Krisp1 5U Oakley MOTM Modular Synthesizer

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"5U Oakley/MOTM Portable System. Consists of:

1 x Oakley VCO
2 x Oakley Slim VCO B's
1 X Oakley Multimix
1 X Fritz 5Pulser
1 X Oakley Journeyman
1 X MOTM 440
1 X Oakley EFG
1 x Oakley Noise/Filter
1 X Oakley Sample and Hold
1 X Oakley VC-LFO
1 X Oakley VRG
2 X Oakley Looping ADSR/VCA's
1 X Oakley Quad VCA
1 X Custom MOTM 900 power supply panel with mulitples built by Todd Fletcher
1 X SKB Pop up mixer case
35 patch cables

All Oakley modules were built by Krisp1.

This is an extremely flexible synthesizer for such a compact system. Can have up to 4 VCO's (the VC LFO tracks 1 v/oct), up to 6 LFO's (Slim VCO's go to LFO range, VGR and Looping ADSR's can function as LFO's), 6 VCA's, and 4 filters (Noise/Filter module has independent high and low pass filters)."

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The Search For Captain Sausage

The Search For Captain Sausage from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"The last overdub on the piece recorded and "filmed" live in the studio. modules in use include the DDVCO from SSL, Sea Devils filter from STG, ring mod from Krisp1. The DDVO is getting some FM action from the DotCom oscillator. The whole patch is fed to the El Capistan tape echo pedal. Some secret devices are off camera."

via Rod Mitchell on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

I Was Made For Loving Goo, Baby

Published on Dec 22, 2012 by Christopher Winkels

"A little bit of everything here:
- VCOs are Krisp1/Oakley and SSL Double Dekas.
- Some Super Sawtor action on the Krisp1/Oakley.
- STG Soundlabs provides Sea Devils filter action.
- Dotcom Noise sources and SSL Quad LFOs provide pseudo-random waveforms into the Dotcom sample & hold and Dotcom Quantizer.
- Echo and distortion effects courtesy of the Analog Craftsman's Delay and Gristleizer modules.
- STG's Active Attenuator is a constant voltage source.
- Waveform imaging by the SSL Jones O'Tool.

Plus a smidgen of reverb courtesy of some oh-so-craptacular Alesis mixer."

via Christopher Winkels on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

2012 Apocalypse Not!

2012 Apocalypse Not! from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"This is a soundtrack for the Mayan inspired 2012 non-event on December 21st. It features EMW-200, DotCom, SSL (DDVCO! Thank you Mrs. Shadow and Merry Christmas), STG, Krisp1 devices. It also makes use of an Eico sine wave generator with various effects including some pedals on the floor. It is a live improvisation captured from two angles.

The final film was created from my raw footage by filmmaker Jeff Gustafson using stock footage from atomic bomb films of the 50s. His was the genius idea to run the bombs backwards, thus underlining the NOT part of the title.

See you all in 2013!
https://twitter.com/AtomicShadow www.atomicshadow.com"

Atomic Shadow - The World Of Tomorrow

The World Of Tomorrow from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"This piece features EMW-200, DotCom, STG, Krisp 1 modules along with sine wave oscillators, Moog ring mod, and various effects. Michael Dodds assembled this film from footage that was shot while recording the piece on 11/23/12. I think he captured the spirit of the piece beautifully.

At the very end of the piece you get a very brief glimpse of the new look for Atomic Shadow. Very brief."

http://www.atomicshadow.com
http://atomicshadow.bandcamp.com

Goodbye Mr. Lab Coat

Goodbye Mr. Lab Coat from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"This will be the last of the man in the white lab coat. The whole thing is starting to feel a little played out. I do plan to continue making music in some way. Thank you for all of the nice feedback on the Atomic Shadow FB page."

Gear: "EMW-200, Eico sine wave generator into Moog ring mod, El Capistan echo and Kaoss Quad, STG Soundlabs Sea Devil filter and Krisp1 ring mod."

