Ornament and Crime videos and tracks
Here are some videos and sound tracks about or featuring Ornament(s) & Crime(s).
Many thanks to Joe Caputo at [https://www.voltagecontrollab.com](Voltage Control Lab) in LA for making these excellent videos.
A very useful explanation of how to use the Sequins two-channel sequencer in v1.2 firmware for O&C
Instructions on how to use O&C with a Korg MS-20 or other Hz/V synth, via a Harvestman English tear voltage convertor:
A very nice entry by Franman Corvette:
An innovative entry by Joe Computo at Voltage Control Lab in LA:
An entry using Quantermain in Turing Machine mode by Ross Anderton:
neutron7's entry, using O&C, Maths and, of course, an Organ Accumulator:
A Michael-Nymanesque patch using Quantermain by Tom Hall, which ends all too abruptly:
Some rather less professional videos by Tim Churches...
The CopierMaschine ASR app in O&C, channelling KFW, by das wirdschon
Testing the O&C v.2d PCB with the Quantermain quad channel quantiser app running, by das wirdschon
Demonstration of the CopierMaschine ASR and Quadraturia LFO apps in two O&Cs, by Tim Churches.
Short Instagram clip of an O&C patch using the CopierMaschine by matos/oldmanrolling
https://instagram.com/p/BIn0_3fgI6k/
Dimitrios Novas Sismanis using a O&C with a gorgeously calligraphed cellulose panel to channel The Residents in these videoed patch tracks:
A nice demonstration of the quantised built-in Turing Machines in the Quantermain app also by Dimitrios Novas Sismanis
A feedback patch using the Quantermain quantiser, by timoka:
A patch using two O&Cs by Oren Levy:
O&C plus a thermionic tube out of a MIG 19, by Matrix Modulator:
A long drone track, Pulsar Emissions, also by Matrix Modulator:
Lots of tracks/patches using O&C in various ways, by nectar, aka nectarios:
Nice two-voice melodic track from a small rack by Luke Killen, using the Piqued app in O&C to provide three envelopes.
"14th Problem" by Bison Chemo, aka meta-onto-oncologist extraordinaire, Dongkläder aka Daisuk on MW, featuring two O&Cs, one running the Low-rents app, the other running Quantermain.
...and another Bison Chemo track featuring O&C action, "Sepia donkeys tax (ouch!)":
All Creatures Festival, a four-part suite performed live on a modular synthesizer and mixed in Ableton Live, by Lightbath (aka Fourhexagons, aka Bryan Noll).
Detailed patch notes here.
- While Everyone Sleeps, Tiny Creatures Decorate (Extended)
- Arise for Celebration! (Extended)
- Welcome the Larger Beasts (Extended)
- And They All Rejoice ‘Til Dawn (Extended)
Franman Corvette creates a Christmas carol using O&C
...and a New Year's Resolution track, also using O&C
...and some serious funk using O&C
mylarmelodies uses Euclidean rhythms in the Piqued app in O&C
Amane Take, based in Tokyo, uses an O&C in a minimalist rack with a Monome Arc to create a lovely evolving soundscape, on Instagram.
DRD_Tutorials (Daniel R. Dehaan) makes excellent use of the Harrington 1200 app in O&C, complete with patch notes:
A very relaxing drone by DRD_Tutorials (Daniel R. Dehaan) making use of Quadraturia in O&C for modulation:
An excellent demonstration of the Harrington 1200 app by BBoyTech Modular Journal:
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Some tracks featuring Ornament & Crime by Bennelong Bicyclist
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Population Counts - Demonstration of fractal integer sequences as a note source in the Ornament & Crime CopierMaschine app in v1.2 of the firmware (forthcoming).
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Dress sequence - demo of a new sequence source for the CopierMaschine and Quantermain apps which will appear in v1.2 firmware for the Ornament & Crime eurorack synthesiser module. Recorded live in one take, O&C driving three MI Braids and two MI Peaks (running DMC) for percussion, rhythm via a pair of MI Grids.
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Factory auricles - irrational integer sequences, forthcoming in v1.2
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Melancholectomy - a track generated by Ornament & Crime running the Quantermain app, sequencing three Braids and a Grids into a Peaks for the percussion.
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Equitable equations - Ornament & Crime eurorack module running Quantermain app (pre-release v1.1), feeding quantised CVs generated internally by byte beat equations in O+C to 3 MI Braids in PLUK mode - all melodies composed by the O+C module, in real time, recorded in a single take.
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Viznutcracker, sweet! - a track using the Viznunutcracker, sweet! app in O&C as the audio sources, through various modulated filters. Grids used to reset the phase accumulator on some of the byte beat equations to create syncopation.
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XORtations - a track demonstrating bit-XORing of CVs output by the Quadatruria app in O&C. Control voltages output from O&C are fed to a pair of Mutable Instruments Braids modules, both with quantisers and internal envelopes enabled. The entire track is played by the O&C module - once configured, it just runs, creating both parts on the fly, no knob twiddling or other intervention. No sequences were programmed into the module - it creates them on-the-fly. Recorded live in one take into Logic Pro X, with reverb added only. The guitar part is processed via the Ken Stone Serge Resonant Equaliser MkII module in the eurorack.
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Verhulst's map - a track demonstrating the use of the May-Verhulst logistic map generators built into the Quantermain app in O&C. Recorded live in one take - the whole thing was composed on-the-fly by O&C (except for the precision, which is Grids and Peaks).
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Oh Tomato Nets! - test track made using the Automatonnetz app for the Ornament + Crime eurorack module. Automatonnetz is a vector sequencer outputting neo-Riemannian triad transformations, fed to three Braids, two running Bees-in-the-Trees firmware, one running factory firmware (v1.8). Drums courtesy of two Peaks, running Dead Man's Catch firmware in random snare and hi-hat modes, plus basic kick drum mode. Recorded live an one take. Modulation by two Tides and an NLC Sloth module. Rhythm courtesy of a Mutable Instruments Grids module. No overdubs, reverb added in DAW, no other post-processing.
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Deus ex macchiato - Further experimentation with the Harrington 1200 neo-Riemannian firmware for the Ornament + Crime eurorack synth module. This track was recorded live and is composed entirely in the modular, no MIDI tracks or other pre-scripting on the computer was used. Three Mutable Instruments Braids modules, running Bees-in-the-Trees firmware (with the meta-sequencer in Bees-in-the-Trees used to automatically create the voice changes throughout the track), plus two Mutable Instruments Peaks modules running Dead Man's Catch firmware were used. Mutable Instruments Grids module provides the percussion rhythms and clocks the Harrington 1200. No post-processing except light reverb added.
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La petite souris - the first track ever recorded using the Harrington 1200 app in O&C.
- A stunning Silver Apples of the Moon-like track using the Harrington 1200 - an instant electronic music classic!
- Timbral sequencing using the Turing Machines in the Quantermain app
- All four Turing Machines in Quantermain sequencing Mutable Rings and Clouds
- Funky turclidean melodies using O&C
- a really interesting use of the Harrington 1200 app in O&C, driven by a Malekko Varigate 8 (more details in the track notes on SoundCloud)