For my second attempt (again, cut-up) I experimented with phase, reverse, wah-wah, echo, and a reverse bouncing ball delay. Although the original document was comprised of roughly 200 words, the databent text clocked in at 62,564. So I had to cut it down a little:

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It's no Fifty Shades of Grey, but I like it.

All Photography and writing by Michael Baker

Edited by Jason England

Useful Links

stAllio!’s Way – An excellent blog that includes some comprehensive, step-by-step primers to help get you started.

Olivia Fox’s blog – Applies databending to the medium of comics with some really cool results.

Lechedemipalo – Tumblr of a very talented and epilepsy-inducing artist. I have no idea how he created most of these.

Audacity tutorial - As the title would suggest, this site will teach you exactly how to use the Audacity method.

gli.tc/h tutorials - Some more tutorials here, ranging from beginner to intermediate skill requirements, from some pioneers of the form. They even have their own festival, I hear.

/r/glitchart - Reddit.com's databending sub-reddit. It's chock full of talented, prolific individuals, so check it out.

My Flickr account - I have quite a few databends up on here, as well as a lot of photos of my silly dog and other things that aren't my silly dog.