O&C v1.3 simultaneously controlling 1.2V/octave Buchla and 1V/octave eurorack oscillators

Published on May 17, 2017 Tim Churches

"Just a quick demo made by an anonymous tester of a eurorack Ornament & Crime module running the new v1.3-beta firmware, simultaneously sending pitch CVs to a 1.2V/octave Buchla Music Easel and various 1V/octave eurorack modules, and they are all (more or less) playing in tune. Further demos of these capabilities will follow. See http://ornament-and-cri.me for more details."

REAQNUNAITM - Ornament & Crime First Test

Published on May 16, 2017 Genshi Media Group

"A Eurorack Modular Performance featuring the Ornament & Crime module. Also featuring modules by Make Noise, Mutable Instruments, Erica Synths, 4MS, Intellijel, Sputnik Modular and Xaoc Devices. From a forthcoming album and cassette release on ZERO:GENSHI Records."

Kit Review # 4 - Ornament and Crime

Published on May 12, 2017 Synth Diy Guy

"Just in time for my birthday, May 13th :) Check out this awesome kit from Synthcube, The o_C is an amazing polymorphic modulation source!

Link to buy: http://synthcube.com/cart/mxmxmx-orna...

My PATREON! (it's my birthday today :))
https://www.patreon.com/quincas


Video and Music by Max Res (Low Freq) - The artist formerly known as Quincas :)"

VCO auto-tune capability being added to Ornament & Crime (still a work-in-progress)

Published on May 6, 2017 Tim Churches

Tim Churches is one of the three people behind Ornament & Crime. mxmxmx aka Max (Superbooth interview here w/ DivKid), and Patrick Dowling I believe are the other two. It was first introduced on the site on February 27, 2016 under the Digital ASR moniker.

Update:

Proof-of-concept tap-tempo in Quadraturia app in O&C

Published on May 7, 2017 Tim Churches

"Still more work to do, but tap-tempo basically works in Quadraturia. Also added frequency multipliers as well as frequency dividers for channels B, C and D with respect to the master frequency of channel A. The frequency multiplication and division works with tap tempo as well. In this video, the frequency multiplier set to 8 initially, so there are 8 LFO cycles between each tap input. In the second half, the multiplication fact is adjusted. Anyway, the point is that it is adaptively adjusting the frequency to match the rhythm of taps (generated by a Mutable Grids)."

DUAL ORNAMENT & CRIME improvised minimal madness. (Buchla/Make Noise/Ornament and Crime)

Published on Apr 28, 2017 musicalfungus

"Dual Ornament and Crime modules running Piqued and Quadraturia. O&C triggering various Make Noise modules and the Buchla Music Easel. The Easel is synced to the clock of the Make Noise Wogglebug."

Ornaments and Crime Chaotic Pentatonic

Published on May 3, 2017 Quincas Moreira

"Fun patch to learn the ASR mode in o_C."

Rainy Day Modular #3 - Zvex Lo-Fi Junky, Temps Utile, Moog Mother 32

Published on May 1, 2017 ann

"Rain came back for some afternoon noise making. One take, no overdubs. JHS Alpine, Boss ME-50, Strymon Blue Sky, and the Delta Labs Effectron providing copious amounts of Delay and Reverb."

Modular Field Trip Ep. 2 - River Atmospheres with Zvex Lo-Fi Junky, Temps Utile, Minilogue,

Published on Apr 26, 2017 ann annie

"Today’s patch takes place with a very cold 6am morning field trip to Smith Rock State Park. Patch Secrets Below.
Check out Instagram! @analoganne - it's pretty rad.

The whispers of this Patch:

- Power was graciously provided using a portable Car Jump Starter with a 12v output port. Audio Recorded using a Scarlett 2i2 No DI boxes this time. Natural Audio Captured by Camera Mic.

Pad Sound (Key Hold on the Minilogue):

Korg Minilogue Sequenced with Temps Utile (Ch. B) at 7680BPM (x64) playing a one step sequence. I placed three different chords in three different patch memories right next to each other allowing me to switch between chords while still retaining the key hold.
The Minilogues output is being set to Zvex Lo-Fi Junky, then into the JHS Alpine Reverb.

Other weird noises:
MOOG MOTHER 32 //
Assign (random) attenuated and sent to onboard LFO rate
Triangle LFO — : Rings Structure
VCA —: Rings Input
Clocked by Temps Utile (Ch. C)

INTELLIJEL DIXIE II //
Intellijel Dixie set in LFO mode modulating Temps Ch. C Divide/Mult
Dixie’s Sine wave output sent to modulate ring’s brightness

TEMPS UTILE:
Sending clock to Moog Mother 32 and Korg Minilogue
Sending random voltages to the Mother 32's Reset.

EFFECTS:
Ocean Verb - Mother 32/Rings Shimmer Reverb
Zvex Lo-Fi Junky - Minilogue
JHS Alpine Reverb - Minilogue
MXR Carbon Copy - Mother 32/Ring’s Delay"

Ep. 1. here.

