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The Giggle Box (aka giggle drive) can be heard on the Fantomas album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009B0FRS/" rel="external">Suspended Animation</a>. About two years ago Mike Patton told me that he was working on a kids' record themed album and wanted something that made crazy, creepy kids sounds. The piece pretty much designed itself after that.  

The name describes it pretty well. It's a box that laughs and giggles. There are 6 different samples that can be played simultaneously. Each has its own volume and pitch settings, play button, power switch and distortion/pitch drop touch plate. <a href="/images/finishedpieces/giggle-box/giggledrive_diagram.jpg" rel="lightbox">View an enlarged diagram here.</a> The effect you get is a chorus of warped chortles, giggles and squeals. It underwent a few major transformations but finally found a home in an old Commodore64 disk drive.
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<h3>New Giggle Box</h3>
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<h3>Old Giggle Box</h3>
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This is the first version of the Giggle Box. It ended up being too cumbersome along with a host of other problems. Eventually I had to ditch it.
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