2x Crowphonics CRO-1

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"This is a really mean noise factory in a suitcase! Two CRO-1, painted black, replaced knobs and added labels..."

crOwBX demo - DIY Oberheim OB-X clone (4 voice polyphonic)

Published on Apr 4, 2017 der oberling

"I recently finished my crOwBX synthesizer to the point that it's finally playable.

My previous demo only featured an uncalibrated single voice ([posted here]). This demo utilizes the whole 4 voice calibrated analog power of the beast.

Since I'm no keyboard player I prerecorded some notes and chords in ableton, corrected them, quantized them where needed an played them back looped - sorry for that :-)

The signal is completely dry - the crOwBX all by itself through my Focusrite Scarlett 18i6 into Ableton. Only the last bit got a little MIDI-Clock synced LFO from my MIDI-CV unit ;-) .

A unison demo is yet to come... It's a little challenging to keep the 15 minutes limit.

This project was "in the making" now since 2013. That's mainly due it's over 3000 parts to solder, debugging, initial calibration (which is really excessive) and finally I wanted to develop my own MIDI-CV unit for this which I did. All in all it's very rewarding to have it all up and running finally and it sounds gorgeous to my ear - but listen for yourselfs :-)"

Crowminius Demo

Published on Mar 4, 2017 kpsiegel

"This is a demo that was done by request of the Crowminius synthesizer. This was a Kickstarter campaign [see here] done by Scott Rider (aka Old Crow.) This synth clones a Model D in a nice case with some added features such as PWM, MIDI, and separate outputs that you can loop back to audio in to overdrive the filter. You can see I have that hooked up with the bright orange cable.

This was recorded completely dry and was not EQ'd at all. I wanted to show the synth itself pretty raw. The Crowminius was driven by my GRP R24 sequencer using the CV and Gate outputs to the Crowminius. I could have used MIDI but decided not for this demo. The sequence was just an F mixolydian repetitive 16 notes so that I could focus on showing the sound as quickly and efficiently as possible. I flip between the different wave shapes and open and close the filter as well as playing with envelopes and depth. You can hear the difference on the pulse waves when I bring PWM in and out of the sound. I tuned oscillator 2 a major third up from the primary oscillator.

I am sorry the video sort of cuts out to a still photo toward the end but my video camera ran out of batteries while recording. The plus is you can see the controls of the Crowminius."

Previous posts: http://www.matrixsynth.com/search?q=Crowminius

Crowphonics Cro-1 And Cro-2 Modular Noise Synthesizer

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"Crowphonics cro-1 and cro-2 noise modular synthesizer. Cro-1 is 4 oscillators of sound insanity. Cro-2 is vca, preamps, ring mod, filter, delay.

This is very noisy and sometimes predictable and sometimes not. Really cool noise drone machine.

Comes with power chords, patch cables and manual"

Rare Crowphonics CRO-1 analog noise drone modular synthesizer

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"This is a really fun Lunetta type synth with 4 oscillators, a 3 input mixer, an AR generator (that works best with external signals)."

Crowphonics zombie patching 2

YouTube Uploaded by henrikbjorkk on Jul 30, 2011

The Crow´s Nest

YouTube Uploaded by henrikbjorkk on Jul 29, 2011

"CRO-1 x 3, CRO-2, CRO-2 beta with some eurorack in the middle (not plugged in here). Just booting up to see if it all worked after mounting it all..."

Revisiting the Crowphonics

YouTube Uploaded by henrikbjorkk on May 6, 2011

"Been neglecting my Crowphonics... so I decided to just patch something up. Takes about four minutes to remember how it all works and finding the sweetspots ;)"

Scumearth at 'Modus Operandi 2'

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www.modusoperandi-noise.com

"I play with Crowphonics, DroneLab, various BugBrands, Card Swash limited, LastGaps filters, Tune in Tokyo and a lot of FX pedals! ...it was a evolutive and intense noise sesion!"


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Crowphonics improvisations

YouTube via henrikbjorkk | November 19, 2010

"I merged a few shorter clips I had up here into one.
These are the handmade UK semimodular Crowphonics instruments in action."