Atomic Shadow - Drums Against The Machine

Atomic Shadow - Drums Against The Machine from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"I set up a self playing S/H patch on the EMW-200 and ran the result through the STG Sea Devil and Krisp1 ring mod. All of the raw sound is coming from the EMW-200, the Krisp1 mini LFO was controlling the filter. Part of the signal made it through the Strymon El Capistan echo pedal. The improvised drums were then performed live with the patch on the V-Drums. The film was then finished by Micky Dodds who also made the film for February-Moon Of Ice from the Twelve Full Moons album."

MATRIXSYNTH T-Shirt and MATRIXSYNTH card. Thank you Atomic Shadow!
Added to the MATRIXSYNTH Swag & Hall of Fame.

Atomic Shadow - Drums Against The Machine with EMW-200, STG & Krisp1

"I took a couple of patch adapters and cross patched the EMW-200 with the MU modules in the Command Center rack. An EMW sample hold pattern is being fed to the STG Sea Devils filter, the filter is being modulated by the Krisp1 LFO. Another EMW oscillator is being ring modulated by the S/H pattern with the Krisp1 Ring Modulator module. I played some improvised drums over the top of it with the V-Drums. Inevitable video to follow." via Atomic Shadow, via Rod Mitchell on Facebook

Krisp1 Ring Mod Demo by Atomic Shadow

Ring Mod Demo from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

www.atomicshadow.com
An improvisation featuring the MU ring Modulator from Krisp1, two Hewlett Packard series 200 sine wave generators and the El Capistan tape echo pedal from Strymon.

This ring mod was based on the Arp2500/2600 design. According to the Krisp1 website- "Each input has its own differing non-linearities or imperfections. This greatly adds to the character of the resultant output."

I think that is correct. Turning up the input levels create interesting changes in the timbre of the output. This is a ring modulator with a ton of personality.

Find out more at their website...
http://www.krisp1.com/store/

Additional details on Atomic Shadow here.

Krisp1 MOV03587

YouTube Published on Jul 19, 2012 by krisp14u

http://www.krisp1.com/

Krisp1 Oakley VCO - MOTM Format

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"Oakley Sound Systems VCO. This module was built by Krisp1. Issue 5. Module is in mint condition (I used washers to mount it, so no rack rash)."

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MMTA SUMMER SYNTHFEST 2012 - John L Rice

YouTube Uploaded by matrixsynth on Jun 4, 2012 Update: updated the gear featured:

Just a brief flyover of John L Rice's monster modular system. The 5U system features Modcan, Moon Modular (aka The Lunar Experience), STG, Synthesizers.com, COTK, a Cynthia Zeroscillator, Synthesis Technology aka MOTM, Happy Nerding – Super Sawtor, Oakley/Krisp1 – Croglin VCF, and MegaOhm - CdS VCF/A. You can also see a Sequentix Cirklon and a Novation Supernova racked. The video also features his eurorack system including Modcan – Touch Sequencer, Synth Tech – (all available!) 340, 350, 560, 580, Malekko/Wiard – NoiseRing, Circuit Abbey – Unify, TipTop – frames, uZeus, drum modules etc.

Remember to see the MMTA SYNTHFEST 2012 label for more.

http://www.mostlymodular.com/

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Oakley Krisp1 EFG Deluxe Ready to Ship

via krisp1 via krisp1 on Facebook
"first few in stock ready to ship"
"An envelope follower takes an audio input and converts it into a control voltage. This control voltage will rise and fall with the overall volume of the input signal. The louder the input, the bigger the output of envelope follower. The Oakley EFG has a fully variable speed CV output thanks to its internal four stage slew generator. Set to fast the CV output will respond very quickly to incoming audio and is therefore suitable for tracking fast moving cymbal and hi-hat patterns. Set it more slowly and it is more useful in processing overall audio volume. By using the CV output to control VCAs and VCFs it is very easy to create synchronised patterns that keep in perfect time with a drum machine or other musical input.

