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Monday, September 28, 2026
HWJ - GOLDEN SPRINKLES - PRIMORDIAL SOUP
video upload by FL3SHB4CK
"Hardware Jam Challenge: GOLDEN SPRINKLES
HYPSTER, BENJOLIN, RINGS, BEADS
Make some noise!"
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026
HWJ - CHAOS OF THE RINGS (full jam)
video upload by FL3SHB4CK
"Hardware Jam Challenge: HOBBITS
HYPSTER, BENJOLIN, RINGS, BEADS
Make some noise!"
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Sunday, September 20, 2026
HWJ - CHAOS OF THE RINGS (short)
video upload by FL3SHB4CK
"Hardware Jam Challenge: HOBBITS
HYPSTER, BENJOLIN, RINGS, BEADS
Make some noise!"
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Friday, September 11, 2026
Benjolin X by Before Void || Modular Demo
video upload by bajjjan records
"Rob Hordijk Benjolin with Before Void mods
A deep dive into chaotic synthesis using the Before Void Benjolin X as the only one sound source.
All effects are generated within the Eurorack case: Before Void Trigonometry (Wave Shaper), Shift Line Astronaut (Reverb), Catoff 100FX (Reverb/Delay)
What you hear is the raw character of these modules. Post-processing is limited to mixing and compression only. No external EQ or VST plugins."
Before Void Benjolin X || First Jam
video upload by bajjjan records
"First Jam with Before Void Benjolin X and Roland TR09"
"Based on forestcover Benjolin
+clock rungler input (any signal such as puls, trigs, gates, clock)
+band pass filter output
+high pass filter output (capricious output, starts cutting low frequencies only when the resonance is raised from 30%)
Open-Source:
https://github.com/BeforeVoid/Chrongler
CC-By-NC 4.0, 2026.
Strictly for non-commercial use."
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
Ciat-Lonbarde - Peterlin Desktop Rungler Synthesizer
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via this Reverb listing
Additional NOISEBUG Listings
Video in the listing previously posted here.
via this Reverb listing
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Video in the listing previously posted here.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Beautiful Meltdowns | A Live Benjolin Exploration (feat. Bien Jolie ! & Starlight Echo Station)
video upload by Andre Bregegere
"Running Rob Hordijk's chaotic Benjolin architecture through lush, vintage stereo delays.
In this session, I explore the interaction between the Glou-Glou Bien Jolie! and the Universal Audio UAFX Starlight Echo Station.
The Bien Jolie! serves as the generative core of the performance, utilizing its interacting analog VCOs, XOR logic, and Rungler shift register to create highly unpredictable, cross-modulated textures. To capture and reshape these chaotic voltages, the stereo output is routed directly into the Starlight Echo Station, utilizing its various vintage echo-emulation engines (Tape EP-III / Analog DMM / Precision) to add depth, space, and rhythmic structural movement to the evolving patterns. I also added a filter (High and Low pass, patched between the Bien Jolie! and the Starlight) to tame extreme frequencies.
This performance was captured entirely live and is presented mostly unedited. The recording was then lightly mixed and mastered in Pro Tools.
🎧 Listening Note:
Because this setup relies heavily on wide stereo imaging, ping-pong delay repetitions, and complex analog filter modulation, headphones or studio monitors are highly recommended for the best listening experience."
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Tuesday, June 09, 2026
Benjolin in a Pedal // Glou-Glou Bien Jolie ! Live Improv
video upload by Andre Bregegere
"In this session, I explore the Bien Jolie ! by Glou-Glou, a fascinating hybrid desktop effects pedal and standalone experimental synthesizer deeply inspired by Rob Hordijk's legendary Benjolin circuit.
Built around interacting analog VCOs, XOR logic, and the famous Rungler shift register, this box excels at generating unpredictable, evolving patterns, chaotic cross-modulation, and unique rhythmic textures. It brings the beautifully unstable spirit of the Benjolin into a highly tactile, semi-modular desktop format. This performance is captured entirely live and unedited, showcasing the spontaneous interaction between the internal normalized path and custom patch routings.🎛️ "
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Thursday, March 19, 2026
Benjolin & Ableton Octa Comb
video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto
"Benjolin Modular Synth (Sample Pack)
https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
Bringing Harmony to the Edge of Sound
Octa Comb was created in response to a growing gap in experimental music. While modular synthesis and advanced DSP have opened new territories, much of the resulting sound remains inaccessible to broader audiences. Octa Comb offers an alternative path by transforming even abrasive or chaotic material into tonal, resonant textures.
