Name: Is this Buchla? by Esnan
Duration: 7 min 38 s
Description: Trying out the Buchla 200 sound with Sputnik 258 + Sputnik 5-step + QMMG + Maths + Wogglebug + Echophon + Doepfer A-149 + Doepfer A-145

Trying out the Buchla 200 sound with Sputnik 258 + Sputnik 5-step + QMMG + Maths + Wogglebug + Echophon + Doepfer A-149 + Doepfer A-145

Is this Buchla?

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A mix that we made with my DJ Crew Kommittén to represent the winter of 08/09. My fav part is the middle. Hard and pumping, I love it. 

A few tracks in the mix are really old, but hey, quality has no expiration date. 


Kommittén Mix winter 09

Full 4K / HQ audio rip of the Beaubourg Paris set
Captured live – remastered for clarity
Featuring Fred again.., Thomas Bangalter, Erol Alkan & Pedro Winter

Credit: original stream (Fredagain.live)
Curated & archived by JaredB123

Fred Again.. x Thomas Bangalter x Erol Alkan - Beaubourg Live Set (Paris 2025 HQ Rip)

I was going for a Buchla Easel-esque feel with this. It came out a bit repetitive and irritating at certain moments but I've learnt a few things along the way.
This is a 100% modular A-100 performance, recorded live, no multitracking.
All sequencing by A-160-2, A-160, A-166 > A-138m > A-151 > A-156. Transposed via external CV keyboard.
Sound: Richter Oscillator II Sine out back into PM in via an A-132-3 (the wavefolding bit) into A-101-2 LPG. Envelopes provided by A-142-4
Reverb: Mr Black Eternal Gold Modified back into A-119 > A-116 > A-103.
Mixed on a good old Mackie CR1604 mixer.

Unintentionally this sequence sounds Boards of Canada / Alessandro Cortini like, but I guess this is down to the methods used to build the melody. 4 note sequence transposed up and down in real time.

Easelesque Doepfer A-100 Sequence

Here's a 100% Doepfer exploration.
Using only Doepfer modules.
A-110-4
A-143-9
A-132-3
A-137-2
A-101-2
A-142-4
A-160
A-160-2
A-166
A-151
A-138m
A-149-1
A-149-2
A-156
Single take, no overdubs, all sequencing done by the modular. A few cuts here and there.

Mixed on a Mackie CR 1604

100% Doepfer A-100: Thru Zero FM PM A-110-4 A-137-2 Demo

100% self playing, 100% analog, 100% using Doepfer only modules.
Sequence: A-152 (5 steps) > A-138m Matrix Mixer > A-151-2 (alternating between two sequences) > A-156 Dual Quantizer, transposed by A-149-1 2n Out
Clocks: A-143-4, A-160-1
Bass: Doepfer A-110-4 sine > A-116 VC Waveshaper > A-101-2 LPG
Pad: A-110-4 sine > A-137-1 Wavefolder > A-103 303 filter
Modulation: A-143-4 Quad VCLFO, A-171-2 VCS, A-142-4 Quad Decay
Reverb/delay: EXH Cathedral
Mixed on a Soundcraft MPMi 20.

5 Step Sequence on a Doepfer Matrix Mixer (A-152 > A-138m > A-151)

"Sequencing Without Sequencers" is my research into composing on a Doepfer A-100 analog modular eurorack system without using any actual sequencers.

Here's an attempt using a very simple chain:

A-143-4 Square Out (Clock) > A-152 Clock In, A-160 Trig In & A-160-2 Trig In
A-152 Dig Out 2,3 & 5 > A-138m Matrix Mixer Inputs 1, 2 & 4. Resets on step 6 (5 step sequence)
A-160-2 Clock Divider /7 Out > A-138m Input 3.
A-138m A Out > A-156 Dual Quantizer
A-149-1 transposing the sequence every 16 steps

Sound Source: A-110-4 X 2 > A-103 & A-101-2

Sequencing Without Sequencers - #01 - Doepfer A-152 A-160-2 into a mixer

Random gates into mixers provide the main two lines, supported by a bassline driven by arpitecht

blue floyd

Gerenerative eurorack modular synthesizer compositions. All tracks are recorded live in one take.

Is this Buchla?

Esnan

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