Buch Comber

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"I’ve been rejigging the Buchla 200 cabinet today, as I just picked up some new cloney modules from a cool guy named Stephen in Farringdon. I got a Verbos pulser, a completely bonkers Clouds derivative live granulating module, and the excellent 295 Comb Filter, which is a really nice way of getting your hands dirty when it comes to manipulating sound on the Buchla. A bit like beach combing but it’s Buchla comb-filtering. Buch Combing

This is a live performance of some experiments in sound mangling, so don’t expect any nice melodies or beatz"

Tempera Quirks and Foibles by Benge

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"I’ve been exploring granular synthesis since around 1997, when Native Instruments brought out Reaktor, because it was the first system I knew of that had a granular synthesis engine built into it

But even before that I was experimenting with certain samplers that could do a sort of proto-granular thing where you could control the loop start and end end points of a sample independently, and use sliders to scroll through the sample by hand (for example on the Fairlight CMI 2X and also the Akai S612)

But nowadays we have it so easy, as there are a whole slew of desktop granular devices coming out, often based on ARM chips, such as the Tasty Chips GR units, the recent Waldorf synths, the Torso S4, Endorphines Evil Pet, not to mention the Mutable Instruments Clouds and its many derivatives

And then there's this little monster, The Beetlecrab Tempera - a strange and tiny box which takes granular synthesis and does something completely unique with it

It’s got 8 stereo granular samplers at its heart, but the way you interact with them is using the 8x8 touch-points. They are called emitters, and you play them either over midi or using some of the touch-points. You can change and trigger emitters in x - y directions, and it's all extremely complex, and things can get really wild very quickly, so as this is my first patch on it, I decided to keep it simple by using just 2 of the 8 grain samplers

I captured the samples myself using the built in mic (sample 1 is just tapping the box with my fingers, and sample 2 is me humming

It also has comprehensive mixing and FX processors, so here is a little ambient sketch done in real time, using just the Tempera

I’m going to have fun exploring this thing - especially when I integrate it into some of my modular systems, once I have got my head round its many quirks and foibles"

Midsome - Live Buchla 200 Performance

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"Here's a live performance on the (cloned) Buchla 200 system, alongside my trust 'Concrete Box' (basically some euro rack units that allow me to record and process live performances)

Oh, and the Teenage Engineering TX6 which I'm using as a final recorder

Hope you like it!"

Background Modulars No12 - Buchla 200

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"Don’t have a real cloned Buchla 200 to hand? No worries! Just put this video on in the background (in full-screen mode), and have the next best thing 😁

Here is 10 minutes of self-playing modular synthesiser randomness

Why not put it on loop - then you can have it playing away in the background while you do other things

A note on the patch:

'I’m using the 259 as the main sound source, which is being sent to various places: the 288 delay, the 296 filter bank and the Dodeca modules’s LPGs

The MARF is combined with the 208 5 step sequencer to produce all the modulations, all powered from a 281 VC function generator

The Dodeca mixer provides stereo panning and the general output'

This piece was featured on Modulisme Session 131: https://modular-station.com/modulisme...

And it appears on this album:



Please support them if you like this kind of stuff! 😁

Synthesiser programming and recording, design and concept: Benge (B D Edwards)

Made at Memetune Studios, England
(c)+(p) 2025 Memetune Recordings"

Many Synthesiser Clubs

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"Here is a compilation of some of the Synthesiser Club segments from The Memetune Programme over the years

Featuring vintage ARPs, Moogs, Yamahas, Rolands, Korgs, Ensoniqs, Kawais, Sequential Circuits - did I forget any?

Enjoy!"

Cabaret Voltaire - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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Some synth spotting with Cabaret Voltaire. You might recognize Benge of Memetune Studio, and Tara Busch of I Speak Machine.

"http://KEXP.ORG presents Cabaret Voltaire performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 3, 2026.

Songs:
24-24 00:30
Landslide 05:26
Spies In the Wires 08:44
Nag Nag Nag 13:39
Sensoria 18:20

Stephen(Mal) Mallinder - Vocals, Synths
Benge Edwards - Drums
Tara Busch - Synths
Eric Random - Guitar, Synths
Dan Conway - Visuals, LD

Host: Kevin Cole
Audio Engineer: Jon Roberts
Mastering Engineer: Matt Ogaz

Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Emma Juncosa & Ettie Wahl
Editor: Carlos Cruz

https://cabaretvoltaire.bandcamp.com
http://kexp.org"

cascades

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"Some cascading patterns for you 😁


Buchla 200 only"

the100

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"This is a simple video of a vintage Buchla 100 being sequenced by a Modcan A Series

Thanks for viewing"

Crumar Cruise

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"The Crumar DS2 and the Modcan

And an Ensoniq DP/4"

new model - modern live jamb

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"Thanks for viewing!"

Vapore

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"a live jam on the Madcan A Series and the Ensoniq Fizmo"

ping thing

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"The Modcan is such a plucky synth

I managed to set up a temporary working studio in a spare room so I can work while I build the new proper studio

Luckily the Neve survived the enormously traumatic move to the new place!

I've spent the week patching up the patch bays and FX units and mic preamps and monitor speakers - and re-learning the mysteries of MADI and MIDI routing"

Exploration Situation of the Third Kind

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"Taking the very sci-fi Buchla 200 out on another ride across the Solar Sythesystem™

Here's a close encounter with the 288 delay and 289 dual stereo FX with Lexicon-style algorithms - Nanu Nanu!"

