Please don't hate me - brand new bender, looking for simple first mod, Casio SK1

[peanutismint]

Hello Circuit Bending community!

Before I start - I'm looking for advice on learning how to mod my keyboard, as I can't seem to find many in-depth 'tutorials' on the internet, but if the reason for this is that people think posting how-to's destroys the 'spirit of circuit-bending', then I'll completely understand!    Just tell me.

Right, so, I'm relatively new to the bending scene; I've recently acquired a Casio SA-21 and also just bought a Casio SK-1, and would like to perform some simple modifications to the latter to ease myself into bending.  I like making random noises, however as I'm planning to use the keyboard in my band (http://www.myspace.com/brightlightsareaband), I'm really more interested in some of the 'simpler' mods anyway, such as a pitch shifter, or one of the rhythm mods I've heard on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LY_BuGgCk) where elements of the drum tracks can be silenced / 'doubled'...?  I'm pretty good with a soldering iron, and I've got some random potentiometers / toggle switches lying around, so is there anything simple anyone can suggest to begin my journey into bending?!!

I look forward to reading your suggestions! 

[computer at sea]

The Sk-1 is a pretty easy bend and there's a lot in there.  If you stick to the three big chips directly to the left of the square chip you should be fine.  Just try out connnections between the pins and see what you like then wire in a toggle switch.  Most of the stuff is pretty chaotic, but there are some more musical sounds in there.

I posted a much more in depth answer in the SK-1 thread some months back: http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,601.0.html

[peanutismint]

Thanks for that mate; will have a read and a bit play about tonight! :-)  Sure I'll post my findings soon!

[PolyPhuckin]

and also just bought a Casio SK-1

Did you get that one off ebay today?
I was bidding on one but was outbid 

have fun with it

[djsynchro]

You could get Reed Ghazala's excellent book, good schematic for a not-too-crashy SK-1 with switches and tonnes of other info.