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."

Hallow - Buchla 200 Live

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"Why I love the Buchla 200 so much - it can get just so weird, so fast..."

PFS-01-Buchla 100

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

Buchla 200 Study with embedded delays

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"Mainly using the 288, 248, 277, 296, 259 and 212"

slush1

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"Slushing around on the Buchla 200"

Buchla 288r Feed

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"First patch on the 288r - this thing is GREAT for crazy feedback.."

Buchla 200 Played Live by Benge

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17 Mins With A Buchla Automaton

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"A self-playing patch:

Two VCOs (258) are cross modulated to produce an evolving sequence of clocks, not just random because the interactive nature of the cross modulation creates unexpected pauses and clusters - the envelope follower (model 230) helps in extracting the clocks. These are sent to an LPG which gates a modulating sound from the 259 - the main tone. The MARF sequences pitches, but these are shifted with a clocked random voltage, changing every 5 or 7 pulses (using the MARF programmable pulse out feature) There are 5 LFOs (281s) all slightly different, and being clocked by more scaled down pulses from the MARF, so the LFOs are locked into the main set of pulses. The signal is split into several paths, one goes to the 277 delay (being modified by the same random voltage mentioned above) and the other going to the spring reverb, also being modified (by an LFO). These also go into 2 bandpass filters, being modulated with row 2 of the MARF. The stereo signal is being modified as well and the whole lot goes into the Buchla 100 signal leveller (model 172) and vintage eq (model 175)"

Self-paying on the Buchla 200

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"a self-playing patch, using some cybernetic elements:

Two VCOs (258) are cross modulated to produce an evolving sequence of clocks, not just random because the interactive nature of the cross modulation creates unexpected pauses and clusters - the envelope follower (model 230) helps in extracting the clocks. These are sent to an LPG which gates a modulating sound from the 259 - the main tone. The MARF sequences pitches, but these are shifted with a clocked random voltage, changing every 5 or 7 pulses (using the MARF programmable pulse out feature) There are 5 LFOs are all slightly different, and being clocked by more scaled down pulses from the MARF, so the LFOs are locked into the main set of pulses. The signal is split into several paths, one goes to the 277 delay (being modified by the same random voltage mentioned above) and the other going to the spring reverb, also being modified (by an LFO). These also go into 2 bandpass filters, being modulated with row 2 of the MARF. The stereo signal is being modified as well and the whole lot goes into the Buchla 100 signal leveller (model 172) and vintage eq (model 175)

Shot on the JVC KY1900 analog video camera

Thanks for watching!"

CS80 and Buchla 100

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"Top line on the 80, backing on the 100"

polaris

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"A fairly typical Buchla 100 rhythmic patch. I love this machine..."

alien lick

zack dagoba

"Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100 Buchla 100!"

Sergernetics

zack dagoba

"I have been exploring the idea of Cybernetic processes in modular synthesis a bit this week. It follows seeing a really interesting series over on La Synthese Humaine’s YouTube channel

So, this patch might seem basic at first but actually its doing something quite interesting - it is using Cybernetics to play by itself

It is generating its own patterns by using feedback loops in the CV path and a non-linear CV circuit (in this case the Serge Wave Multiplier) to modify them

By setting the CV inputs on the returning feedback paths carefully, the patterns come to life and start to do things by themselves

In other words, there is just one single clock being used to generate the timing, and the variations are caused by the feedback path. There is no additional use of random generators or other clocks playing against each other, and no intervention from me

I have a lot more to explore, especially by using the Cybernetic principal on other systems like the Buchla, the Modcan or the Emu Modular - all of which have provisions for achieving self-playing patches using these ideas"

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200 voice

zack dagoba

"A vocal-like patch on the Buchla 200"

Polyphonic Buchla 100!?!

zack dagoba

"I managed to get a Buchla 114 touch plate module from La67. To be honest I didn't really know what exactly this module would do functionally, as there are not many videos up featuring its, especially for what I wanted it to be able to do - namely trigger multiple VCOs and VCAs to turn the Buchla 100 into a fully polyphonic instrument - but to my immense joy it actually did what I had hoped for = HAPPY

So this patch uses 4 x 144 VCOs (8 oscillators in total), and 8 VCAs (4 x 110 gates and - CHEAT ALLERT - 4 x Roland 100M VCAs). I'm waiting on a replica 107 module that was made to compliment the 114 (10 x VCAs)

The cool thing is that the 114 has 10 CV outs that can be used as 10 envelopes, and then the touch-controls can also help articulate the notes. It seems a very clever design (as always from The Don) and I wonder why I have never seen anyone else use the Buchla 100 as a supremely flexible 10-note polyphonic synth (not bad for 1960s technology - as far as I know, the 1974 Oberheim 4-Voice is known as the first commercially available polysynth, but this is clearly not the case!)"

buchla 200 console

zack dagoba

"Deep patching on the Buchla 200 - why I love Buchla, Serge and Modcan A synths - there is no end to the depth you can dive in to them.."

Birror

zack dagoba on vintage Buchla 100

mirrula

zack dagoba

"Exploring the Buchla 200 with a 38-step MARF sequence"

THIRTEEN SYSTEMS by Benge

zack dagoba

"New album here: zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/album/thirteen-systems

Thirteen years after the release of his original synthesiser concept album, Twenty Systems, Benge brings you a follow-up of sorts, the similarly themed Thirteen Systems, an album of modular explorations, showcasing his evolving fascination with these modular machines

The pieces were originally commissioned by the newly formed Modulisme radio broadcast, Philippe Petit’s project to bring the music of underground modular artists together and provide a platform for the burgeoning electronic modular music scene that has been building momentum in recent years

There is one significant difference in the approach Benge took in the creation of this new Systems album compared to his first incarnation. The previous album used overdubbing techniques to layer the sound of each synthesiser upon itself to build up the tracks, but on this album Benge took the decision to play each piece in real time, without overdubs or edits, creating each piece as a live performance. This meant setting up each instrument in advance and either letting it play along by itself, or interacting with it as the pieces develop in various ways. Each performance was filmed and there is an accompanying 60 minute video that goes with the album

Track listing:

01 - 1967 Buchla 100
02 - 1968 Moog 3C
03 - 1969 EMS VCS3
04 - 1970 ARP 250005 - 1971 Buchla 200
06 - 1972 Serge Modular
07 - 1973 Emu Modular
08 - 1974 Paia 4700
09 - 1975 Polyfusion 2000
10 - 1976 Formant Modular
11 - 1977 Korg PS3100
12 - 1978 EMS Polysynthi
13 - 1979 Roland 100M

Written and Performed by Benge at Memetune Studios, England

Designed, filmed and edited by Benge

(c)Expanding Recordings 2020, All rights reserved

Originally created for the MODULISME radio show, first broadcast in February 2020

Special thanks to:
Philippe Petit / Modulisme

Steve Malins (@randommanagement)

MEMETUNE STUDIO BLOG: http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot.com"

Brackle | Shores

Published on Apr 13, 2020 zack dagoba

"A noisy performance on the Buchla 200. This patch uses the 296 Spectral Processor, 275 Delay and the 205 Matrix Mixer to create feedback situations, which I mess about with a bit"


Published on Apr 13, 2020 zack dagoba