Blippoo Box & Serge TKB

Published on May 1, 2016 Chris David

"First vid of the combo Blippoo Box & Serge TKB.

Blippoo Box is clocking the TKB. TKB sequences the osc's of the Blippoo Box. Audio is processed by the Strymon BigSky."

Blippoo Box & Serge TKB [2]

Published on May 1, 2016

"Second vid of the combo Blippoo Box & Serge TKB.

Blippoo Box is clocking the TKB. TKB sequences the osc's of the Blippoo Box. Audio is processed by the Strymon BigSky."

BLIPPOO BOX LEGACY EURORACK

video upload by biyiblip

"The Blippoo Box enters Eurorack for the first time.

Originally designed by Rob Hordijk, the Blippoo Box is a living instrument of interaction, instability, resonance and discovery.

The Blippoo Box Legacy Eurorack is not an imitation, not a replica and not a copy.

It is the continuation of Rob Hordijk’s official legacy through Biyiblip.

A musical language carried forward with respect, care and deep connection to its origin.

A circuit that reacts.
A sound that keeps changing.
A living form of musical chaos inside your modular system.

Each unit is handmade one by one in Mallorca by Biyiblip.

No mass production.
No generic module.
Just a living instrument with a soul.

Available versions:

🎛 1/4” Jack version
🔌 Banana version
🧩 Eurorack version — first Eurorack edition

🌍 Worldwide shipping available
Now available also through Noisebug."

via Noisebug

"Not just a synthesizer, but an electronic objet d'art with its own distinct character.

Meet the Blippoo Box, an instrument born from a desire to move beyond conventional synthesis. It is, in the words of its creator Rob Hordijk, "bent by design." This philosophy intentionally contradicts the practice of circuit bending—the creative short-circuiting of existing electronics—by instead building an instrument where complex, unpredictable behaviour is a fundamental feature, not a modification.

At its core, the Blippoo Box is an exploration of chaos theory. It is crucial to distinguish the scientific definition of chaos from the common notion of randomness. A random system has no discernible patterns, while a chaotic system is deterministic: its behaviour is governed by fixed, nonlinear rules. However, these systems are so profoundly sensitive to their initial conditions that their long-term behaviour becomes practically unpredictable. This fascinating duality is the engine that drives the Blippoo Box.

This is what is meant by "well-tempered chaos." The instrument is engineered to constantly seek out "balanced states"—what mathematicians call attractors. Within these states, the machine generates patterns that, while never perfectly repeating, have roughly predictable sonic characteristics. These patterns can persist, creating a stable soundscape, before a tiny change in a knob's position pushes the system across a threshold, causing it to "bifurcate" and settle into a new, entirely different balanced state.

This design fundamentally changes the relationship between performer and instrument. It moves away from total control and toward a dynamic of interaction and improvisation. To play the Blippoo Box is to enter into a dialogue with a system that has its own agency and tendencies. The performer learns to guide, influence, and react to the instrument's chaotic nature rather than dictating its every move.

Plug in, experiment, and let it take your performances to the next level."

Meet the BLIPPOO BOX LEGACY

video uploads by biyiblip

Playlist:

1. 🎶 Unboxing the NEW Blippoo Box Legacy – A Tribute to Rob Hordijk.
2. 🌀 Biyiblip - The NEW Blippoo Box Legacy – Chaos, Sound & Rob Hordijk’s Legacy
3. 🎶 Blippoo Box Legacy – 5 Patches That Celebrate Rob Hordijk’s Vision.
4. 🔊 Blippoo Box Legacy + Radio – Experimental Filter Chaos.

"The first look is always the most exciting. In this video, I unbox the Blippoo Box Legacy – a handmade reissued, designed by Rob Hordijk and now continued by Biyiblip. Every detail is part of his living legacy.

DOWNLOAD THE BLIPPOO BOX LEGACY USER MANUAL HERE :👇

https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

For prices and availability... 👇

Write to: biyiblip@gmail.com"

Benjolin meets Blippoo Box: Love Noises 1 and 2

Benjolin meets Blippoo Box: Love Noises 1 and 2 from richard scott on Vimeo.

