Buchla 200 Randoms

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"Here is another self-player, this time on the Buchla 200 clone. This thing makes this kind of thing VERY easy. It's in its happy place!"

Moog Modular Randoms

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"A self-player on the Moog IIIC (with some help from a few Arrick modules)"

Pinging the ARP 2500

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"This is a self playing patch on the ARP 2500. There are no envelopes used in this patch - it uses a gate from one of the S&H sections to "ping" the Resonant Multimode Filter - a very cool feature that gives a really nice, organic sounding tone, that can be pitched however you want. Its like having an extra voice to make use of. This patch also uses frequency modulations to vary the timbre in an evolving way. Video shot on a vintage Sony DSR500 camera"

A Smile in Space May Cause an Avalanche Part 2

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"A Smile In Space May Cause An avalanche - part 2

Released on the compilation celebrating 3 Years of Modulisme

Composed by Philippe Petit using Buchla 200 & EMS Synthi A Synthesizers + e-bowed Piano Soundboard into a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator & Peavey 5150 + Ampeg SVT-2 Pro bass Amplifiers

« Electronic Tonalities » by Benge, made with the Emu Emulator II
and a wine glass

Video by Benge, made on 2 x Panasonic WJ-MX50 video mixers, Grass Valley Indigo video switcher, Emu Modular for video modulations

/ @zackdagoba

https://modulisme.info/

www.philippepetit.info"

Emoog

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"EMS and Moog together"

Euclid Moog

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"Exploring some Euclidian rhythms on the vintage Moog modular IIIC"

New Distortions - an EMS Sound Study

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BENGE
FORMS 14
"New Distortions"

Available NOW on Benge's Bandcamp page: https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/album...

This sound study was created on electronic instruments made by British synthesiser manufacturer EMS. The specific items used were as follows:

Polysynthi
VCS3 Mk1
Dual Synthi AKS (known as The Crystal Machine)
TKS Sequencer
8-Octave Filter Bank
Pitch To Voltage Converter
Random Signal Generator
Dual High Pass Filter

Note that the Polysynthi has an analogue delay unit which can be accessed via an external input

No other instruments or sound processors were used in this composition

The video was created by Benge at the Memetune VideoLab. The following equipment was used:

Panasonic WJ-MX50 (x 2)
Grass Valley Indigo Video Switcher
Sony DSR DR1000 DVCAM HD Recorder
Sony DSR500 Video Camera
Davinci Resolve

Written and recorded by Benge (BD Edwards) at Memetune Studios, UK


(c)+(p) 2023 MemeSongs

Memetune Annual Promo 2

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"The Memetune Annual 2023 is a new hardback A4 book based on Benge's recent six-part TV series [you can find them here]

The book includes two CDs of music taken from the programmes - disc one features all the synthesiser demos from the TV shows, disc two contains the theme tunes, idents and background music

The Annual will be released on February 3rd 2023 and will be available from Benge's Bandcamp site: https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/merch

The music in this video: Vidlab CS80 by BENGE, from the album The Memetune Programme Album, digital version available to preorder here: https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/album..."

You can find all memetune posts here.

Crystal Ditty

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"A little ditty on the Crystal Machine (well, one-half of it)"

Testing the EMS rig

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"I hereby try putting a little sequence made upon the VCS3 and TKS through the Polysynthi filter and delay. An added bonus is that I can add some notes from that particular instrument along the way"

Lotus Garden

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"A Lotus Esprit in a garden

Music - Synthclub Moogs by BENGE"

See this post.

Introducing The Memetune Annual 2023 - Book & Music by Benge

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Benge previously brought us 13 Systems, and 20 Systems, praised by Brian Eno back in 2008. You can find them and more on BandCamp.

"The Memetune Programme Annual 2023 takes the form of an A4 hardback book and double CD album, which compliments and celebrates the first six episodes of Benge’s debut television series, made at his Memetune Electronic Music Studio in 2022

To quote Benge from the introduction to the Annual: 'It was always such a thrill, during my teenage years, to discover a new annual compendium from one of my favourite bands, comics or in particular one belonging to a favourite TV series, such as Blake’s 7 or Space 1999

The photos and information contained in those pages always left me wanting to watch the next series ever more eagerly

And so it is an even greater thrill for me to be able to be presenting my very own annual compendium, derived from the content of my recent TV series

I do hope that this book will inspire similar feelings in you, and moreover, whet your appetite for the next series of The Memetune Programme'

