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Old 04-10-2007, 04:14 PM
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Adding output jack to toy keyboard?

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I found a toy keyboard the other day, and I took it home. Surprisingly it worked, but it's built in speakers are pretty weak.. I assume it wont be that very hard to install a output jack on it.. but I dont really know about these kind of things.

anyone know how i can do this?

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Old 04-10-2007, 07:37 PM
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Just attach the speaker leads to the jack instead of to the speaker. With luck, the levels will be usable with no other work.
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Old 04-10-2007, 11:38 PM
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That's the easiest way, but 99% of the time that output signal will be way too hot. Remember you are taking that output from a small amplifier (which drove the speaker). If you follow the wires back from the speaker, you'll usually find they lead to a single transistor, which is the entire amplifier. Connecting to the input of that xtr will usually give you a signal that is at a better level to work with. Of the three legs of that xtr, one is "ground", shared by both input and output. It's often the middle leg, but not always. Of the other two legs, one is input and the other is output. connect wires to the input leg and the ground leg, and run those to your new jack- ground goes to the sleeve. If you aren't sure how to test which leg of the xtr is input and which is output, wire it up with alligator clips first; if it doesn't work, switch the connections to the legs.
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Old 04-11-2007, 07:12 AM
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And once you get 'er wired up, you can cover some Smashmouth!
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Old 04-11-2007, 07:44 AM
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While you're in the territory, you might consider some other things... or another source of information. Do a Google on "Circuit Bending" and see some really wild things. Also if you are visiting our friend eBay today, go to the electronic stuff and do the same search. Interesting toys and some of them have sound clips so you can hear what this is all about.

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Old 04-11-2007, 08:59 PM
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Ha, I'd almost forgotten about these guys..... There used to be a band doing the rounds in Sydney called "Toy Death". They played every singly style of music imaginable and every single musical instrument on stage was a toy. They were brilliant!

What's my point? Well all they're instruments connected to the PA via standard instrument jacks, so it must be possible.
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:29 PM
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Also check out the band "Toychestra", they're friends of mine and they're brilliant.
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