TMP-3-04 Vintage Synth TV Series from Benge

video upload by Memetune Studio

Additional episodes

00:00 Opening Titles
00:17 Introduction
01:25 Switched On 80s
13:08 Synthesiser Club
15:58 Little Black Boxes
20:05 Commercial Break
23:45 Patching Today
35:08 Video Lab
40:29 Outro

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Episode four of the third series of the TV program from Benge, made at his Memetune Electronic Music Studio

The series explores his passion for vintage synthesiser instruments and studio gear and how he uses them in his productions and collaborations

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It is divided into the following sections:

SWITCHED ON 80s - This third series takes an in-depth look into six classic 80s synthesisers, selected because of their interesting and unique attributes

SYNTHESISER CLUB - A short musical demonstration of a synthesiser classic or three, concentrating on 'families' of synths

LITTLE BLACK BOXES - A further look at some classic rack mount studio gear of the 80s and 90s

COMMERCIAL BREAK - Some shameless Memetune shilling

PATCHING TODAY - A deep-dive into vintage modular systems and how to set up a patch on them, starting from scratch, this time using Cybersynthesis techniques to bring an element of surprise to the patches

VIDEO LAB - A look at old video equipment and how to create experimental visuals, concentrating on a specific device in each episode

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In THIS episode:

SWITCHED ON 80s - A detailed presentation on the Oberheim Xpander hybrid polysynth from 1984

SYNTHESISER CLUB - The Emu Strut - featuring the Emulator 2, the Drumulator, the Proteus/2 and the mighty Emu Modular 2000

LITTLE BLACK BOXES - A look at the highly underrated Yamaha TX16W and its companion reverb unit, the REV7

COMMERCIAL BREAK - Some adverts for Memetune-related goodies, including the Memetune Annual 2024, the range of Memetune merchandise and Benge's FORMS series of single-synth albums

PATCHING TODAY - on the incredible ARP 2500, which I bought exactly 20 years ago this month

VIDEO LAB - In this episode we take a closer look at the Grass Valley Indigo AV Mixer, which is the central hub of the Video Lab, and provides many more ways of getting that genuinely vintage look to the Memetune video productions, in particular using its memory recall system which allows you to program complex time-based actions

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LINKS:

Benge's Studio Blog: http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot.com

Memetune Studio Instagram: @memetunestudio

Benge & Memetune Merch on Bandcamp: https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com

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The MemeTune Programme Credits:
Everything in this video was created by B D Edwards (Benge)
All music, design, writing, filming and production completed at Memetune Studios, UK, 2025"

Bossfighter Win (MEGASYSTEM live audiovisual remix)

video upload by LucaTronico

"A high-energy battle music remix inspired by old-school arcade boss themes.
This live set blends synthesizer performance with reactive glitch visuals, amplified by audience gameplay on retro consoles. No loops, no edits — just raw chaos.

Megasystem Live – June 20 @ El Sótano Analógico
Chiptune & retrowave performanec + real-time glitch visuals powered by CRTs and classic consoles.
Audience gameplay influences both visuals and music. Total chaos, fully live.

🧠 Instruments: Dirtywave M8 · Roland MC-101 · Teenage Engineering OP-Z
🎛️ Visuals: Video Glitch System (Oliver Behrmann)
🎮 Interaction: Classic consoles hacked into the AV chain
Original music theme not owned by me :)

🔗 Stay Connected:

📷 Follow my musical explorations on Instagram: / luca.tronico
🌐 More info about me: https://lucatronico.w.link/"

3D Galax Cover (MEGASYSTEM live remix)

video upload by LucaTronico

"Space shooter nostalgia meets analog chaos.
This cover of a 3D Galax-style track gets the full MEGASYSTEM treatment: live chiptune performance + retro CRT visuals glitching in real time as the audience plays.

Megasystem Live – June 20 @ El Sótano Analógico
Chiptune & retrowave performanec + real-time glitch visuals powered by CRTs and classic consoles.
Audience gameplay influences both visuals and music. Total chaos, fully live.