Crowphonic audio mayhem

YouTube via henrikbjorkk | November 13, 2010

"Noise!"

Sequenced Crowphonics

YouTube via henrikbjorkk | October 30, 2010

"The new CRO-2 8 step sequencer doing the dirty on my three CRO-1.
All three outputs into the CRO-2 filter which is also fed some CV from the sequencer bolts. Sorry for the lo-fi filming..."

Crowphonics CRO-1

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"This has to be one of the coolest things (IMO) to come out in the analog/boutique synth whatever you wanna call it industry in the last year or so. I've never really played with something that was so quirky and almost had a personality? The thing can go from total cacophony to sort of rhythmic noise to deep square-wave bass. And this is all before you feed it any control voltage. Connect one or more of the croc-clips to a cv/gate source like a eurorack or 5U modular jack etc and the cro-1 really gets interesting. Of course there is always the option to chain multiple CRO-1 and 2s via the sync/chain jack.

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Oberkorn meets Crowphonics

YouTube via henrikbjorkk
"This one is really only for Ted@Crowphonics who said that the CRO-1 wasnt very responsive to sequencing ;)

I guess if you are making strange techno or something like that this could be really useful."

Three Crowphonics CR-01 in action

YouTube via henrikbjorkk
"Just trying out my new toys. These boxes sure get more fun to play with if you have more than one!"

One flew over the Crows nest

"Here is a clip focusing on the audio rather than the visuals...

Three Crowphonics CRO-1 modules, played live. No sequencer or other stuff involved."

Workspace and Environment: Henrik Nordvargr Björkk on TRASH_AUDIO

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"Hardware
There are many things I love to play, Bugbrand Weevils, MoogerFoogers, Audible Disease stuff etc... but there is one brand I really love - Crowphonics. The CR0-1 is so fun to play, it sounds awesome and it is very unpredictable (in a good way). Ibought three instantly, and now I am waiting for the new model to arrive..."

Crowphonics CRO-1 Circuit Bent Modular Synth

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"Auction includes:
CRO-1 unit
7 Alligator Clips
12v Adapter
Manual

For more information visit the Crowphonics website"




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Crowphonics Modular CRO-1 Synth

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"modular, three square wave VCO, sound and noise making device with frequency modulation (of 2 VCOs), sync type control, attack/release envelope, three vca (one per VCO), 1 square wave LFO and power starve (reducing the power supplied to the 4 oscillator chip for strange dying batteries sounds). It's four intermodulating square waves give a range of sounds from noise to evolving drone sounds to percussive zaps and beeps and more. The patching of modular components is done by bolts emerging from the top of the box in a circuit bent type of style. The patch cords need to be crocodile clips therefore (seven crocodile clips included with the item) . These allow you to patch several sources to a target or vice versa.

This synth is not geared towards playing tunes and will not give the correctly calibrated pitch response to do so. There is no midi, but CV control can be acheived by the bolt to croc interface on the box. For multiple connections leads with crocodile clip to 1/4'' jack or whatever type would be required

This is the first in what is to be a range of modular boxes . Being based on oscillators, the primary sound making device in just about all synths, it is a logical starting point. CRO-2 will appear later this year and feature further synthesis capabilities and be fully connectable with this synth. .To hear examples of how this device sounds and for more info go to:-

http://www.crowphonics.com/Sound_Clips.html

There is also a product guide on the website with a description of the functions of the various bolts and controls etc.

The unit runs on just a 12 volt power supply which is included."

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Crowphonics: Cro 1

YouTube via thedeepelement

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Simply, it is another squarewave noisebox, or so I thought. It features 4 oscillators, some for audio, some LFO for controlling various parameters such as pitch and Attack/Release but the feature that gets me is the Power Starve. This knob emulates a dying battery by limiting the power going into the box making all the functions change personalities. It creates wonderful subtle noises in the background I've never heard before anywhere else. Yes, its made of wood and its 97 British Pounds which equals about 150 bucks. That's a deal considering you can have this process external audio."