00:00 Opening Titles
00:31 Introduction
01:20 Little Black Boxes
04:37 Switched On Cybersynths
17:46 Synthesiser Club
21:23 Commercial Break
23:05 Patching Today
37:53 Video Lab
40:26 Outro
"Episode six of the second series of the TV program from Benge, made at his Memetune Electronic Music Studio, and the final episode of the season
The series explores his passion for vintage synthesiser instruments and studio gear and how he uses it on his productions and collaborations
LITTLE BLACK BOXES - The Kawai k1m was a small desktop version of the K1 layer synth, introduced in 1988. Today I sequence it from an Atari ST running C-Lab Notator
SWITCHED ON CYBERSYNTHS - Patching it all together: after a brief section on quantising both pitch and time, I attempt to patch together all of the Memetune modulars (12 vintage systems!) in a giant Cybersynthesis monster patch
SYNTHESISER CLUB - Today, its more Yamahas, including a QX1 sequencer, RX5 drum machine, TQ5 FM synth module, REX50 multi FX, SY85 layer synth and a MT1X 4-multi-track cassette recorder
COMMERCIAL BREAK - Some adverts for Memetune related goodies, including the new Memetune Annual 2024 (sort of😁)
PATCHING TODAY - Taking the wonky Roland System 100 for a ride
VIDEO LAB - In this episode we take the meme-mobile for a spin!
"Found this cool Easel patch from Kurt Kurasaki's preset bank on the Buchla website: https://buchla.com/downloads/programs...
A very inspiring and performable patch. Thanks you Kurt!
IN THE HANDS; WHO MAKES THE RULES? HIERARCHICAL PERCEPTIONS GRASPING ELUSIONS OF CONTROL WITH THE LIGHTEST TOUCH ON SENSITIVE PROBLEMS, MIDAS IS HANDLING - HANDLING POSSIBILITIES.
SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE OVERLAP, REVEALING ZONES OF CONFUSION, THE SOURCE ABSURDITY MANIFESTS TO SUGGEST REVISITATION: TO CONTEMPLATE CERTAIN ANGLES OF REPROGRAMMING THE METAORGANISM.
TO CLOSE A KEY IS TO RELEASE THE QUESTION, EXPLORING OTHER CORNERS OF PYCSHOTELEMETRY: MEASURING KNOWN STEPS - INSERTING REPEATING INGREDIENTS - YET FACILITATION THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RANGES, LOCATIONAL DYNAMICS IN UNMAPPED ENCOMPASSING DIMENSIONS, AND VITAL - ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE - DIFFERENCES TO THE ORIGINAL MEDIA.
THE OBSERVER MAY ABANDON THEIR ROLE TO INSTEAD DEFINE THEIR EXPERIENCE; THUS, DESPITE INDUCTIVE DUST INDICATIVE OF ONE MILLION REPETITIONS, THE NEXT INSTANTIATION YIELDS SOMETHING GREATER THAN ITS SUM.
WAHT IS REAL? FAUG GOLD IN THE HANDS? SIXTEEN RECTANGLES NEATLY ARRANGE TEN-STAGE CURVES BY SIX MOON'S PHASE FOUR TIMES. ONCE UNDER LEAD LAMPS, THE EXTINGUISHED LIGHT BREACHES AN OLD WINDOW AND THE SCOPE NOW FRAMES THE NEIGHBORING FIELD, WHERE THE RAM RETRIEVES A MEMORY OF THE BREAKING POINTS.
SO UNREAL: AN INDEX OF CONTINUOUS IMPLICATIONS THAT THE DEFINITION OF THE EDGE IS STILL SUBJECT TO VARIATION, N-DIMENSIONAL TRAJECTORIES TRACING AXES STILL UNKNOWN.
TECHNIQUES ARE EMPLOYED, FROM WHICH UNUSUAL LINKS AND PROCESSES JUMP FUTURE ELEMENTS AN EXAMINATION OF STRUCTURE; INDIVIDUAL MUSIC; INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGE. IN TIME, EMERGENT NONLINEARITIES MERGE TO DEFINE THE USER PROGRAM: A NEW SENSE OF PERCEPTUAL MECHANICS; A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR OWN EXTERNAL FEEDBACK SYSTEM; A DEPARTURE OR CONTRAST.
TO MATURE IN EXISTENCE, TO FLOWER IN PERCEPTION, EVALUATE RELATIONSHIPS, REDUCE LOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS, SKIP THE NEXT ACTION, AND CHECK THE SUM.
STOP; DON'T LOOK UP; TRANSFER OPERATIONS, SCORE MANIPULATIONS, AND UNFOLD THE OTHER PLANS.
ANOTHER ITERATION, THE TASK'S NEW BRANCH, NOW EMERGING: ADDRESS THE SEQUENCE - THE DEFAULT PERCEPTUAL HIERARCHY PROCESSION, SUCCESSION, AND CHANGE.
