TMP-01 Vintage Synth TV Series from Benge

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Additional Vintage Synth TV episodes by Benge

00:00 Opening Titles
00:33 Introduction
01:32 Switched On Monosynths
17:58 Synthesiser Club
19:43 Commercial Break
21:51 Patching Today
32:15 Video Lab
35:02 Outro/Coming Up Next Time

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First in a new six part series of programmes 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 it on his productions and collaborations

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It is divided into the following sections:

SWITCHED ON - Featuring in-depth discussions about the history and development of the synthesiser over the years, including demonstrations and feature guides of many classic and iconic instruments

SYNTHESISER CLUB - A short musical demonstration of a synthesiser classic or two

PATCHING TODAY - A deep-dive into vintage modular systems and how to set up a patch on them, starting from scratch

VIDEO LAB - A look at old video equipment and how I create visuals for my music

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In THIS episode:

SWITCHED ON MONOSYNTHS - A brief history of Monosynths, with the Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, Roland SH101, SH5, Korg 800DS, Yamaha CS40M, Elka Soloist, EMS VCS3, Buchla Music Easel, and various related sequencers: Moog 960, ARP 1601, EMS TKS

SYNTHESISER CLUB - ARP / Rhodes Chroma, ARP 2500

PATCHING TODAY - Emu Series 2000 Modular synthesiser

VIDEO LAB - Brief introduction to the lab, Panasonic WJ-MX50, Sony Camera, Grass Valley Indigo vision mixer

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LINKS:
Benge's Studio Blog: http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot.com
Memetune Studio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/memetunestudio
Benge on Bandcamp: https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com

Oblong album: https://townsendmusic.store/product/5...

Stephen Mallinder Um Dada album: https://www.daisrecords.com/products/...

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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, 2022

zack dagoba Vintage Synth TV

Rolandy

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"Benge on the Roland SH3a (and MC4)"

Benge's original ARP2500 up close

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"Getting in there with a nice vintage Fujinon zoom lens and Sony video camera

This is a self-playing ARP 2500 patch utilising the two very different types of sequencer it has"

Additional ARP 2500 posts

Benge on the Yamaha CS40M

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"Juzd sum noodlin on the supa-kule Yammy CS40M. Mmmmm"

Visual Audio by Benge aka zack dagoba

Visual Audio One - Buchla 200
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Visual Audio One
by Benge
Made on the Buchla 200 Electric Music Box
and
JVC KY1900 video camera
Panasonic WJ-MX50 video mixer

Visual Audio Two - VCS3 Putney


Visual Audio Three - Moog Modular 3C

The Dreamer by Benge

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Check out the video for THE DREAMER here:


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Sidewaves - Buchla 200 Self-Player

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"A droney self-player on the Buchla 200, by Benge"

Study for Threee Synthis by BENGE

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"The pure sound of threee vintage EMS Synthis - the legendary 'Crystal Machine' (2 modified Synthis in a custom case) and a Mk1 VCS3. Also used: TKS sequencer keyboard, 8-Octave Filter Bank, Pitch to Voltage Converter and Random Voltage Generator

Part of my submission for the Modulisme feature on EMS equipment

Thanks to Keith for the loan of the Crystal Machine, and to Philippe Petit for his excellent work in creating the Modulisme platform (www.modulisme.info)"

Benge Odyssey

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"Messing about on the ARP Odyssey and Sequencer. Oh, and the newly set up MEMETUNE VIDEO LAB (2 x Panasonic WJ50s, Ultimatte 400 and GV Indigo)"

Emu Modular Today

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"An abstract self-playing sketch on the Emu Modular by Benge"

benge MC4

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"Roland MC4 and 100M modular synth
These two were made for each other. Literally"

SOUNDMIT 2021 - BENGE - Live - #soundmitlive #modulisme

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Benge aka zack dagoba

"Grazie alla collaborazione con #Modulisme e Philippe Petit, anche quest'anno i live del #Soundmit si sono arricchiti di nomi internazionali. È tornato a trovarci BENGE con il suo gigantesco sistema #buchla per un live esclusivo al Soundmit 2021.

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Thanks to the collaboration with #Modulisme and Philippe Petit, also this year the #Soundmit live shows have been enriched with international names. BENGE returned to visit us with his gigantic #buchla system for an exclusive live at Soundmit 2021."

PFS-01-Buchla 100

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"Patching From Scratch episode one with BENGE - the Buchla 100"

Buchla 200 Played Live by Benge

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Paia 4700 by Benge

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"Paia 4700 - a little sequenced patch I just made"

Memetune Studio Fly-through

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"Just found this video I made with Zan and his drone-cam (from 2019)"

Some synth spotting in Benge's studio.

ARP Pink Noise

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"Benge on the ARP 2500, demoing the PINK NOISE level function"

Benge TKS with VCS3

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"My first tests on the TKS sequencer and the VCS3 Mk1. Its amazing! It really adds a whole new dimension - and keeps it all in family too. I'm going to have a lot of fun with this setup I think

Here I am sending a simple looping pattern to the VCS3 oscillators and also sending the sequencer signal to half of the ring mod - this is what gives the extra punchy attack on the noise and 2nd VCO - when you put them into the other half of the ring mod the sequencer acts as a gate / VCA trigger and it sounds super cool and awesome. Thanks Keith for the tip, and also getting it all up and running for me - you are the Synthi king!"

Spiken by BENGE. Modcan A Series (self-playing patch)

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"A minimalist study on the Modcan A Series modular system. This is a self-playing patch which utilises two voltage controlled LFOs to generate the timing pulses, and random voltages to control pitch. There are also two audio samplers in the signal path which help generate the spikes

Shot on a JVC KY1900 analog video camera"

Merlin (Moog Modular and MFB-501) by Benge

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"Moog Modular and MFB (standing for Manfred Fricke Berlin) 501B drum machine playing together. The Moog is using a Dotcom S&H to produce the sequence of notes (with an up-saw LFO plus clock). The reverb is the original Moog 905 spring"