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  • Buchla 296e tutorials

    Buchla 296e tutorials

    Some time ago I did build this Buchla 296 clone. It is a rather complex module. I played around with the vocoder function (which is great fun) but I didn’t really know how to use this module to it’s full extent. Until now… Buchla advocate Todd Barton made a series of tutorial videos on the…

  • Building a new 50U Buchla cabinet

    Building a new 50U Buchla cabinet

    A couple of years ago I built a small 18U Buchla cabinet for a couple of Buchla 200 series modules I had build together with some Buchlaesque modules to go with them. However, this cabinet cannot house any more modules and it was time to build something new. Something bigger. I decided to go for…

  • Custom cabinet for Buchla Easel

    Custom cabinet for Buchla Easel

    Buchla Easel analogue synthesizer clone I have been working on finishing my Buchla Easel analogue modular synth the last couple of months. That included designing a custom cabinet to house the modules. My “Easelesque” instrument contains 3 modules: the Buchla 208 Music Easel, the Buchla 216 Touch Controlled Voltage Source and the Buchla 277 Signal…

  • Don Buchla Documentary on Kickstarter – 10 Days To Go

    Don Buchla Documentary on Kickstarter – 10 Days To Go

    Clarity Films Producer/director Connie Field and editor Gregory Sharpen of Clarity Films are working on a documentary about the synth legend Don Buchla. They started a Kickstarter project to raise the funds to be able to finish the documentary. They have 10 days left to reach their goal of $25,000. Please check it out if you’re interested…

  • And We Have A Winner!

    Today I found out that the Light Painting Buchlaesque photo I posted a couple of weeks ago was selected as picture of the week for the I Dream Of Wires Modular Synthesizer Photo Contest! I’m really excited about that. Check out the post on Matrixsynth or the I Dream Of Wires Facebook page for more…

  • Light Painting Buchlaesque

    Experimented with light painting today. This photo was taken at 40mm with a shutter speed of 20 seconds and an aperture of f14. ISO was at 400. While taking the picture the room was pitch black and I used a small flash light to paint the light during exposure. I entered the I Dream of…

  • Prototype PCB is here!

    Today I received the prototype PCBs for the mutant timbre / modulation section. They’re looking good! The final version will be blue (of course). More to follow soon…  

  • Mutant 259 timbre / modulation index

    I’ve been working a while on the timbre section of the Buchla 259 and this week I spent a couple of evenings finishing the PCB design. This is how it looks now. The PCB is the same size as the 258J oscillator and the power connectors are on the same location which makes for easy…

  • Buchlaesque modular in progress

    Buchlaesque modular in progress

    I’ve been working on my new Buchla inspired modular on and off for some time now and finally had some front panels made. They turned out great and it inspired me to put some more energy into getting the modular done. I already finished the cabinet and rails for mounting the panels six months ago. So, last…

  • Mutant Buchla 259 timbre section

    Lately I’ve been working on building a mutant version (that is: with non-vintage components) of the timbre/symmetry section of the famous Buchla 259 complex waveform generator. I used the schematic Mark Verbos posted on his website as a starting point. I replaced all opamps with the TL072CN. All other components are common resistors (I used…

  • Alessandro Cortini’s lecture on Buchla 200e

    I came across a very interesting audio recording of a lecture of Alessandro Cortini (ex Nine Inch Nails) about modular synthesizers, musical interfaces and the Buchla 200e. He gave this lecture at the Concordia Electroacoustic Studies Student Association in 2009. I can relate to a lot of what he has to say about using physical…

  • Buchla 258 Dual Oscillator working

    The last couple of days I have been fighting with a DIY variant of the Buchla Dual Oscillator Model 258. I couldn’t get one of the two PCBs to output the right waveforms. Tonight I wired the second PCB and was finally able to fix the first PCB. I will not bore you with the…