Build your own Noise Toy with this new kit from electronic noise group the Loud Objects! Plug in your headphones and glitch out, or jack into an amp and play it as an instrument. These kits come with a custom-printed circuit board, a noise generating microchip from their live performances, two buttons for modulating the sound, headphone jack and battery. For the adventurous, the noise toys can be reprogrammed to create your own digital instruments). Required skill: elementary-level soldering.

Programming Hardware - Our noise toy kits are wired to be reprogrammed by a 5 pin programmer, compatible with stk500v2 protocol - we use this excellent programmer from tuxgraphics.org, but feel free to build your own or experiment.

Programming Software - Use Tristan Perich's AVR Friend to compile your new noise code and flash the chip!
Editor's Second Opinion: Please use STK Friend instead, for now.

Programming Party - Sign up for our mailing list, and we'll invite you to our noise chip programming parties.These parties will generally be in New York City, but really, they might happen in any city and any time, and we hope they are a lot of fun.