tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post116992545657369826..comments2024-03-27T10:06:45.689-07:00Comments on MATRIXSYNTH: Buchla 200e Finger Controller Videomatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364921840391533422noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-14021612015999448222007-02-01T01:44:00.000-08:002007-02-01T01:44:00.000-08:00As the person who filmed this video, I can attest ...As the person who filmed this video, I can attest that my camera has extremely crappy audio. I filmed this to give the general public an idea how radical some synths can be. If I had the cash, I would get one immediately. But then again what do I know. Cheers!Amateur Chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892068909988573340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170173079442702992007-01-30T08:04:00.000-08:002007-01-30T08:04:00.000-08:00It is threads like this that make me wish that EMF...It is threads like this that make me wish that EMF was open and this blog closed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170109166816101432007-01-29T14:19:00.000-08:002007-01-29T14:19:00.000-08:00I agree...I make shit tekkkno with the 200e all th...I agree...I make shit tekkkno with the 200e all the time! (The 250e just makes it too fun to turn off the lights and pretend im The Electrifying Mojo on WGPR) <BR/><BR/>Wanna know what, my tekkno sounds just as shitty with the 200e as it did back when I used a 303 / 909 ...but I gotta say this 200e truly proves the old adage that often getting there is much more fun than your actual destination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170107656900117552007-01-29T13:54:00.000-08:002007-01-29T13:54:00.000-08:00I happen to own a 200e, but I do not agree with yo...I happen to own a 200e, but I do not agree with your "simple music for simpltons" argument at all. People can say the same thing of bug music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170104770600683002007-01-29T13:06:00.000-08:002007-01-29T13:06:00.000-08:00I have no doubt a 200e could do techno and trance ...I have no doubt a 200e could do techno and trance just fine.<BR/>But why bother?<BR/>They are simple and easy to do genres and require no talent or training.<BR/>Simple music for simpletons.<BR/>That's all it is.<BR/>Quite obvious why they don't understand the Buchla.<BR/>They would criticize a piano for the same reasons because they can't play a piano.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170097379490010092007-01-29T11:02:00.001-08:002007-01-29T11:02:00.001-08:00One thing I do find funny: Stockhausen and Docksta...One thing I do find funny: Stockhausen and Dockstader and the rest of them were making avant-garde weird noises decades before Emerson, Tangerine Dream, etc started working that 24dB filter. And yet, poor ELP and that dead horse "Lucky Man" are always dragged out as an example of how the Buchla is not intended to produce old, stale, boring, genres of music.<BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, I understand... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170097348270036742007-01-29T11:02:00.000-08:002007-01-29T11:02:00.000-08:00What is a Buchla 200e good for? FM Synthesis, Non-...What is a Buchla 200e good for? FM Synthesis, Non-linear waveshaping, Chance music, Pluck sounds, percussive sounds, and Man machine symbiosis.<BR/><BR/>What is a Buchla 200e NOT good for? Filter centric subtractive synthesis. Trance. Acid. Prog-rock. Switched-on Bach. Not that any of that is "wrong" or "bad" or inherantly "inferior," it is all just different from what the Buchla Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170089418182547022007-01-29T08:50:00.000-08:002007-01-29T08:50:00.000-08:00Oh...and want to know more about the 200e?I sugges...Oh...and want to know more about the 200e?<BR/><BR/>I suggest you read:<BR/><BR/>Reading the Illegible -<BR/>by Craig DworkinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170089144593402422007-01-29T08:45:00.000-08:002007-01-29T08:45:00.000-08:00I love this!This is my first post here.I have a 20...I love this!<BR/>This is my first post here.<BR/><BR/>I have a 200e.<BR/><BR/>I use it to make 'stupid noise'.<BR/><BR/>I had a large serge, a huge modcan, one of the first WIARD 300 full systems, fenix, large motm etc. etc. etc. <BR/><BR/>Sold them all in 2005.<BR/><BR/>Got a 200e and NEVER looked back.<BR/><BR/>If I made my living off musick, this would be the last thing I would get. I don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170076599847723762007-01-29T05:16:00.000-08:002007-01-29T05:16:00.000-08:00why has the time to read all this blabbery?! i wi...why has the time to read all this blabbery?! i will say this... having played a buchla 200e for a little while, i was impressed by the looks, disappointed by the feel - post felt cheap and wobbly and, most importantly, unimpressed by the sound. it sounded like a bad digital synth. if it was a fraction of the price, it would be cool because it sounded different in that this thing that sounds Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170072406225676502007-01-29T04:06:00.000-08:002007-01-29T04:06:00.000-08:00maybe the truly creative people find creative ways...maybe the truly creative people find creative ways to make music and don't pay a fortune for an instrumentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170063038570568392007-01-29T01:30:00.000-08:002007-01-29T01:30:00.000-08:00I'd like to comment on the video itself.I can see ...I'd like to comment on the video itself.