Attached you will find my most recent version of the Blippoo Box.
BLiPPOO_BOX_060624.vcv (12.6 KB)
A lot of things are changed:
A lot of modules got replaced by the fantastic Venom Collection by @DaveVenom (He also has a Benjolin module - which you definitely should try out!) The oscillators are swapped for the PALM LOOP oscillators: they are very stable, hardly alliassing and have a huge range. The CF100 by @andy-cytomic are still my go-to filters for the TwinPeak. They just sound amazing, and with the LP2 self-modulation, it gets into the evenharmonic distortion territory Rob Hordijk describes in his papers. I removed the noise/instability section. It became a bit of a puritan thing, just for the sake of it and in the end I wasn’t really able to hear it. Because of the external CV in, I left it out of the patch; feel free to add noise or any slight instability into the modulations of course.
There is a quadrophonic panning added! I did this recently when performing live with the patch, and it really is an exciting addition. The runglers control the pannings, so it is really integrated into the patch. You can easily switch it on|off (MONO <> STEREO) The quad panning is also encoded (QUARK) into a stereo signal, in case you do not have 4 separate speakers etc. This stereo signal is routed to the Audio Module Channel 1&2. The same for the mono signal. The dedicated Quadrophonic outputs are now routed to Channel 5,6,7& 8. But of course you can redesign this, depending on your interface etc.
The midi cat module is already mapped to the Patchmaster modules, so just select your controller inside this module and you’re good to go. You can still control the patch with a mouse as well.
I removed the Randomize button. It is fun, but I wanted to have an instrument to perform with and learn the controller: the randomizer was too easy
so I forced myself and deleted it from the patch. Feel free ofcourse to try and get it back. It is a bit of a hassle to get it implemented AND have external midi control.
I also removed the Post FX section. I am able to run this patch inside a DAW and I add post FX (like room/delay etc) there, so the patch is just the Blippoo Box.
Concerning midi control: when you use a regular 8 bit controller, the CV gets quantized into 128 steps. Because of the huge range of the oscillators, you can hear it when you turn the oscillator knobs. But since the Blippoo Box is pretty chaotic, I do not think it is unacceptable. A way around it is to have 14-bit controllers. This will increase the resolution of your controller big time.
Feel free to ask if something is not clear! Have fun with it.

