the
litphabet dek
bent vtech little smart
alphabet desk "with phonics"
::: SOLD
as you will be able to tell from the samples below
this does not sound like the usual bent alphabet
desk. its a different version that i have yet to
see bent. but it turned out a lot better then i could
have hoped. i just sat down to make the samples and
i ended up spending over two hours with this thing.
if your willing to spend the time to dig into this
machine it will yield enough percussion loops to
fill several records all by itself. this desk can
spit out some crazy idm like loop point manglings.
some of them perfect loops and others are perpetually
changing rhythms that you can add to by flipping
the switches and slight turns of the knob. the knob,
when turned (very sensitive), will start to detune
the current sound and then take whatever sound
you are playing and start looping it. then as you
turn it farther it will gradually minimize the loops
start, position, and end points down to nothing and
back again without crashing. you can turn the knob
and set a loop time/speed and then play the letters
and numbers like a keyboard triggering different
little noises inside of the loop to change the rhythms
and sounds ( in part 2 of the samples below at the
point you hear "circle" i do exactly that,
until you hear "hello" after that i only
hold down the letter "T" and then i only
turn the knob slowly down to nothing and back up
again. at any point i can stop and the loop will
play forever, you do have to hold the letter down
though or switch between them) . the 4 switches are
all different and act different depending on the
other switches that are active. most will change
the loop points farther, taking the sample farther
out of place in time. some will change the source
sound completely and some will, if used alone, only
slightly modulate or distort the source sound. the
slider on the left side will change the activities
but once the loop is running it will also change
the source sounds for the loops in some positions.
the light in the top right corner flashes with the
sounds and beats. if the desk ever does stall or
lock up all you have to do is hit the green button
and it will go right back to where you left off,
but stalling is very rare and will only happen with
a coupe of letters at certain settings. i added a
1/4" output that kills the speaker when in use.
output is loud enough to drive headphones so be careful
when plugging it straight into an amp. the finish
is gray spray paint and custom gibberish alphabet
sticker inlay. 4 AA battery’s included.
sample details ::: so i took a bunch of little snippets
of loops from my two hour sample session and just pasted
them end to end to try and give you an idea of what
this thing can do. i did not do any signal processing
of any kind, no eq, no effects, nothing. some of these
loops are constantly changing rhythmically as well
as dropping in new sounds. there is the occasional
switch flip and knob turn but most snippets are without
anything. in part 2 as mentioned above at the point
you hear "circle" i do nothing but leave
my loop and switch settings alone and hit/hold random
letters and numbers. then just after "hello lets
play" i only hold down the letter "T" and
turn the knob. no switches. this is just to show you
how the knob treats each loop.
samples ::: the
litphabet dek - no effects part 1
samples ::: the
litphabet dek - no effects part 2
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