Playing with Epoch Modular Benjolin

Published on Aug 30, 2015 AudioCentralMagazine

"Epoch Modular has revamped the original Benjolin circuit conceived by Rob Hordjik in the Eighties. A great havocking module for a different approach at sound sculpting. On this video, Benjolin out goes straight into MakeNoise ErbeVerb, for a slight touch of aural pleasure."

Fiddling with Epoch Modular Benjolin

Published on Aug 30, 2015

"Exploring quickly the sonic capabilities of Benjolin euro rack; reverb courtesy of Make Noise ErbeVerb, distorted kick drum from LEPLOOP Cassa euro rack module."

benjolin + Phonogene = Sweet Love

Published on Jul 8, 2013 Epoch Modular·6 videos

"This is a little piece I put together using an epoch modular benjolin (Rob Hordijk) and a Make Noise Phonogene. I am also using using a synthwerks force sensing resistor module to trigger the rungler loop function periodically. Aside from that, all of the control voltages are from the benjolin: Triangle A to organize, triangle B to gene shift, Rungler to Gene size, PWM to slide. Oh, and I am also running the phonogene trigger output into the benjolin's filter cutoff cv to add some extra warps and bleeps. The sample is from Stephen Scott's album Vikings of the Sunrise. Oh yeah! I almost forgot. I'm also running the filter output from the benjolin into the phonogene and using the mix knob to bring some of it in here and there. Big deal"

The Ciat Lonbarde Peterlin - Peter Blasser Meets Benjolin

Chaos Patterns with the Ciat-Lonbarde Benjolin / Peterlin Synthesizer

video upload by Duskmos

Note the "Peterlin" made it's first appearance with Hainbach on May 7 here on MATRIXSYNTH. This post features a few examples from others, and additional details and pics below.

Above: "In this Signal Colors Palette video, I'm taking a first look at the Ciat-Lonbarde Benjolin / Peterlin, a tiny wooden synth featuring a nod to synthesis history by putting the focus on sound creation with a circuit design inspired by the 'Rungler' by Rob Hordijk.

Hang out while I coax some cool sounds from this wildly experimental sounding synth!"

Quirky little groove machine: Ciat-Lonbarde Peterlin first impressions

video upload by NoctopolisMusic

"Listen to albums, download tracks and support me at https://noctopolis.bandcamp.com/
I was lucky to get a Ciat-Lonbarde Peterlin (why not Blassolin though?) from the first batch at PatchPoint and these are clips from my first don´t-know-what-I-do-sessions with it. First one: solo. Second one: with Lorre Mill Double Knot 3. Third one: with Moog Subharmonicon."

Ciat Lonbarde Peterlin meets Serge VC Resonant Equalizer

video upload by La Synthèse Humaine

This is the first post to feature the Peterlin.

"first patch ring modulates peterlin xor to vcfq with a sine wave - both controlled by rungler. this is mixed with the peterlin audio output in the vc res eq and its bands get modulated by various peterlin outputs

second and third patches have a bit less and a bit more going on... all gets a little confusing and knotted up

check out my newest album Contraluz here: https://critiqueofeverydaylife.bandca..."

"Dressed in their signature banana jack-laden wooden enclosure, the Peterlin is Ciat-Lonbarde's take on the Benjolin: a tribute to the synthesizer designs of Rob Hordijk. Deceptively simple in appearance, the Peterlin is a highly interconnected instrument containing two oscillators, a resonant lowpass filter, and Peter Blasser's take on the infamous Rungler circuit. Clocked by one oscillator, the Rungler is a shift register feeding upon not only its own output, but also listening to the output of the other oscillator to further influence its data with feedback chaos. As the Rungler's CV output is then fed into the oscillators and filter, a range of hefty drones and chaotic noise is possible. Of course, the Ciat-Lonbarde take on this classic experimental instrument is filled with its own mysteries.