"Two rather exploratory improvisations using a single patch and similar settings. The second one starts pretty much where the first one leaves off but goes into noisier and perhaps more interesting places. These machines are alive.

related news: I also have an album of Blippoo Box Solos on VICMOD records available here:

http://vicmodrichardscott.bandcamp.com/album/gurgle-sputter-rungle-blippoo-box-solos"

Update:

"VICMOD Records, the home of Avant Electronics, are now offering free downloads in any digital format your playback needs require.

They of course appreciate any donations you are able to contribute so VICMOD and the artists are able to continue to bring you the worlds finest analog electronic abstractions.

You will here experimental sounds emanating from modular synths like the Buchla, Serge and Euro modulars, Blippoo Boxes and much more

www.vicmod.net"

BLIPPOO BOX LEGACY EURORACK - PROCESING RADIO INPUT

video upload by biyiblip

"The Blippoo Box Legacy processes external audio
through its Twin Peak Filter.

In this patch,
a radio signal is sent into the audio input
and transformed by the resonant filter section.

Originally designed by Rob Hordijk, the Blippoo Box is a living instrument of interaction, instability, resonance and discovery.

The Blippoo Box Legacy Eurorack is not an imitation, not a replica and not a copy.

It is the continuation of Rob Hordijk’s official legacy through Biyiblip.

A musical language carried forward with respect, care and deep connection to its origin.

A circuit that reacts.
A sound that keeps changing.
A living form of musical chaos inside your modular system.

Each unit is handmade one by one in Mallorca by Biyiblip.

No mass production.
No generic module.
Just a living instrument with a soul."

A Recipe For Chaotic Beauty | Modular Classroom | Episode 04

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"This series is a bit more advanced than usual, but this does not mean 'difficult', it means 'low level'. I will revisit Rob Hordijk's Benjolin and Blippoo Box again, not to recreate them, but to understand its components a bit more so they can be used elsewhere. We'll build a Twin Peak filter with Blades and Blinds (or any duo filter with a polarizer), a Comparator with Maths - which can make amazing new sounds using any two VCO's, I'll revisit the Rungler with Marbles and finally I've been looking for ways to detect equality between two voltages so we can generate a trigger or gate. I am not aware of any comparator that has an '=' output, but I figured out a way to approximate it with Maths.

I've been using ChatGPT as a research tool and it came up with the Twin Peak recipe after scrutinizing documentation on the web. But it also claimed that using Maths for equality detection would not work, because EOC is documented to be 'end of full cycle'. We already figured out in Episode 01 of this series, that EOC is always ON, and off when a RISE is in progress. This is needed to do quadrature functions, bla bla bla, but the point is that AI can be misinformed. Regardless, AI has reached a point where you can actually discuss patches and ChatGPT knows a LOT of modules, options, techniques and alternatives. So how do I know so much? I don't. It's co-creation.

Even though this episode features a lot of chaos, I tried to find the cool textures that make the Blippoo Box so entertaining, and figure out why the Benjolin is so untameable (may I say annoying?)

00:00 Introduction
00:51 Blippoo Box emulation for the Meng-Qi Wingie 2
05:02 Patching a Twin Peak filter with Blades and Blinds
08:03 Patching a Comparator with Maths
12:34 Patching a Rungler with Marbles and any VCO
14:43 Blippoo Box S&H and equality detection with Maths
18:45 Final Thoughs and a dual Benjolin / Marbles (multi-track) Jam."

BLIPPOO BOX LEGACY - DRONE SELF-PATCH

video upload by biyiblip

"The Blippoo Box Legacy creates
deep drone textures
with a simple self-patch.

The instrument is patched back into itself,
allowing the sound to react, evolve
and slowly transform from within.

Originally designed by Rob Hordijk, the Blippoo Box is a living instrument of interaction, instability, resonance and discovery.

The Blippoo Box Legacy Eurorack is not an imitation, not a replica and not a copy.

