Buchla therapy

Tracks and experiments created using various synthesizers, mostly vintage, analog and modular.

Synthesizer Sounds

after exploring randomized self-generating buchla 200e patches I've sculpted this brief Etude. . . nostalgia for the early analog days . . . p.s. wide dynamic range :-)

Buchla Random Etude I

Done with various modular synthesizers. Heavy use of Triple Resonant Filter as well as tape delay (with a badly sliced loop) :).

Arabian Night Flight

My first experiments with the Buchla 266 SOU. 
Simple patch with noise output going to input of 291e (stepping through it's 8 step seq.). Some steps on the 291e seq. have modulation applied. The 266 controls the oscillator's frequency as well as the pan position that the noise goes to on the 227e. The oscillator is going through a Moogerfooger MF-104 delay pedal.

Buchla 266 Noise & Modulations

This is an excerpt from Jonathan Fitoussi & Clemens Hourriere debut album "Five Steps". Available on vinyl now on Versatile Records.

More info & buy the vinyl : http://versatilerecords.com/release/jonathan-fitoussi-and-clemens-hourriere-five-steps/

Jonathan Fitoussi et Clemens Hourriere - Solstice Winter (from the Five Steps LP)

Disk composed exclusively with Buchla music easel

SELVA BRAZILIS FULL ZAWS (not mastered)

A collage of sounds that were made with the amazing Octave Plateau Voyetra 8. One of the best analog polysynths, IMO. Fortunately, I owned the latest rev. so the synth was trouble-free. It's keyboard (VPK-5) could be a little stiff-feeling at times but the aftertouch and velocity sensitivity of it made it a unique part of playing the Voyetra. Definitely not an easy synth to program. I found it excelled at modulation-type sounds, pads and even bass patches.

Voyetra 8 Sound Collage

250e/259/266/285e

Above are the key modules for this patch which relies heavily on feedback loops. Basically, I have the 250e and the 266 feeding into and back at each other in as many ways as I could think of at the time. I also made use of the really neat "External Inputs" on the 250, feeding the QRV and SRV into one input each. The FRV is controlling the 285e Ring Mod Timbre as well as playing a part in the tempo of the 250e. 
It's really twisted. :)

Uncertain Spinning Drone

A collection of song sketches made with the Buchla Music Easel. No edits, no overdubs, all improvised using just the Easel and a delay pedal.

Patch focuses on the interaction between the 266, 281e, and 259. Pendulum Ratchet establishes rhythm and tempo. 

Basic outline for this patch...
The Fluctuating Random Voltages section of the 266 modulates both the attack and decay of the 281e. The 281e in turn modulates the Timbre of the 259. Towards the end of the piece I start modulating the Principal Oscillator with the Modulation Oscillator (by using Phase Lock and FM).

259/266/281e/PR

Experiments with Buchla 200e. Midi, Reverb and Ping Pong Delay from Ableton Live. 

Plasmoid 1

I’m a musician. I’ve played Classical Guitar since I was 7 years old. I have two main music projects; my solo project called Inform3r as well as one with Katya Casio, Hong Kong Counterfeit. I love pre-1983 synthesizers and drum machines. I’m an avid DIY’er who enjoys making synths, effects units, guitar amplifiers, and sundry.

Buchla 266 Noise & Modulations

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