Bizarre programmable chirping bird organ

Compose your own hand-cranked chirping cacophonies with Gakken’s Bird Song Organ. $40 from Japan Trend.

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1. [strider_mt2k]

   It sounds like the soundtrack to an ancient animated film or something!

   -or a recording of an old radio broadcast.

   Nice!

2. [dculberson]

   Ripe for modding with an air compressor, some solenoid valves, and a midi relay controller!

3. [Internets Was Yes]

   How do you “compose your own” cacophonies? Do you put little textured stickers on that green sheet? I don’t get it.

4. [Chrisos]

   Can the sound equivalent of a strobe light cause epileptic seizures? If so this video should come with a warning!

   Cacophonies is the right word, I’m going to lie down now, my ears hurt.

5. [Agies]

   @3
   It’s a punch card that just happens to have a design on it.

6. [Rob Beschizza]

   I think DCULBERSON has the right idea.

7. [dculberson]

   Imagine all your music being played through this thing …