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Tripping Beats with epoch modular's benjolin

Published on Jul 23, 2013 Epoch Modular·8 videos

"A little experiment with the benjolin and 4MS RCD and SCM modules"

Update:

perigrinations in dream (benjolin w/4MS RCD & SCM)

Published on Jul 23, 2013

"autotelic drummachine with benjolin and 4MS RCD & SCM modules."

Benjolin V2 by After Later Audio

Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video resident expert Nick Bigelow shares with us the new Benjolin V2 by After Later Audio. The Benjolin could be best described as a 'chaotic synth voice.'

Find your Benjolin v2 here: http://bit.ly/ala_benjolin_v2

https://patchwerks.com/
Demo by: Nick Bigelow
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

euro benjolin

via mono_poly on Twitter
(more shots to the bottom right when you get there)

You can find more info including samples on the Benjolin here.

"The Benjolin is a ‘noise box’ that is ‘bent by design’, meaning that it always has a definite amount of unpredictability while it is still intuitive to play. The Benjolin features two eighteen-octave range voltage controlled oscillators that drive a ‘rungler’ circuit, circuitry that in essence uses a special interference technique feeding back into the oscillators to force them into wild chaotic behaviour.

A special slightly chaotic filter is both excited and modulated by the signals from the rungler circuitry processes, producing sounds between fat drones to grungy noise havoc."

Modular Synth Jam - The Great Projection

Published on Nov 17, 2014 Iteration and Discord

"This patch was largely inspired by the bucket brigade delay made by doepfer. It never clicked in my head where the name bucket brigade delay came from until I read the instruction manual, then it was clear and furthered my enjoyment of bbd style delay.

I guess its the same concept as a line of people passing water down the line, bucket to bucket. As is the case with this eurorack modular synth patch. Although the delay buckets do not carry water, they do pass along waves created by the benjolin.

The starting point the epoch modular benjolin. The benjolin is then patched into the manhattan analog vca. I'm using the make noise maths on self cycle to generate an envelope to keep the benjolin in check. That envelope is fed into the manhattan analog vca. The output of the vca goes into the doepfer bbd a-188-1 with 4096 stages. The mix output of the doepfer is fed into the cwejman mm6 to filter out some of the ultra high pitch oscillator in the doepfer bbd. I use the make noise erbe verb as an effects send on my analog mixer (off camera). I am doing live manipulation of the modcan quad lfo to alter the cv on the dopfer, cwejman and erbe verb.

I obviously like to make somewhat random noises.

Thanks for watching and please consider subscribing to this channel for more synthesizer videos. The iteration and discord channel is dedicated to sound synthesis and my main area of interest is modular synths."

severence // ecosistema patch

Published on Mar 19, 2017 severence

experimental ambient soundscapes

// patch notes

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benjolin percussive rolls -- response to a question

Published on Aug 9, 2013 Epoch Modular·14 videos

"Regarding the percussive rolls, these are very easy to get. Basically, that's the Rungler in loop mode, with the rate on the oscillators (particularly B) going at a faster rate. The rungler output can be used as a clock also,and this comes in hand when the rates on the oscillators are up higher, because while both the pulse outs and the rungler run at -5/+5, peak to peak, because of the length and of the rungler Step patterns the positive edge comes at a much slow rate than that of the pulse outputs. In this way the rungler can be used to obtain percussive roll type effects from the benjolin outputs as well as with other modules.

With regard to clocking the rolls, it depends on what you mean, you can control where they drop initially, by using a precision clocked module such as the 4MS RCD or SCD modules, but you can't always control exactly where the rolling effect will end, this is because depending on the settings of the module, the loop function may also excite the rungler after the loop is complete. This being said, as long as you are using a precision cv to clock the hold pattern you can maintain a substantive amount of control over the behavior of the rungler as well as the other outputs. In addition, if you run precision triggers, gates or envelopes into the oscillator CVs and the filter cutoff this creates even more control over the chaotic functions of the benjolin. This is demonstrated in my video "in response to a question" where the trigger and gate out puts of the 4MS modules are being used as CVs for both oscillators and the filter, and later in the video to hold the rungler pattern as well. Keep in mind also that the chaotic behavior of the benjolin can be greatly limited (even eliminated) by using the Rungler attenuator knobs on the right of the panel. When you turn these all the way CCW, this breaks the interfence pattern that animates the aleatoric patterns that the core circuitry produces."