🧠 Instruments: Dirtywave M8 · Roland MC-101 · Teenage Engineering OP-Z
🎛️ Visuals: Video Glitch System (Oliver Behrmann)
🎮 Interaction: Classic consoles hacked into the AV chain
Original music theme not owned by me :)

🔗 Stay Connected:

📷 Follow my musical explorations on Instagram: / luca.tronico
🌐 More info about me: https://lucatronico.w.link/"

T-420 LITE Analog Video Glitch FX Processor

video upload by LoFiFuture

Note this is not an audio synthesizer, but a video processor from supporting member LoFiFuture.

"Available to order here: https://lofifuturestore.square.site/p...

The T-420 LITE features two linear faders that provide the primary control over the effects. There are also two potentiometers, one that controls the overall intensity or gain of the video signal and another that partially stabilizes the sync of the video signal.

There is also a second FX mode that can be activated using the slide switch or momentary button. The momentary button is especially useful when used in a live performance situation.

For I/O it features a USB C input for the power input and two standard RCA connectors are used for video in and out.

This unit works and looks its absolute best when plugged directly into a CRT TV but it also works well in bigger video rigs with video mixers/ TBCs etc.

Specifications:
-Composite video In/out
-NTSC/PAL Compatible
-USB C power input - USB cable is NOT included
-Weight: 101 Grams
-Dimensions 100mm x 85mm x 35mm"

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SILHOUETTE SPORT kickstarter demo - 19th december 2024

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"This video introduces the portable audiovisual synthesizer SILHOUETTE SPORT on occasion of its kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

The SILHOUETTE SPORT is the new forthcoming synthesizer made by Pit Przygodda. It is the new sprout in the SILHOUETTE synthesizer family, joining the SILHOUETTE EINS. Infos: http://silhouette-synthesizer.de/

Enjoy! Join!"



The SILHOUETTE SPORT is an innovative audiovisual synthesizer that transforms visuals and motion to sound and rhythm. The interdisciplinary approach liberates the inherent connection between various senses and actions like seeing, moving and listening. To play along these intersections wakes basic intuitions and leads to a widespread field of cross-sensual beauty, poetry and joy.

The SPORT has a camera on board, and it is portable: Ready to search and find visuals in the outside world to play with - dance like. It can also load picture and movie files. The special 'Vimpler' ('visual sampler') function closes the audiovisual circuit: Incoming audio gets transformed to a picture, ready for artistic sound resynthesis.

The SILHOUETTE SPORT is invented and build by German musician and artist Pit Przygodda, and it is the new smaller-in-size-and-prize sprout in the SILHOUETTE synthesizer family and joins the bigger SILHOUETTE EINS (2021).

Technical Features

audiovisual sound synthesis ("Silhouette Synthesis")

visually created audio waves (timbres)

visually controlled sequences

motion transfer between visuals and sound

real time action

readable visual inputs: camera, picture and movie files

"Vimpler" function: audio-to-picture-to-audio

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Visualizer Jam Critter & Guitari Eyesy into Chroma Corrupter (ft. Elektron Syntakt)

video upload by goth jocks

"A/V jam using Critter & Guitari Eyesy into Melted Electronics Chroma Corrupter. Audio from Elektron Syntakt.

First time manually controlling audio and video devices simultaneously. A little challenging to say the least! Might have to sacrifice an Elektron MIDI track to control the Eyesy

Thanks for listening!"

Sunday Jam #55 : Halloween special : 4am again with visualisations

video upload by MIDI IN

After last week's effort I'm kicking back a bit this week and have spent the time on a visualisation. The music is something I first posted in 2020 [video below], at that time with a compilation of some spooky C64 and Vic20 games.

0:00 intro
0:16 talking about Dr.VIP 2040 board
0:42 talking about the visualisation
2:05 the track

"4am" - Original music, with Spooky Vic20 and C64 games (listed in description)

video upload by MIDI IN

"Original spooky music, all sounds are produced by a real C64 (6581 SID). Accompanied by me playing some of my current favourite games on Vic20 and C64.

This time I used the C64 as a midi instrument (via Datel MIDI cart and my own software) and recorded around 30 sounds separately, and mixed them using minimal post-processing (a little reverb and eq).

All of these games have their own music, by better musicians than me. This isn't an attempt to deprecate their music. I've enjoyed the games and the visuals make a great accompaniment to this piece of music.

I am a fan of using real hardware and usually play these games on original computers. However, I don't have a capture device and pointing a camera at the screen looks crap, so I resorted to emulators for the purposes of making the gameplay footage.