Another feature of the Oakley EFG, is the provision of a gate extractor. This part analyses the peaks in the music and creates a gate type signal in time with these peaks. This can be used to trigger envelope generators in time with an external drum loop or click track. Two rotary controls, threshold and response, enable you to get clean gate signals from all sorts of input material.

The Oakley EFG now comes with a wide range three stage input pre-amplifier. This allows guitars and other unbalanced external instruments to be processed simply. You can use this output for driving other modules.

This is the Deluxe version of the module utilises a built in Little-Lag module

The EFG,has three LEDs. One showing input overload, one for gate status, and one for a visual indication of the slewed CV output.
Current draw is around +50mA and -40mA.

Supplied with 18" power cord"

la grigia

flickr By zwame

Oakley SVCO-B Demo

YouTube Uploaded by mithrascruor on Feb 5, 2012

"A brief demonstration of the Oakley Slim VCO-B, offered in MU/Dotcom format by Krisp1. All of the features (except Sync) are demonstrated.

No audio processing of any kind - all you're hearing is the raw output of this one VCO!"

Oakley Croglin VCF Test

YouTube Uploaded by JohnLRice on Feb 20, 2012

"Quick demo of the kind of excellent sounds you can get with an Oakley Croglin voltage controlled filter. For more info check out http://www.oakleysound.com/croglin.htm , http://www.krisp1.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&... and also http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=24"

BLUE ZTVCO DRY DEMO & Surrounding Controversy

YouTube Uploaded by bluelantern320 on Jan 3, 2012

Update 10/4/2013: I heard from Ian Fritz and the controversy is over. Blue Lantern no longer offers the ZTVCO. That said, BL posts will resume.

This one, which seems to be a reoccurring theme with Blue Lantern, comes with a good dose of controversy. You might recall from a few years ago BL got into a bit of heat selling MIDIBox SIDs on eBay. MIDIBox explicitly forbids the commercial resale of MIDIBox SIDs. Blue Lantern stopped and went into producing affordable eurorack based modules and systems.

This latest controversy surrounds the source of design for the new BLUE ZTVCO. You might recall from the comments in this previous post, the design of that prototype module appeared to be a copy of Ian Fritz's Teezer (TZFM Saw VCO debuted Sep'08) design. Ian Fritz's modules are available via The Bride Chamber and Elby Designs.

In short:

1. Is the BLUE ZTVCO based on Ian Fritz's design?
2. If so, to what extent?
3. If so, is it legal?
4. If so, is it fair and does it matter?

The answer to 1 and 2 will not be known until someone gets a hand on the ZTVCO and reverse engineers it. I asked BL if he would be willing to provide the schematics to put the issue to rest and he replied no. He said people can reverse engineer it when it it's available and he is sure someone will. The answer to 3 is quite possibly so. There is currently a good thread on the subject on the electro-music.com forum here. The answer to 4 depends on you. My personal opinion is that it is not fair and it definitely does matter. Whether legal or not, I view it as stealing. These designs do not come out of thin air. They take time and talent and sometimes years to produce. You will see some insight on this in regards to Ian's Teezer design from him directly below. When someone makes their designs available, credit should be given.

The following is a response from Blue Lantern in regards to the claims made against him. The most important thing to read out of his points below is "3. This is not a clone, this vco is a beast in it's own cage."

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Krisp1 MU-SVCO-B

via Krisp1 on Facebook where you'll find more pics.

Note the krisp1.com etching in the side panel shot below.

CGS panels

YouTube Uploaded by krisp14u on Jun 3, 2011

"CGS/Zthee panels"

Oakleysound EFG Envelope Follower

via Sequence 15 where you'll find a review.

"I recently purchased an Oakleysound EFG, pre-assembled from Krisp1 in the UK. (Oakley itself does not sell assembled modules.) This is a combination preamp, envelope follower, and gate generator."