The Memetune Annual 2024

video upload by Memetune Studio

"Available now from the Memetune Bandcamp merch page - a very limited run of BOTH Annuals (2023 and the new 2024 edition) at a special price!

https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/merch...

The new Annual is also released today:

https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/merch...

The second edition of the Memetune Programme Annual - for the year 2024

Hardback book (A4 size) with 74 full colour pages and download code for the accompanying music album

Based on the second season of Benge's unique 6 part TV series focussing on his passion for vintage synths, studio gear and video production equipment

The Memetune 2024 Annual follows the TV series format, broken down into the following categories:

LITTLE BLACK BOXES looks at some classic 80s and 90s rack mount synths, instruments that are often overlooked due to their utterly bland appearance. Their sounds, however, are anything but

SWITCHED ON CYBERSYNTHS features a brief history and description of abstract electronic music, in particular sounds created on modular synths, taking in randomness, chaos theory, feedback loops, nonlinear modifiers, plus stochastic and algorithmic ideas. It ends with perhaps the largest modular synth patch ever attempted, featuring 11 of the Memetune modulars containing over 430 modules

SYNTHESISER CLUB points a vintage video camera at various synthesisers and systems, and focuses on ‘families’ of synths, meaning a group of instruments made by one manufacturer in a particular time in synth history

PATCHING TODAY is a deep dive into patching on a selection of vintage modular systems, namely the Modcan A-Series (the most versatile modular ever made?), the Polyfusion 2000 (the simplest modular?), an EMS rig containing a VCS3, TKS sequencer, 8-octave filter bank and dual Synthi 100 HPF (the most English modular?), a Paia 4700 (the worst modular ever made?), the Buchla 100 (the first modular ever made?) and a hybrid Roland “green” modular system containing a modified System 100, SH5 with special modular panel and RE201 Space Echo (the ‘wonkiest’ system ever made?)

VIDEO LAB begins by presenting a short film called Proof of Hypertravel made entirely in the Lab, and then goes on to detail the lengthy process that went into making it, covering such things as Storyboarding, World-Building, Green Screening, Compositing, Special Effects, and types of vintage video cameras

There is also the Memetune Puzzle Page, the legendary Memetune Dictionary of Words, and a tour of the Memetune garden in a 1980 Lotus Esprit

The music on the download album that accompanies this annual has been selected from the second series and contains all the tracks made in the Synthesiser Club, Patching Today and Little Black Boxes sections respectively, approximately 60 minutes of original synthesiser compositions to enjoy whilst perusing the Annual

To watch the series search on YouTube for 'Memetune Programme by Benge'"

Stereo patching with Mimeophon: Skew, Ping Pong, and Swap | Make Noise

video upload by MAKEN0ISE

"This video gives a full run-down of all the ways the Mimeophon handles stereo:

- Mono/stereo input normalization
- Stereo Halos
- Setting, modulating and clearing Skew
- Ping Pong (repeats bounce from left to right)
- Swap (Skewed repeats fed into each other for stereo layers)

https://www.makenoisemusic.com/module..."

Make Noise Strega & Roland D-05

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Mixer: Ableton Live (Skin: https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...)
Sequencer : Ableton M4L MODE (https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...)

Turning the DONNER D1 drum computer into a melodic sample player using this small script

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"The Donner D1 essential is a digital, sample-based drum computer with a live- and step sequencer. @loopop did an excellent review already, so in this video, I focus on the basics and also code a small script that turns the D1 into a chromatic sample player (so one can play chords and melodies and basslines along the drum tracks).

My script: https://github.com/mrfloydst/d1melodi

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/"

Sonicware Liven Ambient Ø Full Tutorial - Soundscape Synthesizer

video upload by ChrisLody

"Here's a full tutorial on the new Ambient 0, enjoy :)

For more information on the Ambient 0 please use these links:
Liven Ambient Ø:
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-ambient

Online manuals
https://sonicware.jp/pages/online_man...

0:00 Teaser

0:38 Intro

1:35 Overview

Powering up, playing a pattern, speaker mute, Shift & Func

83:56 Playing a pattern*

Headphone gain, pattern bpm, global bpm, Shift lock, knob Latch

6:20 PTN button (pattern)

Bank buttons, natural release, queue pattern, pattern chain

8:20 Layer selection

mute layers

9:15 Preset patterns and templates

Hold function, Hold jam

12:02 Shimmer reverbs

reverb send, shimmer send, reverb mix, reverb types, FX speed & amount, FX type

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The Amazing Rise, Fall, & Resurgence of Dubreq (the Stylophone company)

video upload by Musical Miscellany

"This is a follow up to a previous video I posted on the Stylophone pocket organ [posted here]. In this video I go over every Stylophone ever made from 1967 to 2024. I hope it is informative to someone."

Intro - 0:00
The Vintage Era - 1:19
The Modern Era - 4:33
Conclusion - 9:29

Stylophone Gen X-1 with Strega & Volante

video upload by Stazma

"I've been sent some stuff by the folks at Dubreq, including their Stylophone Gen X-1. I tough that like th Casio I got for my kid this would be a great pairing with the Strega from Make Noise, in order to give a "serious" and even ominous quality. I had a blast recording that session. The end is the best part hahaha.

Have fun!

Sponsored as I had the Stylophone for free."

Radel "Magic Plus" Digital Tanpura/Tambura Natural Sounds

video upload by Edward Jones

Interesting device. Could benefit with individual buttons to flip between presets as well as knobs for the rest.

A search for Tanpura and/or Tambura on the top right will bring up others.

Loopstyler, low/high-pass filter, extreme resonances

video upload by Gechologic

"A few more interesting moments which did not fit in the previous demo, showing what happens at the edges of the filter cut-off and resonance range.

All sounds are coming from the device, as recorded on the SD card, with no additional processing, except for the peak volume normalized to -6dB, and fading in and out when editing the video."

Exploring vactrol filters and modular utilities with Nekyia Circuits Mezcal, Muzzle & Cadence

video upload by Tom Churchill

"In this video I’m checking out three modules from Nekyia Circuits. Muzzle is a vactrol-based filter; Mezcal is a compact multi-utility that includes a mult, rectifier, mixer and comparator; and Cadence is a triple decay envelope generator. Between them they provide lots of really useful analogue tools for a modular synth setup, and they all have some interesting twists.

I build a few patches that not only show what these modules can do but also provide some more general patching tips and tricks for modular synths. Hopefully they’ll give you some ideas for things to try with your own setup if you have modules that can do similar things."

Chapters:
00:00 Intro and patch previews
01:23 Modules overview
03:08 Using 2 trigger patterns for filter animation
10:03 Using a rectifier & comparator to expand a vco
15:43 Using envelope bursts to make drum sounds
18:57 Using a comparator for sequence accents