<BR/><BR/>I can see that being on topic is not very important to anyone but here we go anyhow:<BR/><BR/>1. The video is of a buchla demonstrator at NAMM. If anyone ought to have mastered the system, this man be him.<BR/><BR/>2. His pitch to get you to invest in this relatively expensive system? He slips an apparently easy to lose device on to his finger, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170061689800008142007-01-29T01:08:00.000-08:002007-01-29T01:08:00.000-08:00If I can be so bold, I'd like to sum the argument ...If I can be so bold, I'd like to sum the argument up (as i see it).<BR/><BR/>1. The majority of the criticism is not being leveled at the buchla itself , rather it is being leveled at what people do with it or claim can be done with it.<BR/><BR/>2. It's not about the price, expensive gear *can* sound bad. There are plenty of examples of this in music tech history.<BR/><BR/>3. If you're a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170057103871562172007-01-28T23:51:00.000-08:002007-01-28T23:51:00.000-08:00A Buchla is not like other synths. Buchla himself ...A Buchla is not like other synths. Buchla himself refers to a whole Buchla setup as an "instrument." That sounds incredibly arrogant. But if you ever get to spend some time (a few hours minimum) with a Buchla you'll probably start out frustrated. I was and I knew how to patch a real modular synth (Moog, Emu). Then I tossed out my notion of the way things "should" be and started trying to figure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170054222288633752007-01-28T23:03:00.000-08:002007-01-28T23:03:00.000-08:00demos of what?there's demos of something?demos of what?<BR/><BR/>there's demos of something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170051775443931332007-01-28T22:22:00.000-08:002007-01-28T22:22:00.000-08:00Don't know whats more interesting..some of these c...Don't know whats more interesting..some of these comments or the demos themselves ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170049722338986532007-01-28T21:48:00.000-08:002007-01-28T21:48:00.000-08:00This is the thread that never ends.Yes it goes on ...This is the thread that never ends.<BR/>Yes it goes on and on my friends.<BR/>Some people started replyin' it,<BR/>Not knowing what it was,<BR/>And they'll keep replyin' it<BR/>Forever just because...<BR/><BR/>This is the thread that never ends....Doktor Futurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296063693804241211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170048290752451752007-01-28T21:24:00.000-08:002007-01-28T21:24:00.000-08:00holy crap i need to get some popcorn and read this...holy crap i need to get some popcorn and read this thread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170045778100061952007-01-28T20:42:00.000-08:002007-01-28T20:42:00.000-08:00No more opinions.Screw you guys, I'm goin' home.No more opinions.<BR/><BR/>Screw you guys, I'm goin' home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170045245032216822007-01-28T20:34:00.000-08:002007-01-28T20:34:00.000-08:00Well I think makes and even 86 posts,... if I coun...Well I think makes and even 86 posts,... if I counted correctly.<BR/>Anymore opinions anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170038307497066852007-01-28T18:38:00.000-08:002007-01-28T18:38:00.000-08:00Did someone let Mike Peake in?Did someone let Mike Peake in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170037450651090632007-01-28T18:24:00.000-08:002007-01-28T18:24:00.000-08:00The Great Way is not difficult for those who have ...The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.<BR/><BR/>When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised.<BR/><BR/>Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170036498251320552007-01-28T18:08:00.000-08:002007-01-28T18:08:00.000-08:00"...for the person doing it, the process of going ..."...for the person doing it, the process of going through it all can be rewarding, for everyone else the actual artistic result is not so interesting..."<BR/><BR/>Well that settles it then. It's the ultimate "drug" for the most hardcore of synth addicts. $20k? That's just what you are gonna have to pay if you plan to get into "hard" synthesis.<BR/><BR/>"Give one to Herbie, and let me hear whatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170034211335217232007-01-28T17:30:00.000-08:002007-01-28T17:30:00.000-08:00Too much to comment on but i have to step on these...Too much to comment on but i have to step on these dirty rumors as I've heard them a few times:<BR/><BR/>" The original 200 series was manufactured from something like 1970 to 1987. I think the grand to total on modules sold was 440 or something."<BR/><BR/><BR/>the 200 series was in production from 1970 - 1983, many more then 440 modules were produced... more then 30 music easels were made... uhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17775202.post-1170033606123031662007-01-28T17:20:00.000-08:002007-01-28T17:20:00.000-08:00Looking at the front page of MatrixSynth, I now kn...Looking at the front page of MatrixSynth, I now know exactly what sort of Buchla demo I want to hear...<BR/><BR/>Give one to Herbie, and let me hear what he comes up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com