Exploration Situation Two

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"A more melodic exploration, still digging into those delays and reverbs, which is great to have onboard now with the dual Lexi-algos fitted to the 289 Defect Processor (thanks Maxlord)

I really love the way the 277 and 288 delays go all lo-fi and glitchy when CV'd"

Exploration Situation

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"Here I have set up an exploration situation, whereby I can mess about with various settings on the Buchla 200 while it's playing a semi-random patch

I'm using the 208 Easel module for initial sound generation, which goes to the 296 Spectral Processor, then out to two places: the even output goes to a mixer input, and the odd out goes to the 288 Time Domain Processor, then into mixer input 2. This goes out to the 289 Defect Processor top section, which has Maxlord's Lexi-like (224) reverb EPROM fitted. It's a great reverb! And you can CV various parameters. Joy!"

Defect Process 2 - Discombobulation arises

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"Another exploration on the Defect Processor, this time feeding one half of the 289 into the other. It's kind of ghostly and interesting - I love how you can change the pitch of the reverb in real time - quite a discombobulating effect"

Defect Processor Buchla 289

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"A few months ago I managed to snag a Defect Processor Model 289 made by Alex Pleninger (Keen Association) and Roman F

This hyper-rare module adds some appropriately bonkers digital FX to the Buchla 200 series system, by using two independent stereo digital effects units based around the rather interesting Spin Chip platform (it has two of them inside)

The module takes any audio signal and subjects it to various Spin Chip algorithms - there are 8 per section, and they are pre-set on EPROMS on the board behind the panel. The good news is you can swap out the EPROMS and change the 16 algorithms if you so desire, and you can even create your own if you get the Spin Chip programmer

I have a set that includes this insane delay patch. The module has CV inputs for some of the parameters (not many Spin-based products have this facility AFAIK) but here I am playing around with the delay times and feedback levels by hand

I’m also tweaking the 259 timbre, the LPG decay time, and the mix between Noise and VCO, and the Bandpass filter

Crazy sounds and defects abound!"

Self Playing Patches by BENGE

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"This series of studies explores an idea that Benge has been working on over the past year or so, namely that of Cybersynthesis. This involves programming self-contained patches on various modular systems which, once set in motion, will produce dynamic, evolving soundscapes, sometimes purely abstract in nature, at other times veering towards the more melodious

Many different methods were deployed in the patches, depending on the system being used, but normally multiple sequencer and switching devices were combined to give varying degrees of control over long time periods, often without repetition

Other things like random control signals and semi-random events were combined with the sequencers and switching units to bring variation to the performances the machines were making

The key idea at the heart of Cybernetics is the concept of bringing control to chaotic processes. To do this, some kind of feedback loop would ideally be established that can monitor and limit events that might otherwise spin out of control. The Serge and Modcan systems featured here each have various comparator circuits that can, to a certain extent, achieve this highly advanced synthesis feature

In the absence of such sensor paths, it is sometimes possible to use audio or voltage mixers and feedback chains to set various parameters to be on the very edge of chaotic behaviour, an approach used in many of the patches on display here

Other techniques such as the quantisation of voltages and the forcing of notes to play within certain predetermined musical scales were also employed in some of the pieces, which is another way of taming chaotic elements into into a more musical realm

Overall, a wholly experimental approach was applied to the various setups, with the intention of providing an insight into how these machines can behave. Of course, each system has an almost limitless depth to the complexity of patches available, and each track on the album provides just a single snapshot of each instrument used. But hopefully it provides an interesting glimpse into the wonders that these self-playing systems can achieve

Tracklist:

01 - Buchla 100 and EMS VCS3
02 - Serge Paperface
03 - Modcan A-Series
04 - ARP 2500
05 - Buchla 200 and DK Synergy
06 - Serge and LW Comparator
07 - Moog Modular 3C
08 - Roland Discrete System
09 - Buchla 200

MORE INFO HERE:
https://modular-station.com/modulisme...



Synthesiser programming and recording, design and concept: Benge (B D Edwards)

Made at Memetune Studios, England

(c)+(p) 2025 Memetune Recordings

Special thanks to Philippe Petit at Modulisme (modular-station.com/modulisme) for his continued support"

Fizmosphere by BENGE

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"Here's a little end-of-year ambient composition made on the Ensoniq Fizmo. I love this synth - it's my new favourite ambient pad machine

I am recording two stereo loops into the Concrete Machine and adding extra reverb from the FX Aid Spin Chip device

I made the visuals myself - I love doing this sort of thing as you can probably tell

Happy New Year everyone!"

Benge electronic album Orgoustic Plus 30

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"There is a new Benge album out today!



It's 30 years since I released my first album. This is a a kind of follow up

In 1995, I decided to set up a small home studio and record an album, using a combination of acoustic and electronic instruments. The result was my debut solo record Electro-Orgoustic Music, which was also the first release on my label Expanding Records

It was the beginning of a lifelong journey, a sonic adventure in which I explored my musical passions, combining old and new equipment, trying to discover my own unique voice with these fascinating instruments. I have followed my instincts and expanded my toolbox, but kept true to my original vision: to surround myself with inspirational tools and live amongst them, using them daily in my work and play

Here, I present to you an album made 30 years on from that debut recording, using a similar cast of instrumental characters, in fact many of the same ones which appeared on the first album

This album was made on the following equipment (asterisk denotes an appearance on the 1995 album):

Moog Modular 3C*
Arp 2500
Buchla 200
EMS VCS3*
Serge Modular
AKAI S950* / S5000 and AX73
Minimoog*
Yamaha CS40M
Korg Lambda
Baby Grand Piano*
Double Bass*
Clarinet*
Drums, Cymbals, Percussions*
Lexicon 224X and PrimeTime-95
AMS RMX16, Quantec QRS
Neve 88D Mixing Console"