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Sunday, May 01, 2016

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."

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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"

Saturday, December 29, 2012

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"

Sunday, April 28, 2013

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"

Saturday, February 07, 2009

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

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

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.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

New Blippoo Box Demos by Cray


Published on Apr 24, 2016 Cray

Blippoo 2


Blippoo 4

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

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."

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Rastko plays The Blippoo Box

Rastko plays The Blippoo Box from Rastko Lazic on Vimeo.


"Rastko Lazic is playing Rob Hordijk Blippoo Box."

Tuesday, October 01, 2019

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."

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Blippoo for Wingie: a Wingie2's alternative firmware


video upload by Meng Qi

"Blippoo for Wingie is an alternative firmware for Wingie2. The new firmware is inspired by Blippoo Box, a genius instrument created by Rob Hordijk (1958-2022), who contributed a lot to synthesizer design. May his spirit lives on in his instrument designs, thoughts, and influences.

get it: https://github.com/mengqimusic/bfw/re...

The new firmware could turn your Wingie2 into a self-contained instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds and patterns. As a great companion, it will help you in your music-making practice especially when you want to applicate controlled chaos to your music."

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Rob Hordijk Epoch Modular Benjolin Dual VCO Eurorack Module

benjolin eurorack production module

Published on May 7, 2013 Epoch Modular·1 video
Note this is the first Epoch Modular post on MATRIXSYNTH.

"A darling of the DIY synth community for several years now, Rob Hordijk's benjolin circuit is really like no other synth/noisemaker out there. The benjolin is the smaller sibling of Rob's now legendary Blippoo Box, the subject of his 2009 article in Leonardo Music Journal (Vol. 9). Both the Blippoo Box and the benjolin emerged from Rob's attempts to design a circuit that was, as he puts it, "bent by design". As such both modules function according to the basic principles of Chaos theory, where short to long sputtering patterns spontaneously alter themselves over time, at times gradually and at times quite suddenly, morphing into new pattern doublings and bifurcations. The result is two incredibly unique instruments that function in a sense autonomously or can "play themselves" if you like.

Both the Blippoo Box and the benjolin are based around similar "chaotic cores," which in the the case of the benjolin, is comprised of two vcos and a unique circuit designed by Rob, which he calls a rungler. The rungler is basically an 8 step shift register that takes its serial input from the squarewave of one oscillator and its clock input from the other. The digital outputs of the shift register are than put through a 3 bit digital to analogue converter to create stepped voltage patterns, which are then wired back into the oscillators. The effect of this arrangement is to create a complex interference pattern that gives the benjolin its unique, aleatoric character.

Along with this chaotic core, the benjolin also includes a 2-pole vcf with a unique topology that imparts an amount of all harmonic distortion to the filter outputs. The eurorack module I have designed has additional modifications not included in the original benjolin circuit, including HP and LP outs for the filter, as well as a rungler loop function that can be controlled either via control voltage, manually with an offset knob and also with a toggle switch that turns the offset on and off. These different controls may also be used in tandem, and all serve in someway to hold the rungler in a looping pattern, allowing one to cut pieces out of the chaos and create repetitive drones and beat-like patterns at whim.

As you can see from the video, there are 4 cvs in total (to the left side of the panel, top to bottom): one for oscillator A, one for oscillator B, one for the Filter cut off Frequency and of course the rungler loop function already mentioned. The CV inputs of the two oscillators they are normalized for cross modulation so when nothing is plugged in the triangle output of oscillator A goes into the input of B and vice versa. Similarly, the vcf cv input is normalized to the triangle output of triangle B. As you may be able to see from the attached photo, these three normalized cvs each have attenuator knobs as well.

Outputs include the Pulse and triangle wave outputs from oscillators A and B, the direct output from the rungler, an XOR (which is a logic output from the rungler) as well as a PWM output derived from the Triangle waves A and B. And of course there are also the three filter outputs mentioned above.

This video aims at showing the benjolin solely as "self playing" instrument, and as such no external control voltages are utilized. In addition, for the sake of simplicity, only the low pass output of the filter is used. I apologize for the terrible quality of the video (shot on my Iphone). I have just ordered a camcorder, so better quality video will be uploaded soon."


image via Richard Devine on Facebook

"Epoch Modular - Benjolin - dual VCO based on Chaos theory 'Chaotic Cores'."

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Blippoo playing a Buchla 261e


Vimeo by Franz Schuie

"Basic test of a Rob Hordijk Blippo Box controlling a Buchla 200e.

This is a Blippoo Vers.2 - Lots of tricks as e.g. the proximity sensor are not used.
This is just as a quick vid for the muffwiggler brothers and sisters!"

See the Rob Hordijk label below for more.

Monday, December 07, 2015

Buchla Easel SVS to Blippoo


Published on Dec 7, 2015 Todd Barton

"Easel =CV, Blippoo=Audio. By sending the Buchla Easel's Sequential Voltage Source (SVS) to the Blippo Box it acts as a very rough/rudimentary preset sequencer. The first part of the video explores the various "settings" available from a single slider. Later explorations sequence diverse slider settings."

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Moog Mother 32 does a Blippoo Dance.


Published on Mar 8, 2016 Derek Morton

"Moog Mother 32, Epoch Modular Benjolin & Twin Peak Filter do the Blippoo dance. An XAOC Batumi keeps it interesting and/or annoying? Enjoy the noise.... its a long one."

http://www.moogmusic.com/products/Semi-Modular
Moog Mother 32s on eBay | Moog Mother 32s on Amazon

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Blippoo Box drone


Published on Jul 5, 2015 Chris David

"Drone made with Rob Hordijk's Blippoo Box (banana version) and the Strymon BigSky reverb pedal. For the Strymon I used the Cloud reverb.

Video was shot with a Sony FDR-AX100 camcorder. Audio was captured with a Tascam DR60D-mkll."

Monday, March 13, 2023

Bifurcate


video upload by UncertainMusicCorps

"Continuing to explore the Wingie Blippoo firmware, this time trying to find a slightly more restrained way of working and allowing something to develop over a bit more time.

Paired with a BC9 on the line input for extra unpredictability. And sending it all out via a QuBit Aurora (standard firmware) for atmospherics.

I am loving the soundscapes this thing creates. Really regret not picking up an original Blippoo when I had the chance years ago."

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Meng Qi Wingie 2 // Blippoo Box New Firmware Demo


video upload by Dexba

"What a fantastic addition!
As a beautiful homage to Rob Hordijk's legacy, Meng Qi has just released a new firmware, featuring a recreation of the Blippoo Box.
It sounds incredible, it will provide hours of sonic exploration in the ultra-compact, battery-powered Wingie form factor, what could we ask for more?
Can't wait to see what other firmware will come for the Wingie platform!!!
In this video, you will find a bit of a demo and a rough tutorial.
Hope you'll find it useful! 🧡"

Monday, May 23, 2011

blippoo box

via this auction

"this is an original blippoo box hand made by ROB HORDIJK. it is in like brand new condition and works 100%. it sounds amazing. comes with original power supply."

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Blippoo Box demo


"Rob Hordijk blippoo box"
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