Atari Punk Console - exploring a classic circuit

When I was refreshing my understanding of the good old 555 a few weeks ago, I spotted the Stepped tone generator in Forrest Mims’ classic book. Today I’m going to explore that cool sound maker The Forrest Mims 555 book: Here are a handful of actual musicians who do a good job of showing this thing’s musical capabilities: Notes and volts: Haze anderson: (with autotune) Expensive Notes (1:37) Sid Rockett LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER (5:46) Animoscillator ----- My tip jar: My other tip jar (channel membership) : Buy me a coffee (or a beer): If you are OK with me getting a commission on your purchases, feel free to use my affiliate links: Ebay: Banggood: Some other links to products may be affiliate links @pileofstuff #ElectronicsCreators ----- This isn’t the only way to do it. It’s probably not the best way to do it. But it’s how I did it.