Games shown:
Zombie Calavera Prologue, Vic20, from Digital Monastery https://majikeyric.itch.io/zombie-cal...

Pumpkid, Vic20 from Hewco https://hewco64.itch.io/pumpkid

The Isle of the Cursed Prophet, C64 from Icon 64 https://psytronik.itch.io/cursed-prop...

Luna, C64 from Shallan https://shallan64.itch.io/luna"

SILHOUETTE eins: 7 new sounds

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"This video shows the audiovisual synthesizer 'SILHOUETTE eins' in 7 situations that push the creative use with the visual sources in new directions.
Some of the picture files where made by the internal 'Vimpler' function (visual samples made from audio samples) and some where special designed for audiovisual transformation. The transport of a movie file is jumping wildly back and forth. A mobilée swings and is building a physical audiovisual installation with SILHOUETTE eins. Fotos from templates on the lighttable were taken and mixed."

triPLLe VGO - AV eurorack module

video upload by



https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/15580...

"What is it?:

- audio -video (VGA) eurorack module;

- based on 3 x PLL (phase locked loop/cd4046) and Arduino (for generating vertical and horizontal oscillators);

- frequency of the oscillators directly corresponds to the displayed lines;

- outputs: 3 square wave Voltage Controlled Oscillators & VGA (compatible with most of the projectors & LCD screens);

- each VCO contains an attenuator;

- each VCO can be either synced to vertical oscillator (left position of the toggle switch) or horizontal oscillator (right position of the switch), or can run freely (middle position of the toggle switch);

- each VCO contains two Control Voltage inputs;

- horizontal and vertical oscillators can be synced with external inputs and /or CVs;

!!! you can play around with feedback loops between VCOs by patching one output to another input and vice-versa!!!

- high frequency (above audible; CAN BE UNPLEASANT ) = vertical lines; lower frequency= horizontal lines"

Color Fantastic

video upload by

"Another study in color and sound. Adding more texture manipulation to the @cycling74com jitter patch, then creating a quick soundscape with Vital, @madrona-labs Aalto and @NewfangledAudio Generate in Bitwig."

Fan of Color

video upload by nbor

"A very low key meditation on color and sinusoids. A complex surface is rendered from sine waves, accompanied by a downtempo track. Graphics generated in @cycling74com Jitter. Audio uses @AudioDamageInc Continua and @madrona-labs Aalto."

Optotronics - mini eurorack AV system

video upload by e j

"modules include:
-power module
-S&H/T&H
-PT2399 Delay
-VCA/VCLFO
- AV VGA module (3 VCOs)

runs on 15V 2A power supply which is not included.

more info here (including detailed PDFs with schematics+ description) : https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/15352..."

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TRI-VGA SYNTH

video upload by e j

"Triangle VGA sequencer is an unorthodox audio-video synthesiser. It consists of arduino for generating VGA signal, bunch of CMOS chips like: shift registers, frequency dividers, bilateral switches and phase locked loops. It’s noisy, unpredictable and very glitchy! It also contains envelope follower, so you can plug in an external input. There are no rules in playing the triangle – the surface is magnetic, which allows you to combine variety of patterns via placing the magnets, create feedbacks between each colour/oscillator and unstable sequences. It contains two outputs – red and green, while blue controls the overall pitch of the sequencer. It has on / of toggle switches for each colour/oscillator as well as for their frequency range and three sliders for their frequency and controls for vertical and horizontal sync and clock oscillator. It has VGA output and runs on USB mini. What you see is what you hear ! It’s brute, it’s rude. it’s contingent and crude!"

Superbooth 2023: Mystic Circuits - Audio and Lofi Visual Modules

video upload by sonicstate

"We met up with Ely from Mystic Circuits and he introduced us to their new modules. First we saw the 3D VCA, a quad vca in a 6hp space. Ely told us that they managed to cram it into a smaller space by using macro controls over the VCAs rather than independent controls. This design also offers interesting routing possibilities.

We also got a look at ANA 2, an updated version of their analogue logic module, with an attenuverter, multiplier providing thru-zero multiplication and Cut, which Ely described as a bizarre non linear waveshaper.

