Blippoo Box by Rob Hordijk

[gkillmaster]

Thank you and sorry to miss that part!

[DaveVenom (Dave Benham)]

I found some interesting info on Rob Hordijk’s Blippoo Box. The 2018 edition (version 3?) is being reissued by a company called Biyiblip.

🌀 Biyiblip - The NEW Blippoo Box Legacy – Chaos, Sound & Rob Hordijk’s Legacy

Read the video description for more info.

A collection of links for the company is here: biyiblip | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

The manual for the reissue can be found at BLIPPOO BOX USER MANUAL - Google Drive

They claim it is a faithful reissue - it sounds good to my ears.

I wondered about the legitimacy of Biyiblip, and then I found the following from this reddit post

@ptrotz on reddit wrote

I know this is an old thread but I just came across it and I have relevant information on the matter.

I was one of his closest friends in Mallorca, and he first came to the island when I organised the eeme (european electronic modular event) event here. Then he met Biyi Amez, and they became very good friends. From there on, he assisted Rob in The Hague building blippos and modulars.

Biyi Amez now owns all the designs according to the will that was deposited at a Notary in Calvià, Mallorca. His company BiyiBlip will be developing future products based on Rob’s designs, and maybe even some reeditions could come along, who knows.

You may find Biyi through social media.

Let’s keep using his instruments to make beautiful sounds, as this was his final wish.

I looked at the Blippoo Box flow chart from the Biyiblip manual, and it was the easiest to understand yet, but was missing the data inputs to the Runglers, and had very fine print. I edited the image, adding the Rungler data inputs, and making many of the labels easier to read. Here it is:

EDIT - Fixed the flowchart

[m9dfukc]

Yes, Biyi is definitely legit … I am following his work since a while. There was (maybe still is) some drama around unauthorized Benjolin clones which got me interested in what it’s all about and eventually lead me to research the work of Rob Hordijk which in turn lead me to Biyi’s work/story.

Biyi created a new variant of the Blippo/Benjolin scheme called Blippulator. I am not exactly a fan of the naming and also the UI is not really my thing, but the sound of it is very convincing!

BLIPPULATOR - KAOTIC BLIPPING SYNTH