaging. All it really has is a large spread pitch pot, and a switchable overdrive pot, but they are really effective on this synth. I played with it for hours and probably annoyed everyone around me by bringing it everywhere with me and making loud annoying future motorcycle sounds constantly =d Email me for a pic of this inside with bends labeled..  

 

I loved my kooltoyz so much I got another one when I found it. It’s the exact same keyboard, but doesn’t have the kool toyz logo on the orange part, and the yellow plastic part on the right was loose. Haven’t done anything to this yet, pretty sure it works fine though.

 

SOUNDS

Bend1 (1:49) arcade-type fun with aliens, future motorcycle sounds

Bend2 (7:20) 13megs get jiggy with this piano

Amplex – Laptopian 12:57 this track heavily features kooltoyz, nice long >1m outro of my fave bent thing so far pretty much