Benjolin Workshop, with Rob Hordijk (4th June 2011)

"Build your own electronic fun-box

In a one-day workshop conducted by legendary synth builder Rob Hordijk , participants will build the Benjolin, an analog sound-device that is very different from what you usually will find with other DIY-kits. This kit will ONLY be available through the workshop, it is not for sale separately. The class cost is just €70, plus a materials fee of €80. You will bring home an analog synth, and you can tell everyone that you`ve build it yourself!

The Benjolin is a ‘noise box’ that is ‘bent by design’, meaning that it always has a definite amount of unpredictability while it is still intuitive to play. The Benjolin features two eighteen-octave range voltage controlled oscillators that drive a ‘rungler’ circuit, circuitry that in essence uses a special interference technique feeding back into the oscillators to force them into wild chaotic behaviour. A special slightly chaotic filter is both excited and modulated by the signals from the rungler circuitry processes, producing sounds between fat drones to grungy noise havoc. The kit is somewhat challenging to build, but with a little patience and accuracy a beginner in DIY can definitely do it successfully."

Register here. Also on Facebook.

Benjolin vs Kilpatrick K4815 sequencer

Published on Jul 11, 2013 DJjondent·205 videos

"First test drive of the Eurorack version of the Benjolin (Epoch Modular).
The Benjolin is a chaotic "noise box" .... designed by Rob Hordijk.
Its the smaller relative of the legendary Blippoo Box.

Wild and unpredictable.
Consisting of 2 VCOs that drive a "rungler circuit" that feeds back into the oscillators.

The Kilpatrick K4815 did for a short while bring the Benjolin under "control".
In this example, the CV from the k4815 modulates the two VCOs.

Thanks to Ross for recommending this to me."

Easel Benjolin YaYas & Zlob CLK DV to Benjolin

Published on May 12, 2016 Todd Barton

"more exploring . . ."

Zlob CLK DV to Benjolin

Published on May 12, 2016

"Lovin' my new Zlob Modular Clock Divider. Plays well with the Epoch Benjolin."

Liquid Metal impro : Benjolin DIY / Chaos Nand / Echophon

Published on Jan 23, 2014 staphlebug·9 videos

"First improvisation recorded with a DIY Benjolin, which is not as complete as the Epoch Modular Benjolin module, but just as fun. This module proved to be a very extensive source of new sounds... Just hear this !

Modules involved :

- Rob Hordijk' DIY Benjolin
- Synthrotek Chaos Nand
- Make Noise Echophon
- Doepfer / Pittsburgh Modular ADSR, VCA and mixer"

Epoch Modular Benjolin - Aleatoric Acid

Epoch Modular Benjolin - Aleatoric Acid from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"A first patch with this mysterious oscillator. This patch was utilizing the rungler circuit which is an 8-step shift register that takes its serial input from the square wave of one oscillator and its clock input from the other. The digital outputs of the shift register are than put through a 3 bit digital to analogue converter to create random stepped voltage patterns (a stepped havoc waves). This arrangement allows for creation of complex interference patterns that gives the benjolin its unique, aleatoric character.

http://www.analoguehaven.com/epochmodular/benjolin/

http://epochmodular.net/"

via Richard Devine on The MATRIXYSNTH Lounge

Benjolin modular synthesizer sounds.

Published on Apr 30, 2013 opsysbug·130 videos

"Benjolin made by Macombista. Modular. Original Rob Hordjik design. Fun!!"