Eight Filters, Infinite Resonance
At its core are eight finely tuned comb filters, capable of extracting pitch content from any audio input. Whether you are working with field recordings, dense modular patches, or raw noise, Octa Comb reshapes the material into harmonic structures that can be eerie, beautiful, or otherworldly.
Control Through Simplicity
Sound shaping is streamlined. Dial in the desired amount of feedback and feedforward. Then choose eight pitch points. Build dissonance, stack chords, or align to your favorite scale. No menu diving, no cryptic modulation paths—just direct and musical interaction.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Macumbista Benjolin v4 - Handmade - Standalone Analog Synthesizer - Fun!!!
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via this eBay listing
"The Macumbista Benjolin V4 is a unique, handmade analog synthesizer based on Rob Hordijk's original Benjolin circuit, featuring added patchbay options (banana jacks) for external interfacing, looping switches, and an external filter/clock input, known for its "bent by design" chaotic sound, blending VCO, LFO, Rungler, and filter for generative, experimental music."
via this eBay listing
"The Macumbista Benjolin V4 is a unique, handmade analog synthesizer based on Rob Hordijk's original Benjolin circuit, featuring added patchbay options (banana jacks) for external interfacing, looping switches, and an external filter/clock input, known for its "bent by design" chaotic sound, blending VCO, LFO, Rungler, and filter for generative, experimental music."
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Benjolin & Ableton Octa Comb
video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto
"Benjolin Modular Synth (Sample Pack)
https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
Bringing Harmony to the Edge of Sound
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Sunday, December 07, 2025
Modular vid #330
video upload by Phisynth
"Modcan, Serge & BugBrand modulars, Pulsar-23 sequenced by Dual Benjolin, BB DDSR & Scrotum Labs Grilles, Waldorf Iridium & Hydrasynth sequenced by Torso T-1 and Oxi One #modcan #bugbrand #sergemodular #scrotumlabs #hydrasynth #waldorfiridium #somapulsar23 #torsoT1 #oxione #eventideclipse"
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
A Recipe For Chaotic Beauty | Modular Classroom | Episode 04
video upload by Cinematic Laboratory
"This series is a bit more advanced than usual, but this does not mean 'difficult', it means 'low level'. I will revisit Rob Hordijk's Benjolin and Blippoo Box again, not to recreate them, but to understand its components a bit more so they can be used elsewhere. We'll build a Twin Peak filter with Blades and Blinds (or any duo filter with a polarizer), a Comparator with Maths - which can make amazing new sounds using any two VCO's, I'll revisit the Rungler with Marbles and finally I've been looking for ways to detect equality between two voltages so we can generate a trigger or gate. I am not aware of any comparator that has an '=' output, but I figured out a way to approximate it with Maths.
I've been using ChatGPT as a research tool and it came up with the Twin Peak recipe after scrutinizing documentation on the web. But it also claimed that using Maths for equality detection would not work, because EOC is documented to be 'end of full cycle'. We already figured out in Episode 01 of this series, that EOC is always ON, and off when a RISE is in progress. This is needed to do quadrature functions, bla bla bla, but the point is that AI can be misinformed. Regardless, AI has reached a point where you can actually discuss patches and ChatGPT knows a LOT of modules, options, techniques and alternatives. So how do I know so much? I don't. It's co-creation.
Even though this episode features a lot of chaos, I tried to find the cool textures that make the Blippoo Box so entertaining, and figure out why the Benjolin is so untameable (may I say annoying?)
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Blippoo Box emulation for the Meng-Qi Wingie 2
05:02 Patching a Twin Peak filter with Blades and Blinds
08:03 Patching a Comparator with Maths
12:34 Patching a Rungler with Marbles and any VCO
14:43 Blippoo Box S&H and equality detection with Maths
18:45 Final Thoughs and a dual Benjolin / Marbles (multi-track) Jam."