It is the continuation of Rob Hordijk’s official legacy through Biyiblip.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Banana Blippoo Box and Serge Modular vid #42 - #45

Published on Dec 29, 2012 Phisynth·56 videos

"Another batch of experiments using this fantastic little box from Mr Hordijk together with the Serge"

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BlipStep

Published on Apr 28, 2013 d4nnyp·20 videos

"Messing about with my new Blippoo Box and Little Deformer.
This is Blippoo Box Tri out clocking a Gotharman little deformer, a very simple kik snr hat pattern was set up in the LD sequencer. Sample pitch is modulated by Blippoo rungler and S&H outputs.
Reverb is from LD

Blippoo Box is made by Rob Hordijk
Little Deformer is made my Gotharman http://www.gotharman.dk"

Blippoo Box Solo Concert (1) - Slow Movements Excerpt

YouTube via hansteg. See the Blippoo label below for more.
"Hans Tammen - Hordijk Blippoo Box"

Blippoo Box Solo Concert (2) - Fast Movements Excerpt

Rungling in the Continuous and Discrete

video upload by La Synthèse Humaine

"New Uses for Old Circuits is a series looking at linear and nonlinear processes in the modular system.

RIP Rob Hordijk

0:00 Rob Hordijk
2:56 A Culinary Aside
5:59 The Blippoo Box
6:46 The Rungler
9:44 Sounds of the Blippoo Box
13:31 Building an Analog Shift Register
17:54 Making it Rungle
21:28 The Circular Transformation of Continuous into Discrete and Back Again
23:02 Comparators, PWM, and Approximating the Blippoo Box Sound
24:40 Twin Peak Resonator and Subtracting Filters
26:48 Blippoo Box Extensions
29:49 ...
30:57 A Conclusion

Check out my Patreon here: / lasynthesehumaine"

RIP Rob Hordijk - Creator of the Blippoo Box, Benjolin, and Hordijk Modular Systems

video uploads by Pedro Trotz

"Rob Hordijk explains his modular designs at the European Electro Music Event 2012 that took place at Mallorca - Spain."

Sad news in via an anonymous reader today, who spotted the following from Pedro Trotz on Mod Wiggler. Those of you that have been following the site should be familiar with Rob Hordijk's work through numerous posts on the site. Two of his most famous creations were the Benjolin and Blippoo Box.

"I am deeply saddened to announce that my friend and mentor, Robert Ernst Hordjik, passed away earlier today. He was an important part of my life and I am sure also of many others here. He will be greatly missed.

I first met him in the Chateau Sonore event he organized in Belgium, in July 2007. There, lots of similar souls shared our passion for electronic music and electronic instruments. There was a lot of G2 and modular talk, but also performances, instrument demos, concerts, rehearsals... That's when I first heard of the Blippoo, one of his first creations that made him famous.

A few years later he started his work on the modular system that has his name. I felt so grateful for his initiative in Belgium that I couldn't help but planning a follow-up, this time in Mallorca. This time, our meeting had a lot less participants but it was an even better opportunity to make friendships that will last for a lifetime. I believe that in this meeting, in a trip we made to the north coast of the island, between the mountains of the Serra de Tramontana and the Mediterranean Sea, is when Rob decided that he wanted to retire to Mallorca. I can't blame him. It was the middle of January and we were having a pic-nic on the side of a curvy road facing the sea and enjoying what we natives call "the little summer" which is something that happens from time to time in mid-winter when the sea suddenly calms and temperatures rise up to 20 degrees Celsius.

We had a Benjolin workshop, we talked a lot about his design philosophy, and I was happy to record the first series of videos about his modular System. The ones you can find in my Youtube channel. After that series of videos I asked him to build a modular for me and soon enough he came back to Mallorca to deliver it in person.

During this visits I introduced him to Biyi and they automatically made a great connection. Biyi went a few times to The Hague to assist him in the building of Blippoos and modular systems. He even built his own under Rob's supervision. We all three had the idea to start a company in Mallorca where Rob would make the designs, Biyi build the stuff and I would take care of the business side of things. It was all set-up. As soon as his obligations in the Netherlands were fulfilled he would come to Mallorca. The moment arrived but almost at the same time his illness and COVID made things extra difficult.

