mellotron anyone?

ANALOGers and ANAblog'ers are busy doing some research for a Circuit Bending event. This is a vast culture of tinkerers and musicians that take ready-made objects and wire them to make new and interesting sounds.

Somewhat related are items such as the melotron which gives you real-time sample playing in the era of room-sized computers.

Here are some words: http://www.believermag.com/issues/200706/?read=article_collins

and here are some moving pictures: