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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Details on BugBrand's new Chirper Semi-Modular Mini Synth
You might remember the video of Chirper posted here. Full details are now in:
"Chirper is a semi-modular arrangement of two oscillators and one filter - a simple setup which belies the rich sonic surprises contained within. It is a direct continuation of Molnet, which itself was something of a reaction to my long-evolving Weevil works - after 10+ years I was feeling the call for new pastures and, while I enjoyed their deep electronic ecosystems, the lo-fi Weevil circuitry was never suitable for voltage-controlled work. The solution was to tweak ideas I'd been using in the SynthVoice, slightly simplifying some circuits to bring about an instrument with enticing layout and a fine balance of limitation vs. possibility.
Have a look at the Block Diagram above to see how Chirper is put together:
- the two Voltage-Controlled Oscillators are identical, with wide range (approx 0.15Hz to 100kHz) and sweepable from Triangle to Square.
- each oscillator has a Sync input along with Internal (from the other oscillator) and External (1V/Oct) Modulation controls. Things go nutty when the oscillators cross-modulate each other!
- the Voltage-Controlled Filter, with resonance up to self-oscillation and sweepable from Low-pass to High-pass, is fed audio from the 1st Oscillator (via Drive control) and is modulated by the 2nd Oscillator and/or an External (1V/Oct) source.
Of course, there is no internal VCA, so do be prepared for drones! [complimentary modules are in the pipeline] Note also that the 1V/Oct responses of the Oscillators and Filter are only quite accurate - fine for good tracking over a few octaves - and does not feature temperature compensation. Chirper was designed more as a surprise box than a well-pitched synth, but I saw it as a bonus to add simple 1V/Oct response.
4mm banana sockets are used for all I/O other than the Main Output which is 1/4" Mono Impedance Balanced. The Instruction Sheet has details of interfacing with banana cables.
Interface and/or banana cables are available.
Chirper is typically supplied in Standalone form as shown - enclosed in a custom aluminium case with PCB material front and side panels, dimensions approx 5.25" x 7.5" x 3.5", and with internal DCDC converter. Power - 12V DC 300mA supply, centre-positive, 2.1mm connector - worldwide 90-240VAC wall-wart provided with interchangeable mains plug adaptors.
Price: £320 (+VAT in EU -> £384) + Shipping
Chirper can also be supplied as a module to fit into larger BugBrand systems using Powered Frames - make contact direct.
The module draws approx 55mA per side.
Module Price: £280 + VAT + Shipping."
via BugBrand.
Friday, January 12, 2018
BugBrand Chirper
Published on Jan 12, 2018 BugBrand
An overview of Chirper.
Two cross-coupled VC-Oscillators and a VC-Filter.
A simple setup holding diverse sonic surprises.
More info (soon) on www.bugbrand.co.uk
The Chirper was actually first featured here.
Monday, December 06, 2021
Bugbrand Chirper 2020 Red
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Great condition, comes with original box and adaptor! Rare and out of production. Comes housed in 5FW case.
Chirper is a semi-modular arrangement of two oscillators and one filter – a simple setup which belies the rich sonic surprises contained within. It is a direct continuation of , which itself was something of a reaction to my long-evolving works – after 10+ years I was feeling the call for new pastures and, while I enjoyed their deep electronic ecosystems, the lo-fi Weevil circuitry was never suitable for voltage-controlled work. The solution was to tweak ideas I’d been using in the , slightly simplifying some circuits to bring about an instrument with enticing layout and a fine balance of limitation vs. possibility.
Have a look at the Block Diagram above to see how Chirper is put together:
– the two Voltage-Controlled Oscillators are identical, with wide range (approx 0.15Hz to 100kHz) and sweepable from Triangle to Square.
– each oscillator has a Sync input along with Internal (from the other oscillator) and External (1V/Oct) Modulation controls. Things go nutty when the oscillators cross-modulate each other!
– the Voltage-Controlled Filter, with resonance up to self-oscillation and sweepable from Low-pass to High-pass, is fed audio from the 1st Oscillator (via Drive control) and is modulated by the 2nd Oscillator and/or an External (1V/Oct) source.
Of course, there is no internal VCA, so do be prepared for drones! [complimentary modules are in the pipeline] Note also that the 1V/Oct responses of the Oscillators and Filter are only quite accurate – fine for good tracking over a few octaves – and does not feature temperature compensation. Chirper was designed more as a surprise box than a well-pitched synth, but I saw it as a bonus to add simple 1V/Oct response.
4mm banana sockets are used for all I/O other than the Main Output which is 1/4″ Mono Impedance Balanced. The Instruction Sheet has details of interfacing with banana cables."
via this auction
Great condition, comes with original box and adaptor! Rare and out of production. Comes housed in 5FW case.
Chirper is a semi-modular arrangement of two oscillators and one filter – a simple setup which belies the rich sonic surprises contained within. It is a direct continuation of , which itself was something of a reaction to my long-evolving works – after 10+ years I was feeling the call for new pastures and, while I enjoyed their deep electronic ecosystems, the lo-fi Weevil circuitry was never suitable for voltage-controlled work. The solution was to tweak ideas I’d been using in the , slightly simplifying some circuits to bring about an instrument with enticing layout and a fine balance of limitation vs. possibility.
Have a look at the Block Diagram above to see how Chirper is put together:
– the two Voltage-Controlled Oscillators are identical, with wide range (approx 0.15Hz to 100kHz) and sweepable from Triangle to Square.
– each oscillator has a Sync input along with Internal (from the other oscillator) and External (1V/Oct) Modulation controls. Things go nutty when the oscillators cross-modulate each other!
– the Voltage-Controlled Filter, with resonance up to self-oscillation and sweepable from Low-pass to High-pass, is fed audio from the 1st Oscillator (via Drive control) and is modulated by the 2nd Oscillator and/or an External (1V/Oct) source.
Of course, there is no internal VCA, so do be prepared for drones! [complimentary modules are in the pipeline] Note also that the 1V/Oct responses of the Oscillators and Filter are only quite accurate – fine for good tracking over a few octaves – and does not feature temperature compensation. Chirper was designed more as a surprise box than a well-pitched synth, but I saw it as a bonus to add simple 1V/Oct response.
4mm banana sockets are used for all I/O other than the Main Output which is 1/4″ Mono Impedance Balanced. The Instruction Sheet has details of interfacing with banana cables."
Friday, January 25, 2019
New BugBrand Board Chirper
Published on Jan 25, 2019 BugBrand
"Some sonic demonstrations of the new Board Chirper - live video mic."
"A year after the original Chirper, a new 'Board' version arrives in compact and touch-plated form - welcome the Board Chirper!
Like the big brother, the Board Chirper is made up of just two oscillators and one filter - a simple setup perhaps, but which contains a surprising depth and quality of exploratory sound.
Oscillators:
- Range of approx 0.1Hz to 40kHz
- Sweepable from Triangle to Square
- Cross-couple modulation between the two oscillators
Filter:
- State-Variable 12dB/Oct with resonance up to self-oscillation
- Sweepable from LowPass to HighPass
- Variable input drive control from Osc1 (left side)
- Cutoff modulation from Osc2 (right side)
- Level control feeds transformer-isolated 1/4" mono jack output
- Powered by single 9V PP3 battery (included)
- 19 gold-plated touch points
- one year parts warranty
The Board Chirper is presented as an uncased design on blue PCB measuring approx 8.5 x 5 inches.
Price: £160(+VAT in EU -> £192) + Shipping"
LABELS/MORE:
BugBrand,
NAMM,
NAMM2019,
New,
New in 2019,
New Sound Machines,
New Sound Machines in 2019
Tuesday, June 05, 2018
BugBrand Chirper
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You can find previous posts featuring the BugBrand Chirper including demos here.
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You can find previous posts featuring the BugBrand Chirper including demos here.
Friday, June 14, 2019
Bugbrand System
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"All these are brand new accept the compressor
Which I bought from Josh @ Malekko.
Chirper not in the system. That’s just a faceplate to fill space. Includes dual filter, dual amplifier and dual mixer.comes with extra Bugbrand Blank panels for DIYing. You can see that they have guide holes for
Mounting your DIY stuff neatly. Pretty cool concept.
1-space and 2-space blanks included.
This is a great way into Bugbrand. It’s an instrument in its current form with just enough room to grow. The GRILLES and TRESSES are Bugbrand format modules from Batchas on MW.
