Buchla will be in Hall A 6204. Same booth as Waldorf according to the NAMM.org directory.
The latest from Buchla and Associates:
"New Preset Controller!
Employing faster microcomputers with larger memories, our preset controllers bring new features to the 200e. And yes, we can easily bring your old preset controller up to snuff.
Amazing Firmware Upgrade!
We've upgraded the operating system for the 200e - every module has brand new firmware, easily upgraded, unparalleled in stability, and ready for expansion into new sonic territories.Visit us at NAMM!
We'll be hanging out in Booth 6204 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Check out our latest portable system - the Buchla Skylab. If you've gotta have one, sign up for a thousand dollar discount (show special - good for 30 days)."
The Skylab, pictured left and above and consists of:
"System #4 - Buchla Skylab
1 Model 201e-3 Passive Frame
1 Model 201e-10 Powered Cabinet
1 Model 207e Mixer / Mike Preamp
1 Model 223e Tactile Input Port (4 panel units)
1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager
1 Model 251e Quad Sequential Voltage Source
1 Model 259e Twisted Waveform Generator
1 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator
1 Model 267e Uncertainty Source/Dual Filter
1 Model 281e Quad Function Generator
1 Model 285e Freq Shifter / Balanced Modulator
1 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager
Total Panel units - 13
System Price - $14,950"
Also new is the Buchla Model 267e UNCERTAINTY SOURCE / DUAL FILTER
"The Model 267e combines a noise source, a random voltage source, and a simple two channel filter.
Noise comes in three flavors. White noise is electrically flat, but acoustically balanced toward the high end of the spectrum (+3 db/octave). Integrated white noise has a low spectral bias (-3 db/octave). Musically flat noise has a flat spectrum (constant energy per octave) and is a particularly useful source for subsequent processing.
Fluctuating Random Voltages are continuously variable, with voltage control of bandwidth over the range of .05 to 50 Hz, making possible changes that vary from barely perceptible movement to rapid fluctuation. Applied pulses sample these voltages, providing stored random voltages with wide time correlations possible. Externally applied control voltages may be randomized to any desired extent.
Two bandpass filters are provided, with voltage control of pitch, bandwidth and modulation index, but without the morphing or summing capability of the 291e. The filter's inputs are normalized to the flat noise described above.
All settings of the 267e may be stored and recalled under control of the model 225e or 206e preset manager."
"The first is housed in a 201e-12 cabinet; the second in a 201e-18. Both systems feature our new quad polyphonic voltage-controlled f.m. tuner and our triple whammy envelope tracker/mike preamp. System #12 adds a 250e Arbitrary Function Generator and a 291e Triple Morphing Filter. Both systems are accompanied by the definitive treatise on vocoders, “How to Wreck a Nice Beach” by Dave Tompkins."
