{"id":151671,"date":"2026-01-12T19:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=151671"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:42:30","slug":"circuit-bending-the-talk-n-learn-alphabet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/01\/12\/circuit-bending-the-talk-n-learn-alphabet\/","title":{"rendered":"Circuit Bending The Talk &#8216;N Learn Alphabet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Talk \u2018N Learn Alphabet \u2013 Unleashing Demons &amp; Chipmunks\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rY6WToCI_9Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The latest video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ManitouProductions\">Manitou Productions<\/a> takes a look at circuit bending the <strong>Talk &#8216;N Learn Alphabet<\/strong>, a vintage multimedia learning toy.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is wonky to begin with, and the video explores how to make it even wonkier. As they note, &#8220;<span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">The alphabet never sounded so scary!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the end, a fully circuit bent version is demonstrated. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Old learning toys are popular for circuit bending, because they&#8217;re battery-powered, so the biggest risk is that you&#8217;ll fry the circuitry.<\/p>\n<p>Topics covered:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">0:00 Did I do that?<br \/>\n0:07 Titles<br \/>\n0:15 Intro<br \/>\n1:04 Let\u2019s turn it on!<br \/>\n2:04 The alphabet through a tiny speaker<br \/>\n3:28 Some melodies<br \/>\n4:46 Let\u2019s open it up!<br \/>\n6:10 Hen scratches<br \/>\n6:37 Not happy<br \/>\n7:49 Bad battery experiments<br \/>\n10:15 Try button<br \/>\n10:53 Demonstrating pitch modifications<br \/>\n13:53 Dodgy switch<br \/>\n14:49 Chipmunks<br \/>\n15:35 The modified version<br \/>\n16:22 Demonstrating the body contacts<br \/>\n17:34 The pitch knob<br \/>\n19:24 The release switch<br \/>\n22:06 A look at the innards<br \/>\n23:10 Outro<br \/>\n23:35 Ivy\u2019s Corner<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve circuit bent an old toy, share your experience in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thing is wonky to begin with, and the video explores how to make it even wonkier.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/01\/12\/circuit-bending-the-talk-n-learn-alphabet\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Circuit Bending The Talk &#8216;N Learn Alphabet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34,29],"tags":[405,32740],"class_list":["post-151671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-instruments","category-strange","tag-circuit-bending","tag-strange-musical-instriuments"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/talk-n-learn-alphabet-circuit-bending.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151673,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151671\/revisions\/151673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}