Superbooth 2017 - Ornament & Crime

Published on Apr 25, 2017 DivKidVideo

"Max one part of the trio behind the open source Ornament & Crime module gave us some history of the module and a quick introduction to the new chord sequencer."

Temps Utile - Module Overview

Published on Mar 29, 2017 brassmonkey

"An overview video of some of the features of the Temps Utile DIY eurorack module.

For more details on the Temps Utile or Ornament & Crime modules check out the following websites

Temps Utile - https://github.com/mxmxmx/temps_utile...

Ornament & Crime - http://ornament-and-cri.me/"

via https://github.com/mxmxmx/temps_utile-/wiki/Temps-Utile

"... a fairly simple breakout board for teensy 3.1/3.2, focused on clock sequencing

(the name may suggest as much ... it was stolen from M. Louis Lapicque (see: idem, 1907: Sur l'excitation par décharge de condensateurs; détermination directe de la durée et de la quantité utiles. Comptes Rendus Soc. Biol. (Paris) 62, 701-704).

hardware basics, in brief:

teensy 3.1/3.2 @ 120MHz, w/ 128x64 OLED
trigger-to-output latency < 100us. 2 clock inputs (> 100k input impedance; threshold ~ 2.5V)
4 CV inputs (100k input impedance, -/+ 5V, assignable to (almost) any parameter)
6 clock outputs (5 digital, 1 DAC (12 bit): 10V (GPIO), -/+ 6V (DAC))
two encoders w/ switches; 2 tactile buttons.
14HP, ~ 25 mm Depth
firmware:

6 modes, selectable per channel:

trigger sequencer/sequence editor
clock division/multiplication
LFSR
random w/ threshold
euclidian
logic (AND, OR, XOR, NAND, NOR, XNOR)
DAC (channel #4 only): random, binary, "Turing", logistic, sequencer/arpeggiator"

Limbus

Published on Nov 21, 2016 Dimitrios Sismanis

"Voices:

Intro voice: Spectrum 1 into Optomix and then Rainmaker. Sequenced by two channels from Temps Utile, one modulated by Octocontroller, both into Plog. Pitch from Wogglebug quantized by ADDAC 207.

Bass: Spectrum 2 into Polaris and Veils. Sequenced by Rene clocked by Knit Rider. Envelope from Dual ADSR.

Clicks, pops, drones: Piston Honda into MMG and then DLD followed by Clouds , sequenced by Turing Machine, quantizing by ADDAC207, modulated by ADDAC501 into WMD SSM.

Kick: Basimilus Iteritas Alter sequenced by Knit Rider.

Snare: Grandpa into Chronoblob, sequenced by Knit Rider, modulated by Bastl CV Trinity.

Hats: Noise from Turing Machine into Polivoks VCF, modulated by Octocontroler.

Clocks from Temps Utile and Pamela's Workout. Modulation by Octocontroller, Wogglebug, ADDAC 501 int"

Patch Notes #23 - Quad Turing Machine Mode in Ornament & Crime

Published on Oct 14, 2016 Voltage Control Lab

"Testing the deeper functions in Quantermain mode in Ornament & Crime, the quad turing machine mode to be precise! This is an extremely useful and exciting module.

A clock coming from Make Noise Tempi, which is sequencing the 0-Coast. The 0-Coast is routed to the Mutable Instruments Warps for some delay through the Parasites alt firmware, and on to the Malekko Mix4.

Tempi is also clocking the Malekko Varigate 4. One channel is triggering the Slope section in the 0-Coast, which is not modulating the 0-Coast, but rather shaping the kick drum routing inside the Roland Scooper which is also routed on to the Mix4.

Another channel on the Varigate is routed to trigger the Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas. All 4 channels on the Ornament & Crime are modulating functions on the BI: pitch, decay, morph and fold. All 4 channels are triggered by Tempi at the TR1 input.

Make Noise René is also receiving clock from Tempi, sending it's QCV out to the DPO, and Xgate out to the Malekko ADLFO. The DPO final out is sent to the Optomix, and then out from the mix output to the Mix4. One channel on the ADLFO is routed to the Optomix channel to open LPG, another is controlling FM depth between the oscillators on the DPO.

The Roland System 1m is played live via the Qunexus keyboard, routed out through the Aux input on the Optomix.

https://www.voltagecontrollab.com/"

Try

Published on Sep 7, 2016 Dimitrios Sismanis

"Another improv with patch similar to previous patch. Zularic and Numeric Repetitors into Confundo Funkitus driving the patch.

Kick: Basimilus Iteritas
Snare: Ataraxic Translatron into Streams
Hats: Erica Pico VCO into WMD/SSF MMF, with envelopes from Quadra
Bass: Sinc Iter
Braids into Clouds, sequenced by Bastl Popcorn clocked by Confundo Funkitus.
2 Dixies into Streams and then Chronoblob, controlled by Sputnik Touch Keyboard clocked by Temps Utile.
2 Grandpas for samples, first into Chronoblob and then Clouds, second into Polaris and then Clouds #2.