3DVCA Shipping June 2023. Price: 225 USD

ANA 2 Available soon. Price TBC"

Mezzz by Sleepy Circuits Superbooth (2023) @SleepyCircuits

video upload by DECIMA1

"In this video I chat to @SleepyCircuits about Mezzz at Superbooth."

https://sleepycircuits.com

Strokes Multi Out Beta with Imaginando VS

video upload by BoBSwanS

"Just a quick test of 5 tracks using the latest beta of Cong Burn 'Strokes' https://www.congburn.co.uk/strokes
Multi outs from Strokes into Ableton, Using Strokes Receiver to pump Midi into VS Visual Synth https://www.imaginando.pt/products/vs..."

STROKES

Sequencer, Sampler, Synthesizer & Groovebox

Runs on Windows 10/11, MacOS 10.11 & iOS 11 (or later)

Supports Intel Macs and runs natively on Apple Silicon

Quickstart guides for Ableton Live, Bitwig, VCV Rack, Cubase, FL Studio & Logic

On iOS, runs as an AUv3 inside a host, or as a standalone application

Strokes is an all-in-one, cross-platform workstation for sequencing, sampling and synthesis.

"Strokes is an amazing device for rhythmic inspiration. Its a lot of fun to play with and can lead to some very cool unexpected patterns and combinations" - Tom Rowlands [Chemical Brothers]

Synth Rorschach #84

What is it?

See the video below.

Note the patch points appear to be mini pins in to banana plug type sockets.

P.S. Akai gets a label for this one.

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LoFi Future - VGA FX Experimenter - Desktop VGA to RCA adapter

video upload by LoFiFuture

"The first batch of 30 will be ready to ship mid march, available to pre-order here: https://lofifuturestore.square.site/p...

This demo features the prototype PCBs of the VGA FX EXPERIMENTER (with the misspelling, oops!) this has been fixed for the production PCBs.

The VGA FX EXPERIMENTER is a desktop utility module that allows you to process HD VGA signals (or HDMI with some cheap converters) through your existing standard definition composite analog glitch processors.

Each channel features:

- level control

-momentary button that maxes out the level with just a press (great performance tool)

- a FX bypass switch (to bypass the FX box you have connected to that channel)

- a link button (these can link any of the RGB channels together to create interesting colour effects)

- a CV input that responds to positive CV or gate inputs to lower or mute that channel (the higher the CV signal, the lower the channel level)

Its a great way to experiment with analog HD video, just grab a couple of VGA / HDMI converter boxes and you can process HDMI video as analog signals and then convert them back to HDMI for convenience.

No need for a TBC what so ever! The sync signals on VGA are isolated on their own wires and not effected by this device at all. You can glitch as heavy as you want and it will come out as a valid signal. A game changer for VJs and live glitch artists who dont want to lug around a big video mixer, TBC or even a CRT and a Camera. All of which I have lugged in an out of taxis enough to yearn for a better solution!"

Best Synth Gear of the Year : Perfect Circuit Staff Picks

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"Read all about our staff's picks here : https://bit.ly/3HbbSvv

It's almost a wrap on 2022, the end of another monumental year in synthesizers and pro-audio.
We live for music gear here at Perfect Circuit, so we talked to our staff about their FAVORITE gear of the year !

Softpop 2 : https://bit.ly/3P09CZF
J-6 : https://bit.ly/3H7GRZc
H90 : https://bit.ly/3FkfY2Y
Syntonie Video Synths : https://bit.ly/3VNVWDc
Syntakt : https://bit.ly/3VrCVH5
XPO : https://bit.ly/3P05CZo"

SynthFest UK 2022 - New Product Launches

Use the player controls to skip around. See the SynthFest UK label below for additional posts.

Playlist:
SynthFest 2022 - Steve Levine
SynthFest UK 2022 - Yamaha MODX+ Range
SynthFest UK 2022 - Bjooks Roland & Korg Book Titles
SynthFest UK 2022 - Korg Drumlogue
SynthFest UK 2022 - Digisound Full Modular Range
SynthFest 2022 - Imaginando Visual Synthesizer
SynthFest UK 2022 - AJH Synth Minimod System
SynthFest UK 2022 - Studio Fabrications Prototype Instrument
SynthFest UK 2022 - IK Multimedia iLoud Precision Range
SynthFest UK 2022 - Enjoy Electronics The Godfather
SynthFest UK 2022 - Soundtronics Full Synth & Module Range
SynthFest UK 2022 - Tileyard North