Cacophone

New mini-project in electronics, to prep for a rather giant synthesizer I'm hoping to build. The cacophone is a personal noise generator created by running a current through a hacked up pair of headphones. The oscillators in the headphones interpret the signal as music and create tones, which can then be altered by changing the voltage of the transformer input (increase in volts increases frequency) or by toggling the switch to change the pathway (two pathways with different resistances for different pitches). Rhythm and scratches can be created by tapping the +/- nodes, which disrupts the flow of electricity.


Personal music: the sound can be created, but it's totally individual and un-recordable. The sound only exists for the listener, so if the operator has the headphones on it's truly a creation of music for the self only.