Saturday Synth Porn: Buchla Tech Mark Verbos shared this photo of a 1973 Buchla Music Easel: The Music Easel is the street name for the combination of the Buchla 208 and 218 touchplate keyboard. I was recently called upon to repair the prototype unit, built in 1973. This unit was resurrected in 1987 and had… Read More Buchla Music Easel Prototype
Lyonel’s Boarding Gate, which explores multi-tracked Buchla modular synthesizer, played with a Thunder controller.
Saturday Synth Porn: Ever wonder what $100,000 of modular synth gear would look like? Probably like a lot like this photo of four Buchla 200e modular synthesizers, via buchlajoe. The only way this photo could be more awesome is if the line of Buchla synths extended off into infinity.
http://vimeo.com/20070083 This video captures some ambient soundscape improvisation by Giorgio Sancristoforo: Just after ubnoxing the EHX 2880 I’ve made a quick patch on the Buchla and started this improvisation. Sorry it is a bit long, time passes very fast when doing such things, but well.. it’s nice to hear the soundscape going more and more… Read More Etude For Buchla & Stereo Multi-Track Looper
Morton Subotnick at Transmediale 2011 – Live Excerpt was uploaded by: AbletonInc
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Saturday Synth Porn in action: Just Read The Instructions, by Lyonel. Buchla 200e, One Stereo Pass. Percs, Strings and French Horn Overdub.
Lyonel’s Thank You And Good Night. Technical Details: 266e QRV followed by Quantized S/H Pulse-Ballons = Instantaneous Melodic Improvisation. Buchlazz are assisted by RMX Drums and Percs, M5 Strings and French Horns, and a WaveDrum.
Buchla And Associates, Winter NAMM 2011. Image via Synthesizers on Facebook
Don Buchla, creator of the Buchla modular synthesizer and other pioneering electronic instruments, at the 2010 NAMM Show.
Alessandro Cortini shared this video of his first experiences trying out a Buchla Music Easel. “I was lucky enough to have been offered to spend a few hours with a lovely 208 +221 combination,” says Cortini. “Here’s what i came up with.”
