Klaus Schulze On Software Vs Hardware Synthesizers

Synth music pioneer Klaus Schulze rarely gives interviews. And when he does, his answers often display a lack of interest or even disdain for the interview. In his interview with JonnyJ at Synth.Me, though, Schulze had some interesting comments on his choice of synthesizers. Klaus Schulze On Software Vs Hardware Synthesizers “For many years now,… Read More Klaus Schulze On Software Vs Hardware Synthesizers

Buchla Intros 3 New Modules

Buchla And Associates have introduced three new modules for the Buchla 200e modular synthesizer: Model 223e TACTILE INPUT PORT Model 260e DUOPHONIC PITCH CLASS GENERATOR Model 296e SPECTRAL PROCESSOR Details on each of the new Buchla 200e modules below. See the Buchla And Associates site for more information.

Klaus Schulze Music Video – Live (1977)

This video of Klaus Schulze, from 1977, features a live performance of For Barry Graves. The video has been re-edited for better image quality and sound remastered “for better clarity and stereo imaging.” This video is interesting because it captures Schulze at his early peak, when he was helping to define the Berlin School sound.

Sonata for Unattended Buchla

http://www.vimeo.com/14520300 via Giorgio Sancristoforo, “a study for a self composing patch” with a mini Buchla 200e modular synthesizer system. No MIDI or sequencers or overdubs were used. Everything was triggered and controlled by the 266e Source Of Uncertainty module in realtime. The patch can play for infinite time, with an incredible number of permutations.

Buchla 200e Musique Concrète

Sunday Synth Jam: This piece, by Todd Barton, is a short short “musique concrète” style piece, created from variations on a single self-generating patch on a small Buchla 200e analog synthesizer system. Is is still a synth jam? Yes – but the synth is doing the jamming.