"Two patches today! Having fun here with the clock skipper on one CV Polymorpher and AR on another. The fifth step of the sequencer is transposing every fifth note in an arpeggio from the 218 for a little melodic variety."
"Jamming with the Triglav Modular Clockwork Card, Northern Light Modular cardOC CV Polymorpher, and NLM cardME Mobile Effect Engine. In Eurorack world I almost always have my Ornament & Crime in action, so the cardOC is a welcome addition to my Easel."
"This is a freeform improvisation with 0-Coast and Strega in three takes. The first take is 0-Coast doing plonks and textures, the second take is Strega doing a pad and the third take is a solo over the pad. Nothing fancy, and quite linear. More like parts - or movements - instead of overdubs. I am trying to show you that a DAW can turn a small set of modules into a huge wall of sound too. Doing everything in one go is really hard and only necessary if you need to perform live. I am happy I don't have to.
The Dark Easel is the nickname for the 0-Coast, Strega and 0-Ctrl trinity. As you may have seen in previous videos, I've been on a quest to recreate something close to the Buchla Easel in Eurorack. My quest came to an end when I took a leap of faith and got the Buchla 218e, which is the 'simple' 50% of the Easel case. However, I did not expect these capacitive touch keys to be such a big component of the authentic Buchla Easel sound.
It's a very big investment for a little keyboard, but I can't emphasize how happy I am with it. I am not a good keyboard player, but sliding over the surface finally allows my fingers to keep up with my brain. But it also feels like I am playing a bit of synth history. As I describe in the video, this combo is like a classic Corvette towing a skateboard. It's not intended as a disrespect to the 0-coast, but there are a lot of skateboards at the MN office in Ashville. Besides, 0-coast definitely qualifies as a great entrypoint into modular westcoast synthesis and honestly, I learned a LOT from this little machine. Like 'everything is voltage'. This time it's not racked and used as intended. With keys.
I am sure you'll get similar results with your Keystep or a more fancy controller.
I know there are a few Spartans out there who want it raw, with nothing but the bare machine. But it has a contour and sustain tightly related with holding down a key. And then, ofcourse, there's midi. In this video, I completely overlooked using the 0-coast with the midi output from the 218, but I don't feel like going through those PGM A | B pages. I will check it out later, because I wonder what would happen if I enable the Coast's internal sequencer AND an external one (e.g. BeatStep Pro). If it's any good, I'll post it. For today, I just wanted to cruise the Ease Coast."
"It's a 2 bar version of this loop by Kraftwerk which is originally 4 bars long. The envelope level is linked to the sequencer output so the higher notes get more envelope effect.
The card used is the Sequencer Aux Expander card.
Mail me at rklinkenberg(at)gmail(dot)com for more info on the card."
"„first part of my performance on 2024/03/16 in gelsenkirchen at readymade.books“
The most used: Tiptop Buchla VCO & Sequencer, Tokio Tape Music Center VCO & Tokio Gate, Buchla LEM 218e, 4MS Looping Delay, Intellijel Sealegs, Clouds, ER-301, OTO Boum
My new album 'Grau' will be released on 2024/04/30 as a tape and as a download on Seil Records/Bandcamp.
"A new video demonstrating how to use RITOURNELLE modules with other modules.
Here with the Sequencial Voltage Source 245t and the Source of Uncertainity 266t from Buchla/TipTop Audio.
How to combine the 245t and the ritournelles, both are made for sequencing.
How to use the 266t to add randomness, in various way.
Of course, Buchla/TipTop Audio modules are used for the audio part:
The 258t with the 292t.
"I'm still getting to know my Buchla Easel, but this was a pretty fun patch to play with. Also using the Triglav Modular Clockwork Card for rhythms and Northern Light Modular cardME Mobile Effect Engine for delay and reverb."
"Just got my 252e back after repair. Running through some tests to refamiliarize myself with the features. This is just a simple test with 252e sequencing 4 voices. Two are using the VCOs from Buchla 259e Twisted Waveform Generator with one through Vedic Scapes 13700 band pass filter. Then there is a kick from Bugbrand DRM2 and a drone into glitchy high hat using Bugbrand Synth Voice modules. Used lots of off-grid timing on 252e to make it a bit wonky.
The bass is 259e principal oscillator with RED cells coming from the 8 and 16 rings. The band pass voice is 259e modulation oscillator sequenced from the GREEN cells of the 6, 8, and 16 ring so some triplets in there from 6. Kick is BLUE cells from the 16 ring. High hat is ratcheted by the subdivided pulses from rings 8 and 16. Using a mixer to mute/unmute off screen to the left.
Recorded as 2 tracks into Ableton Live. Compression and FXs added in post."