Modulation by Bastl CV Trinity and SSF URA."

Patch Notes #1 - Euclidean Rhythms with Ornament & Crime

Published on Jun 30, 2016 Voltage Control Lab

"Our first patch example using an expanded version of the routing used in our previous tutorial exploring Euclidean Rhythms and envelopes in the Ornament & Crime eurorack module.

All 4 Euclidean Rhythm generators in Ornament & Crime are clocked by the Make Noise Tempi, which is also clocking the Wogglebug and the René X and Y clock inputs (at different rates). René is in snake mode, modulating the X CV in with the Wogglebug S&H output, Y CV by the slowly cycling Malekko ADLFO. Four channels from MN Pressure Points/Analog Memory routed to the Ornament & Crime channels modulating Euclidean Fill values on each respective channel.

The 4 channels of Euclidean Rhythms are routed to: Mutable Instruments Braids in Meta mode modulated by René; the Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas in a skin/bass mode playing a short, noisy snare; the Roland Scooper which has a noise-based hihat sound whose length is being modulated by another slow ADLFO cycle; the Malekko Envelator which is triggering/modulating a resonant filter Kick in the Malekko Dual Borg. All mixed through a Malekko Mix 4 and then patched through Mutable Warps running Parasites in ping-pong delay mode.

Rhythm control is almost entirely controlled by the 4 channels of Pressure Points, changing the number of filled steps in the generated rhythms from off up to 32 steps.

https://www.voltagecontrollab.com/"

New Ornaments & Crimes Polymorphic CV Generator Euorack Module

Uploaded on Apr 23, 2016 Tim Churches

"This video provides a very brief overview of version 1.0.0 of the Ornaments & Crimes firmware for the ornament & Crime DIY eurorack synthesier module by Max Stadler (mxmxmx). This enhanced firmware has been a collaborative effort by Patrick Dowling (pld) (who did a great deal of the work, and all the heavy lifting), Max Stadler (mxmxmx) (who designed the module and wrote all of the original firmware) and Tim Churches (bennelong.bicyclist)."

via GitHub:

"ornaments & crimes is a collaborative project by Patrick Dowling (aka pld), mxmxmx and Tim Churches (aka bennelong.bicyclist) (though mostly by pld and bennelong.bicyclist). it (considerably) extends the original firmware for the o_C / ASR eurorack module, designed by mxmxmx."

And additional details via mxmxmx:

"it can now be found here. and it runs on the (almost) eponymous module.

huge props go to pld and bennelong.bicyclist who've basically rewritten the firmware from scratch and mutated the thing beyond recognition, both in terms of functionality and performance.

everything is, of course, open source and we've even made a little schematic for you (NB: post-hoc). speaking of: special thanks must also to the ever-generous olivier gillet, on whose code much of this new functionality builds. (and the hardware, too, gradually gravitated towards being fairly MI-esque). not so much the user interface, which does everything the one-knob-per-function doctrine interdicts: displays, menus, encoders ... the payoff is that you get a polymorphic module that can serve several functions somewhat more transparently:

there is still a improved and enhanced quantising ASR (analogue shift register) function in ornaments & crimes, now named CopierMaschine, but several other "apps" have been added. these "apps" are selectable on-the-fly, without having to reboot the module or power-cycle.

The apps currently available in ornaments & crimes are:

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Automatonnetz: an "app" for the Ornament & Crime DIY eurorack synthesiser modulo

Published on Feb 27, 2016 Tim Churches

"A brief and not at all musical demonstration of the display for the Automatonnetz 'app' for the Ornament & Crime DIY eurorack synthesiser module. The Automatonnetz, coded up by Patrick Dowling, combines the neo-Riemannian triad chord transformations of the Harrington 1200 app, which also runs on the Ornament & Crime module, and which was inspired by the Noise Engineering Tonnetz Sequent module, with the 'Exfilnator' vector sequencer idea expressed by fcd72 (Frank) of d:Machinery. See https://github.com/patrickdowling/O_C... for more details."

"digital/quantizing shift register (ASR)

"analog" shift register (ASR) built around TI DAC8564/5 and teensy 3.x (cortex M4)

i/o:

4x CV outputs (16 bit), 'in-the-loop' compensated.
4x CV inputs (+/-5V, 12bit) :: sample input / offset (in octaves) / ASR index / active-notes-per-scale
4x digital inputs (trigger, hold, oct up, oct down)
output range: -3v – +6v
128x64 oled display
reprogrammable
85mA (@120MHz)
https://github.com/mxmxmx/O_C

85 mA +12V
? mA -12V
? mA 5V
25 mm Depth
Module is available as a DIY project only."

Created a new digital asr label for these.