This started as a short Buchla sequence that I was playing with.  From there I added a piano, Virus TI, Voyager, Nord Modular G2X, MachineDrum, Stylus, and Trillian.  I didn't intend for it to go this far...

Every Once In A While

This is a dark piece with Buchla atmosphere, Machinedrum rhythms, and Korg Radias improv.

Style Nodes

This was inspired by the Tron Legacy soundtrack.  I'm not saying I was trying to sound like it, I was just inspired to record after seeing the movie.  Instruments used: Buchla Modular, DSI Evolver keyboard, Yamaha SY99, Moog Voyager, Nord G2X, NI Maschine, Korg Radias, and one iMS-20.

Legacy Inspired

This is the first experiment I did with my new Buchla

1st Buchla test

The 281e and 292e modules are amazing.  The 261e, 291e, and 206e also played their part in this.

281e plus 292e equals good

This Day Is Mine

This is the Buchla 200e.  The main sound source is the 261e Complex Waveform Generator running through a 297 Infinite Phase Shifter and a 277c Signal Delay Unit.  Sequences are from the 251e Quad Sequential Voltage Source clocked from the 077 Pendulum/Ratchet.

Not As Planned

3 tracks of easel recorded on my iPad in to Auria via the Apogee One. This is my first try with this setup.

3 tracks of easel

Quick experiment using the preset manager of the 206e to change notes. Nothing fancy, just simple note changes.



Buchla thing 2

No Buchla here.  This is something I did about 3 years ago when I got my Minimoog Voyager.  This uses the Voyager, Nord Modular, RMX Stylus, NI Reaktor, NI Absynth, and NI FM8.

MiniMoogThing

This is a drone I made today.  I think it is best heard on headphones.

Buchla Drone 1

This is one I did to see if I could make "normal" music with my Buchla.  I cheated a bit and used Ableton Live to make the tempos mesh and change notes a couple of times, but the sequences are all Buchla.  I have a drum beat from Stylus RMX in there also.

Buchla Jam 1

Another Buchla drone.  It's easy for me to shut out the world and get lost in these patches.

Buchla Drone 2

Buchla a bit chaotic

This is just the Buchla format ZOe oscillator and the 261e running through the 292e lpg which is being triggered by the 281e.  The ZOe is sequenced by the 250e and the 261e is sequenced by the 251e.  A bit of delay designer from Logic completes the package.

Azldyne

Another Buchla track.  I can't remember the patching, but I know the 261e, ZOe, and 291e were involved.  The "melody" is just me "playing" the tuning knob of the 261e mod oscillator.  There was a bit of FM also.

7-3-2011

Another doodle.  As it went, I was tweaking the attack and decay of one stage of the 281e and both the mod osc frequency and the principal osc frequency.

Buchla doodling

I really love the sounds that come from the Buchla.  I could just tweak those knobs for hours!

Buchla Textures

This is a mellow track that gets quite noisy.  The main "melody" track is the Mono Evolver Keyboard from Dave Smith.

Unique Labeled Cat

My first Buchla multitrack recording.  1 track of Bugbrand board weevil.  The rest is Buchla.  Reverb and delay on tracks.  On the master buss is UAD 4k compressor, UAD Manley eq, and UAD Precision compressor.

I need to try to come up with better names for my tracks....

Multi-Buchla

This track includes the Buchla running through a Korg KP3 72db LP filter with a bit of pad motion.  There are also soft pad and glockenspiel patches from the Korg Radias.  The Native American wood flute was a gift from my mother a few years back.  I believe this is the first time I have used it on a recording.

Buchla and Flute

This Easel-only piece was multi-tracked in Ableton Live.  Push 2 was used for sequencing.  Mixed with Universal Audio plugins.

Surface

Flutter By

This starts with 4 tracks from the OP-1 by Teenage Engineering with 4 tracks of Buchla 200e coming in later.

Stillness

This piece was intended for a project that required long background music of the synthesized variety.  Unfortunately, it never got off the ground.  I did this and one other that is closer to 20 minutes.  I may post that one too sometime.  This was done with a eurorack modular system consisting of mostly Make Noise modules.  An Elektron Machinedrum was used for the drum sequence.  Everything was tracked live in one pass.

This track is centered around a riff I came up with while playing with my Korg Arp Odyssey.  Additional synths are the Electron Analog Keys and the Analogue Solutions Vostok.  The drums come from the Elektron Rytm.

Star Bliss

This is a drone created with a Make Noise Black and Gold Shared System and a 0-Coast.  It pretty much reflects my mood right now.

The Great Wash

This is 3 tracks of my black and gold shared system through a rainmaker.

The Moon

This is something I did a few years ago. Most of the sounds are from the Nord Modular G2X.  I don't remember what the drums are from.  There is also some Kord Radias.  I think I was intending to find someone to write something to sing over it but never did.

No Bridge In Sight

This is a Buchla Music Easel single take.  The left output is direct and the right is going through a Moog Minifooger Delay.  The two are mixed with a bit of Lexicon 224 reverb UAD plugin.

Unsettling Notion

Several years ago, a friend came to me with some guitar riffs and a title.   I added the rest and arranged it in to this. I think the inspiration for this tune is obvious.

Vader's Death

This is a droney piece made up of 3 tracks of 259e and 1 of 261e.

A Simple Question

One live take from my Make Noise Shared System.  DPO through moddemix, QPAS, Echophon, LxD, and X-Pan.

Assorted Dreams

12 minutes of cool Buchla rhythmic stuff.  Recorded live--just tweaking as it goes, one pass.

Cool Rhythm Thing

One track of Buchla 261e, one of Behringer RD-8, one lead from Arp 2600, and one deep kick from Arp 2600.

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