In one of our talks he said to me that the Benjolin, the Blippoo and the Modular System were his dearest creations and that he was honored to have made so many people happy with them. Let's honor his memory by using them and making the most beautiful sound imaginable.

Farewell, my friend. I love you." - trotz

The following is from the Synth DIY wiki page on Hordijk.

Born in 1958, self described "synthesizer designer and builder,[3]" Rob Hordijk began learning electronics from around age 12 after developing a fascination with the glowing tubes in stereo amplifiers.[1][4] When he was 14 his father who had noticed young Rob's interest gave him a subscription to an electronics course, which lead to an examination for a ham radio license.

Trained as a designer and not a musician, Rob came from an arts background, studying as a sculptor and jeweler in the 1970s. He approached electronic music in a similar spirit to abstract painting, inspired by the ambient works of Brian Eno, and Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori instruments; where attempts were made to blur the boundaries between music and art:[1]

"In those days I was quite interested in the idea of sound as a material to be sculpted, in the same way you can sculpt wood and metal. [...] You can make mechanical objects that make all sorts of sounds, or you can make electronic objects that make all sorts of sounds. but what I like about the electronic objects is that you don't see what makes the sound. [...] It opens the way to sort of make it a bit mysterious."[1]

In the early 1980s as various integrated circuits, micro-controllers, and processors became available to hobbyists, Rob began buying things such as the early Curtis chips and RCA 1802 based SuperElf processor board out of curiosity more than professional ambition.[1][5] Later switching to an Apple ][+ and the Mountain Hardware Music System, for which he developed a Forth language version that could do all sorts of stuff with the Mountain cards, like KarplusStrong-type plucked string sounds and pitch shifting.[5] His first introduction to a DSP was to the DMX1000 around 1984. In 1986 he switched to Atari ST and an Akai S900.[5] These days he is a Clavia Nord Modular G2 aficionado.[5]

"I am not really a gear freak. But I do believe in mastering synthesis techniques, in making synthesis a second nature, so to be able to fully concentrate on the creative processes."[5]

After finishing art school, Rob also completed 11 years of study in Information Technology, learning about design methods and inventory control.[1] As well as his own instruments Rob worked on the Nord Modular G2 including contributing many patches to the Nord Modular online community, and wrote a comprehensive unofficial manual of the instrument. He has produced music for environments, buildings, film, and dance performances, but is yet to produce an official release on a label.[5] As of 2022 Rob has announced his retirement and will no longer be taking orders.[6]

Design Philosophy
Rob's personal definition of a modular synthesizer is more to do with modulation than modularity; referring to functional modules as 'sections'. Everything is supposed to be able to modulate or effect everything else. All levels within the system are optomised for comparability with one another.[1]

See https://sdiy.info/wiki/Rob_Hordijk_Design for more.

Update via brian comnes: Hordijk info on synthesis: https://rhordijk.home.xs4all.nl/G2Pages/ - quite in depth.

When Forbidden Planet And Chaos Theory Meet - The Blippoo Box

video upload by HAINBACH

""Forbidden Planet in a box" - the Blippoo Box by the late Rob Hordijk is a wonderfully out there electronic instrument. Based on chaos theory and a love for vintage Sci-Fi it creates organic and liquid tones that keep inspiring even after a long time. Originally made in small batches and sold for about 650EUR, it became very desired among hardcore synthesizer freaks and experimental musicians. This drove prices up to the thousands even during Rob's lifetime, and even higher after. I never thought I would own one, but a lucky trade happened. In this video I tell the tale of the Third Monk (as written by Uncle Meatball), demo the Blippoo's sound and features, as well as showing modern alternatives.
Sources listed below.

Music, Soundpack and thanks: https://www.patreon.com/hainbach"

SOURCES:
https://sdiy.info/wiki/Rob_Hordijk_De...
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/363697/pdf
https://modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopi...
https://community.vcvrack.com/t/blipp...