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Friday, June 27, 2025
Macumbista Butterfly Benjolin + Dual AM/RM | Low-gain Electronics
video upload by LowgainElectronics
"Updated my v4/5 Butterfly Benjolin to include one of my Dual AM/RM modules. On the left Benjolin i wired it as per Macumbista’s new ring mod block diagram. With the dual AM/RM circuit you can have the modulator do either ring modulation or TZ amplitude modulation. So that makes for some fun. On the right side I wanted to keep the second AM/RM isolated so you can plug in anything you want to it. Far right side has X/Y inputs. Middle has output and mode switch (AM/RM) and i swapped the external input to the filter to a switching jack and wired a banana back to the normal so you can patch anything banana format into it as well. Internally the external banana jack has a trim pot to adjust the gain amount."
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Monday, July 08, 2024
It's a Rungle outthere | Cybernetics EP02 | From Benjolin to Blippoo Box
video upload by Cinematic Laboratory
"The Benjolin is a powerful module. For many, it's a chaotic noise source, which was exactly the point of the design. The Blippoo Box is less chaotic, more musical and designed as an experimental instrument. It's more a Pandora's Box. Both have the Rungler in common. It refers to a shift register circuit, but also to the 5U module that includes two VCO's and is not unlike the Benjolin's chaotic core. I do not own a Blippoo Box for obvious reasons (it's now priceless) but I do love my Benjolin. It's going to be a noisy video where I'll try the Rungler concept on Marbles and XAOC Leibniz.
Marbles is a cool extension to the Benjolin, and the Benjolin can also be a great conventional complex VCO.
Rob Hordijk designed the Rungler module (and circuit) to cover the space between a fundamental sinewave and the total chaos of white noise. A creative source of designer noise to enrich your patch. And wow, what a designer he was."
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Sunday, June 16, 2024
Substance - Live Psy-Doombient Industrial Synth Drone - TTSH & Eurorack
video upload by Abre Ojos
"75bpm Psy-Doombient Industrial Synth Drone TechNoise Ritual
Live hardware jam with TTSH (ARP2600) and Eurorack modular
Eurorack Modular
Endorphins Queen of Pentacles
ALA Atom
Erica Synths Dual Filter
Doepfer Joystick
Benjolin
Pams New Workout
Monsoon in OliVerb mode
Video processed live through Resolume
Shot with GH5 MKII
Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"
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Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Hypjolin - First sounds demo | Low-gain Electronics
video upload by LowGainElectronics
"Finished up the Hypjolin today and captured some of its first sounds."
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
THE First Surviving BENJOLIN Synthesizer. And the story is quite interesting!
video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
Follow-up to The Worlds First Benjolin - Sample Pack - Obsolete Soundlab
"The Blippo Extravaganza Benjolin, The survivng Plinth, Built By the late Rob Hordijk and Kassen. Which is believed to be the first surviving Benjolin, or very close to that!"
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Monday, April 29, 2024
The Worlds First Benjolin - Sample Pack - Obsolete Soundlab
video upload by THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE
Also see THE First Surviving BENJOLIN Synthesizer. And the story is quite interesting!
"Purchase here: https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.c...
The Obsolete Soundlab Presents -The Worlds First Benjolin Sample Pack
We picked up the worlds first(?) Benjolin in The Hague whilst on tour last month. It’s massive, obnoxious and absolutely brilliant. We’ve recorded a range of sounds from the machine for your sonic pleasure.
An in depth video on the story of this marvellous machine will be up on the look mum no computer channel.
All sounds featured in the video are included in the pack.
#benjolin #samplepack #diysynth #sounddesign
Sample Pack Includes:
100+ Short & Long Sounds.
All Samples are 48Khz 24bit
All proceeds go towards maintaining and improving the museum.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Rainy day with Loopman
video upload by murratti 127
"Black Sequencer from erica synths controls the bass drum from mosaic, the pique from after later audio, the kermit from industrial music and chainsaw from acid rain. 0-CTRL from make noise controls the resonate from after later audio, this signal is filtered with night rider from ryk and the mimeophone is used as an effect. Other effects and voices from the Benjolin v2 from after later audio. Roucha legio and yester versio from noise engineering.
My voice from the Loopman controlled with math and soundhack with morphagene from make noise. Hope you like this video! Comments welcome!"
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Kermit Mk3 and his friends
video upload by murratti 127
"completely self-running
Echeveria gibbiflora plays the scion,
Instruo Scion • Øchd, Industrial Music Kermit Mk3, Make Noise Tape & Microsound Machine • XPO • 0-CTRL, erica synths black sequencer • sample drum, stmix befaco, after later audio Resonate • Benjolin V2, noise engineering melotus Versio • Roucha Legio, cre8audio EastBeast, Rolant aira T8."
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