Includes 10 banana cables, PSU and system.
Willing to sell the compressor module separately for $600"
via this auction
"All these are brand new accept the compressor
Which I bought from Josh @ Malekko.
Chirper not in the system. That’s just a faceplate to fill space. Includes dual filter, dual amplifier and dual mixer.comes with extra Bugbrand Blank panels for DIYing. You can see that they have guide holes for
Mounting your DIY stuff neatly. Pretty cool concept.
1-space and 2-space blanks included.
This is a great way into Bugbrand. It’s an instrument in its current form with just enough room to grow. The GRILLES and TRESSES are Bugbrand format modules from Batchas on MW.
Includes 10 banana cables, PSU and system.
Willing to sell the compressor module separately for $600"
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
BugBrand Chirper
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
AfterShow - BugModular - Jan18
Published on Jan 16, 2018 BugBrand
"My current personal setup for live play - a mix of production and prototype BugBrand bits:::
Sound Sources: Chirper, DRM2 (x2)
Audio/Effects: COFilter, PTDelay, 5x5Matrix, StereoCompress (+Eventide Space)
Events: DDSR, Clock Dividers, Dual VC Envelope
Live as it happens!
Direct desk sound recording - use proper speakers!
(Balls - it goes out of sync around 12.30 due to vid being split into 2 files when recording.. sorry!)
www.bugbrand.co.uk"
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Bugbrand Chirper - sweet spots
Published on Jan 31, 2018 ] Duplan [
"Great new synth by Tom Bugs. Simple but clever design and it allows external modulation. Amazing filter !"
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Bugbrand Chirper
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"This module was bought from Tom on the site from the second batch he made. Only owner of this one.
Original box, diagram/manual sheet and power supply included."
via this auction
"This module was bought from Tom on the site from the second batch he made. Only owner of this one.
Original box, diagram/manual sheet and power supply included."
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Make Noise Strega + BugBrand Board Chirper
video upload by NOISEBUG
"Make Noise Strega and BugBrand Board Chirper cross modulating each others touch points."
https://www.noisebug.net/
Saturday, September 22, 2018
BugBrand DRM2 vs Chirper
Published on Sep 22, 2018 Lucent Records
"no effects no post pure BugBrand sound"
Sunday, September 11, 2022
BugBrand 5Frame System
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"Full 5Frame bugbrand system. Incredibly fun banana frac format.
In the frames (top to bottom):
drm1x (drm1 and expander)
attenuverters (mi shades, blue panel included)
drm2
2x 2130 vco
multiplier
4x cvco
dual mixing
dual env
dual filter
2x dual amp
lpg
dc mix
dual preamp
bbv
dual divide
logic
cv wrangler (mi kinks)
chirper+exp
2x pt delay
sequence
dual divide
ddsr
(all 3 connected via clk bus)
joystick
Not in frames:
2x penrose quantizer
yusynth ring modulator
via this auction
"Full 5Frame bugbrand system. Incredibly fun banana frac format.
In the frames (top to bottom):
drm1x (drm1 and expander)
attenuverters (mi shades, blue panel included)
drm2
2x 2130 vco
multiplier
4x cvco
dual mixing
dual env
dual filter
2x dual amp
lpg
dc mix
dual preamp
bbv
dual divide
logic
cv wrangler (mi kinks)
chirper+exp
2x pt delay
sequence
dual divide
ddsr
(all 3 connected via clk bus)
joystick
Not in frames:
2x penrose quantizer
yusynth ring modulator
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Bugbrand Board Chirper
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via this auction
You can find a couple of demos of the Board Chirper in previous posts here.
via this auction
You can find a couple of demos of the Board Chirper in previous posts here.
Thursday, January 04, 2018
BugBrand RackOverview Jan18
Published on Jan 4, 2018 BugBrand
"Fun rack - almost pure Bugs - this is just a rough snapshot (with poor focusing!) showing some of the rhythmic tones within.
Rows are (bottom to top):
DDSR - Dual Digital Shift Register (prototype) + proto Dual Divider
Chirper - LPG proto - DRM2
COFilter - PT Delay - DRM2
Proto 5x5MatrixMix - SComp
External - Space Reverb, Keystep controller"
Thursday, July 14, 2022
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