New Blippoo Box Demos by Cray

Published on Apr 24, 2016 Cray

Blippoo 2


Blippoo 4

ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING experiments with tools of chaos

ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING experiments with tools of chaos - STEREO FIELD - BLIPPOO BOX - DOUBLE KNOT

Published on May 16, 2017 thenoiztemple

"ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING - experiments with tools of chaos - Landscape STEREO FIELD - Rob Hordijk BLIPPOO BOX - Lorre-Mill DOUBLE KNOT and an Eventide SPACE reverb - for more noiz: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/as...

an adventure with tools of chaos...

STEREO FIELD is one instrument with three uses. It is simultaneously a stereo/quad modular touch plate synthesizer, a stereo/quad audio processor and a pressure sensitive chaotic CV controller.

The Blippoo is a unconventional analogue synthesizer with a unique implementation of twin digital shift registers known as Runglers made by Rob Hordijk from The Hague in Holland.

Double Knot is an all analog synthesizer which is both sequencer and voice. It can be thought of as something of an indeterministic "groovebox". A stereo instrument with two identical voices that can give different rhythms, melodies or cross timbral slaps. The idea of this instrument is to invite reconciliation of linear and nonlinear systems, and to encourage the building of multiple-feedback synthesis architectures."

It's a Rungle outthere | Cybernetics EP02 | From Benjolin to Blippoo Box

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"The Benjolin is a powerful module. For many, it's a chaotic noise source, which was exactly the point of the design. The Blippoo Box is less chaotic, more musical and designed as an experimental instrument. It's more a Pandora's Box. Both have the Rungler in common. It refers to a shift register circuit, but also to the 5U module that includes two VCO's and is not unlike the Benjolin's chaotic core. I do not own a Blippoo Box for obvious reasons (it's now priceless) but I do love my Benjolin. It's going to be a noisy video where I'll try the Rungler concept on Marbles and XAOC Leibniz.
Marbles is a cool extension to the Benjolin, and the Benjolin can also be a great conventional complex VCO.

Rob Hordijk designed the Rungler module (and circuit) to cover the space between a fundamental sinewave and the total chaos of white noise. A creative source of designer noise to enrich your patch. And wow, what a designer he was."

Rastko plays The Blippoo Box

Rastko plays The Blippoo Box from Rastko Lazic on Vimeo.

"Rastko Lazic is playing Rob Hordijk Blippoo Box."

Sketches in Blippoo

video upload by NOISEBUG

"The Blippoo Box Legacy is not just a simple nosie synth. With the right pairings, it can be the source of a wide range of soundscapes. Blippoo Box Legacy comes in 1/4” jack and banana jack version. Available exclusively at Noisebug.net"

Beware of the BLIPPOO BOX !

Published on Oct 1, 2019 ] mxbdpln [

"This are the sounds of an already classic synth : Rob Hordijk's Blippoo Box, version 2018. Still a very unique analog synthesizer, at first looking completely chaotic, but then when you dig deeper you can find the sweetest spots... This video a just a short demonstration of what you can get after tweaking the knobs a bit.

From Rob Hordijk :

The 2018 version of the Blippoo has a couple of changes in respect to previous versions:

1 The range of the oscillators is extended at the low end. Cycles can now
take up to minutes.

2 CV outputs are +/- 1V/Oct compatible over an eight octave range.

3 The S&H circuit is improved and has a switch to choose between two signals to sample: either Triangle B or the mix of the two Rungler signals.

4 The Resonator has a crossfader on its input to fade between the internal PWM pulse signal or an external signal that should be roughly at audio line level. Without an external input signal it can act as a volume/mute control.

5 The audio output signal is slightly hotter, in cases up to 4V pp.

6 The FRQ CV IN affects Rate A only."

The Blippoo Box Legacy [Eurorack]

video upload by NOISEBUG

"The Blippoo Box Legacy has found its way into the Eurorack format and it’s feeling right at home.

For more information on the Blippoo Box Legacy, visit Noisebug.net"