The BENJOLIN Explained (w/ sound demo) #TTNM

Published on Nov 12, 2014

2nd video below.

"Wanna know more about this BENJOLIN instrument thing? Then watch this video demo!

Chaos, noise, drones and sweet music, all from one device!

The Benjolin is an instrument designed by Rob Hordijk and built and modified by a lot of DIYers, as well as some synth manufacturers. I explain the Benjolin's basics with a Klangbau Köln Benjolin Eurorack module. Don't worry though, you will easily understand all other versions as well, after watching this video.

The cool thing about the Benjolin is, that it has some amazing feedback loops built in, which can be used to modulate the sound to the Moon and back ... well, some people say "to Hell and back" ... you decide. There is also the famous Rungler circuit of Rob Hordijk, which generates random, looping or evolving CV sequences via a shift register design (similar to the Turing Machine Eurorack module).

It's tons of fun!

Some links:
https://www.facebook.com/rob.hordijk (Rob Hordijk on Facebook)

http://www.klangbauköln.de (Klangbau website)

http://nightmachines.tv/noiserack (Noise Rack video diary series with the Benjolin and others)

Got questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! I try to reply to all of them :)

Thanks for watching! Check out my channel for more Synthesizer Music and Tutorials:

http://nightmachines.tv/youtube

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

Noise Rack Diary #06: Benjolicious! - #TTNM

Published on Nov 12, 2014

"Installed a Klangbau Köln Benjolin Eurorack module. It's crazy! Crazy good!

The Benjolin plays a locked sequence at first. It is sent through the Tube VCA for some nice distortion and mixed with the XR-VCO's sine wave output. The XR is modulated by the qVCF's self-oscillating low pass output. The XR's 1V/oct input receives the Benjolin's Rungler CV. There are also two LFOs and the joystick, modulating the XR, qVCF and tube VCA.

Here's the Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Case on ModularGrid:
http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/127484

Here's the patch from this video:
http://tinyurl.com/noiserack06patch

Gear used in this video:
- Klangbau Köln / Rob Hordijk Benjolin
- Klangbau Köln CV-Prozessor Joystick
- Klangbau Köln XR-VCO
- Klangbau Köln State Variable qVCF Filter
- Klangbau Köln Röhren VCA (Tube Amplifier)
- Klangbau Köln Low-Noise Spring Reverb
- Eowave Zone B.F. LFO
- Manhattan Analog mix
- Doepfer A-138 Exp Mixer

Audio recorded on a Zoom R16. Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i) and GoPro HD Hero."