Benjolin Modular synthesizer. More sounds.
Published on Apr 30, 2013

"Rob Hordjik design Benjolin made by Macombista. Many sounds. Modular patch bay. Awesome!"

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!"

Gotharman's Urano: Benjolin-inspired Patch Demo #TTNM

video upload by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"I'm a big fan of Rob Hordijk's Benjolin, so I set myself the challenge to create something similar on Gotharman's Urano modular synthesizer. Obviously, if one wants a true Benjolin, one needs to buy one of those, but I found it fascinating to think myself through the inner workings of this device for a bit and try to apply them to the Urano's patching system. This made me get to know the new Urano even better, so I can only recommend to try a challenge like this out for yourself, when working with new modular synthesizer gear.

More information and a download link to my Urano Benjolin patch can be found here: https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/view..."

Gotharman website: https://gotharman.dk

sympleSEQ Now Available

You might remember sympleSEQ from this previous post. Hex Inverter wrote in to let us know their IndieGoGo funding blew past their goal and they are now in production. They also made some significant updates to the feature set.

"What am I talking about? Well, the original concept was VERY minimalistic. There was nothing other than tempo, gate out and CV output. Through the discussion had with members on the forums where this was being developed, people requested pause/reset functionality be included as well. Using a very small amount of components and some trickery, I was able to achieve this -- so now sympleSEQ also boasts the option of adding reset/pause functionality!

Possibly best of all is that I had a panel artist come to me who wants to make panels for everyone!

I have a limited number of kits left in stock, but plenty of bare circuit boards for people. There is a well documented assembly manual for people as well.

sympleSEQ can be found/purchased at: http://shop.hexinverter.net

Panels will be available soon from Ben at: http://www.resynthesis.co.uk

Here is the build manual"


Below is a video of sympleSEQ with a Benjolin.



Benjolin Meets sympleSEQ -- a sequenced analog synthesis jam
YouTube Uploaded by hexinverterDOTnet on Dec 5, 2011

"Rob Hordyk's amazing Benjolin meets hexinverter.net's sympleSEQ for a little jam before they get enclosed in their final enclosure.

Here I am driving the two oscillators and the onboard filter at different times with sympleSEQ, as well as just noodling away on the Benjolin.

sympleSEQ is an easy to make 8-step analog step-sequencer. It utilizes board-mount components and a unique dual PCB design, making it simple to create an analog sequencer for driving your voltage controlled synthesizer gear or circuit bent toys with. It is particularly suited to lo-fi artists due to the low feature set (and thus complexity). It is also very economical to build compared to any other sequencer on the market.

sympleSEQ can be driven by a wide range of voltages (9-15V DC) and thus is highly portable.

Kits, PCBs and more information about sympleSEQ can be found at:

http://shop.hexinverter.net"

benjolin, meet Rene

Published on Jun 19, 2013 Epoch Modular·3 videos

"This a little ditty I threw together for Ross and his buddies over at Vicmod, who were inquiring about the use of cvs from the benjolin, i.e. the pulse outs, triangle outs, XOR, PMW and Rungler outs. In the video I am using two benjolins. The runglers from each are being used to clock the x and y axes of the Rene, while the X and Y CV outs from the Rene are plugged into oscillators A and B on the benjolin on the left, whose Low Pass output we are hearing. The cut off of this filter is also being undulated by cwejman complex transient generator whose decay, hold and release cv parameters are being controlled by two triangle A outputs from the benjolins and the rungler out from the one the left. There is also a brief part at the end where I use the Synthwerks Force Sensing Resistor module on the right to experiment with the rungler loop cvs on the benjolins."

More benjolin here.

perigrinations III -- benjolin and 4MS RCD & SCM

Published on Jul 24, 2013 Epoch Modular·10 videos

"More (mis)adventures with the benjolin and 4MS RCD & SCM modules."

peregrinations IV (benjolin w/4MS RCD & SCM)

Published on Jul 24, 2013

"autotelic meat-baking with benjolin and 4MS RCD & SCM modules."