Gary Judge

Beautiful Modular Synth Controlled NES

Gary — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:29:14 +0000

This is just wonderful…

Handmade machines.

Gary — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:28:07 +0000

Just stumbled upon this amazing video from create Digital Music. Totally in love with the analogue drum synths…
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/10/08/handmade-music-spreads-to-austin-teaches-you-awesomeness-andromeda-style

Circuit Bent Sega Master System Sonic in action.

Gary — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:26:41 +0000

This is my first attempt at capturing the glitch created by my circuit bent Master System 2 running Sonic the Hedgehog.

Master System Circuit Bending.

Gary — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:57:01 +0000

I was originally inspired by this video which seems to be one of the very few examples (which I could find at least) of a circuit bent Master System:

However there appears to be almost no instruction on how to re-create these effects so I starting pulling apart a Master System II to see what I could find out. My initial attempts at trying to circuit bend the game ROM were very disappointing. I only seemed to be able to get the system to crash and not do much more – even with resistors. I therefore took the approach of having a go at the graphics chip…This was harder to find than I had thought. However once I had identified the Sega 315-5246 as the graphics chip, things started falling into place.

The SMS Power! forum has provided lots of useful info about the Master System including a pinout diagram of the graphics chip which helped me to focus which pins to short circuit:

http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=46388

I seem to be getting much better results now. Sonic the Hedgehog (on board game) is producing some nice graphical glitches without locking up the machine.

My next task it to hard wire up some of the pins and introduce potentiometers in an attempt to regulate the amount of glitch. Once I have something up and running I will produce a more detailed explanation of what I have done and why and possibly attempt a video / screen shots of the new and improved unit in action.

Birmingham Hackers Unite.

Gary — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:27:08 +0000

I have recently stumbled upon a small group of hackers in Birmingham that seem to share the same fascination with electronics and hacking devices together that I have. I hope to attend one of their upcoming sessions to actually meet some of these in person – rather than just follow them virtually. Their blog is an interesting read of projects they are tackling and the resources page pulls together some genuinely useful links. Anyway have a look at http://www.fizzpop.org.uk and get inspired.

Spitfire Island

Gary — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:08:17 +0000

Here is a recently finished piece of music called “Spitfire Island”. An ambient piece of modern electronic music from the Gary Judge music making machine.

Sorbet Punk Console

Gary — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:51:15 +0000

I have been recently messing with creating electronics in an attempt to make my own noise making devices.

The Sorbet Punk Console is the first instrument to be born from these experiments. ENJOY!

Insect Bytes

Gary — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:25:12 +0000

Please have a listen to my latest creation Insect Bytes.

Warley Woods Photo Synth

Gary — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:53:18 +0000

Yesterday, A nice chap from Microsoft spoke to some colleagues and I about some new toys being developed under the Live Labs banner.

I was extremely impressed with Photo Synth and decided to take some snaps to see how easy it is to create a “synth”. With a Live ID you can upload a series of over lapping images and the software stitches them together is a Psuedo 3D way which enables you to explore the environment. The upload takes a while (around 50 minutes for 42 photos), however this is to be expected. Here is my first “synth” taken at the woods near to where I live.

Flickr Widget installed.

Gary — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:14:09 +0000

I have just installed the lovely Flickr widget from http://eightface.com/wordpress/flickrrss/

You can now see some of my photos taken with my recently aquired Nikon D60 camera. These photos were taken in Birmingham city centre on Sunday 13th of September.