The book is divided into the following sections:

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

SYNTHESISER CLUB - A very vintage look at a synthesiser classic or three

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 to create experimental visuals using it

The two CDs included inside the book feature all the music from the series, written and performed by Benge to complement the programmes. CD1 contains 33 synthesiser demos which map out the history of synthesisers through the years. CD2 has all the theme tunes, idents and incidental music Benge made for the series

The book will be released on February 3rd 2023 via Bandcamp. Follow the link to Benge’s merch page here: zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/merch

The digital version of the album can be pre-ordered here: zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/album/the-memetune-programme-album"

"The first half of this album (tracks 1 to 33) is made up of the demonstration tracks made by Benge for his TV series 'The Memetune Programme'. The tracks were performed live on each instrument and filmed for the television programmes

The second half (tracks 34 to 55) contains the theme tunes, idents and incidental music from the TV series

To watch the full episodes, please search on YouTube for "the memetune programme by benge" [or scroll down posts here on MATRIXSYNTH]

Please take a look at the Memetune Annual 2023 which is a limited edition A4 hardback book based on the TV series. The book includes two CDs inside, with the music from this release on them. It will be available to buy from the merch section here on the 3rd February 2023"

https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com

Modular Moog Buchla FREEFORM

video upload by zack dagoba

"Here is a self-playing patch on the Moog IIIC with a little help from the Buchla-format Gaussian module by Magnetic Freak

The patch is as follows: 3 Moog VCOs go into 3 VCAs (and one vial the LPF also) and these are being enveloped and triggered from 3 outputs of the Gaussian

The pitches also come from the Gaussian, but are being modified by the 2 Moog sequencers to give them some variation

It all goes into the Moog Matrix Mixer so I can do panning, eq and also add delay into the mix, in this case a Moog-format digital unit from Synthetic Sound Labs. It is VC-able, and is really wonky and lo-fi - but I love it as its very unpredictable and is providing the white-noisey percussive sounds when it gets CVs from the sequencer

Thats pretty much the patch - I am not interacting with it - its completely self-aware and a bit like a crazy Moog jazz band that doesn't know what its supposed to be doing but does it anyway

Video is shot on a Sony DSR500 camera going through the Panasonic MX50 FX mixers"

100 Noises 03

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"Here is a patch using the vintage half of my Buchla 100

You are hearing 100% Buchla with nothing else

The patch is trying to mimic a tolling bell, but in a slightly rhythmic way, as the overtones resonate in time with the main clock, being 8th note divisions

The setup uses 2 pairs of sine waves going into 2 Ring Modulators. These are sent to the 102 Stereo Locator, which is used as a VC switch in mono mode and uses an envelope to fade between the ring-modulated tones upon each clock pulse. This sound then goes into the Sharp Cutoff Filter in low pass mode for shaping the sound before going into the Frequency Shifter in the "phaser" mode (ie sending the signal to one half of it, as well as going to one channel of a mixer, then an LFO goes to the other half of the FS, and a clean signal goes to channel 2 of the mixer, and when they are blended correctly, phasing happens in a rather pleasing way)"

Benge on the SH5

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"Roland SH5 and MC4

I think these mid-70s filters are beautiful beyond belief

What do you think? Are there any modern ones that sound like this?

😁

PS - the delay is the Roland 201 Space Echo 👍"

Sergette

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"Sergette by Benge"

Benge - Spirals & Orbits

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"New Benge album made entirely on a Buchla 100 and Watkins Copycat

1960s space atmospheres and abstract bleepings"

https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com

Spaceman on Buchla 100

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"Going back to late 60s space-era vibez

Vintage BUCHLA 100 / WATKINS COPYCAT MK1

Greetings!"

Yambience - Yamaha CP-30 + SS-30 ambient synthesis

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"An ambient composition made on the splendid Yamaha CP30 Electronic Piano and the SS30 String Synthesiser, both made in the late 1970s. Also featured is a combination of FX pedals (see video for more information) and vintage reverb units (Lexicon 224, EMT 140 and Quantec Room Simulator)"

Mean Beats

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"Rockin' the Magnetic Freak Gaussian module today... ❤️❤️❤️

Lets you quantise weighted randomness in the pitch domain AND the time domain (what a clever idea) and has 6 outputs for each. A very complex module which fits into the Buchla paradigm perfectly. Its sort of like a Source of Uncertainty but through a microscope"