MK ULTRA

A bend-ready video circuit with every good spot brought out and labeled — the welcoming way in to circuit bending.

Most people get into circuit bending the same way: a thrift-store video enhancer, a screwdriver, and a lot of poking at the underside of a board that was never meant to be poked. It works — that’s how everyone learns — but the good spots are unlabeled, the fragile spots look identical to the good ones, and the first lesson is usually a dead board.

MK ULTRA is that rite of passage, redesigned to be on your side. It’s a modified circuit inspired by the Archer video enhancer — the classic first bend — rebuilt so the bend surface is the point:

• 14 labeled bend points (BP1–BP14) brought out to pads on the top of the board. Bridge them, resistor them, run them through whatever you like — the map is printed on the silkscreen instead of living in a forum thread.
• Two 1K trimmers (RV1, RV2) in the signal path, so two of the strongest bends are already on knobs.
• Composite video in and out on labeled pads with ground, ready for RCA jacks. Works with NTSC and PAL sources. [DRAFT: PAL claim inherited from the product line — confirm for this board.]
• +12 V DC power, one supply, no mains anywhere near your fingers.

The board drawing above is the fabrication artwork — what you see is what you bend.

What it’s for

Getting your feet wet. The circuit distorts and enhances a composite signal on its own; every bend point changes what it does, some subtly, some completely. Because the points are labeled and documented, you can keep notes that mean something — “BP5 to BP9 through 330R” is a recipe you can repeat, which is the difference between an accident and a technique.

Specifications

Availability

[DRAFT: batch mechanics, pricing, and what ships in the box pending owner.]