Jammin for Kurt

video upload by Todd Barton

"Found this cool Easel patch from Kurt Kurasaki's preset bank on the Buchla website:
https://buchla.com/downloads/programs...
A very inspiring and performable patch. Thanks you Kurt!

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

Easel Pressure Jam

video upload by Todd Barton

"Just a little jam riffing off of my pressure patch":

Retro Pressure Setup

video upload by Todd Barton

"Setting up my New Retro Buchla Music Easel for my pressure perferences."

https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd

Buchla Easel Skipping Stones

video upload by Aleatoric Machine

"Two patches today! Having fun here with the clock skipper on one CV Polymorpher and AR on another. The fifth step of the sequencer is transposing every fifth note in an arpeggio from the 218 for a little melodic variety."

Buchla Easel Jam

video upload by Aleatoric Machine

"Jamming with the Triglav Modular Clockwork Card, Northern Light Modular cardOC CV Polymorpher, and NLM cardME Mobile Effect Engine. In Eurorack world I almost always have my Ornament & Crime in action, so the cardOC is a welcome addition to my Easel."

Retro Easel Jam

video upload by Todd Barton

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd

Dark Easel | Buchla LEM 218e, 0-Coast & Strega

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"This is a freeform improvisation with 0-Coast and Strega in three takes. The first take is 0-Coast doing plonks and textures, the second take is Strega doing a pad and the third take is a solo over the pad. Nothing fancy, and quite linear. More like parts - or movements - instead of overdubs. I am trying to show you that a DAW can turn a small set of modules into a huge wall of sound too. Doing everything in one go is really hard and only necessary if you need to perform live. I am happy I don't have to.

The Dark Easel is the nickname for the 0-Coast, Strega and 0-Ctrl trinity. As you may have seen in previous videos, I've been on a quest to recreate something close to the Buchla Easel in Eurorack. My quest came to an end when I took a leap of faith and got the Buchla 218e, which is the 'simple' 50% of the Easel case. However, I did not expect these capacitive touch keys to be such a big component of the authentic Buchla Easel sound.

It's a very big investment for a little keyboard, but I can't emphasize how happy I am with it. I am not a good keyboard player, but sliding over the surface finally allows my fingers to keep up with my brain. But it also feels like I am playing a bit of synth history. As I describe in the video, this combo is like a classic Corvette towing a skateboard. It's not intended as a disrespect to the 0-coast, but there are a lot of skateboards at the MN office in Ashville. Besides, 0-coast definitely qualifies as a great entrypoint into modular westcoast synthesis and honestly, I learned a LOT from this little machine. Like 'everything is voltage'. This time it's not racked and used as intended. With keys.
I am sure you'll get similar results with your Keystep or a more fancy controller.

I know there are a few Spartans out there who want it raw, with nothing but the bare machine. But it has a contour and sustain tightly related with holding down a key. And then, ofcourse, there's midi. In this video, I completely overlooked using the 0-coast with the midi output from the 218, but I don't feel like going through those PGM A | B pages. I will check it out later, because I wonder what would happen if I enable the Coast's internal sequencer AND an external one (e.g. BeatStep Pro). If it's any good, I'll post it. For today, I just wanted to cruise the Ease Coast."

Kraftwerk Home Computer Improvisation - Buchla 208 / Buchla Easel

video upload by Roland Klinkenberg

"It's a 2 bar version of this loop by Kraftwerk which is originally 4 bars long. The envelope level is linked to the sequencer output so the higher notes get more envelope effect.
The card used is the Sequencer Aux Expander card.
Mail me at rklinkenberg(at)gmail(dot)com for more info on the card."

Buchla 252e Polyrhythmic Generator - First Run Var1

video upload by verstaerker

"this basically the same patch from yesterday.. with minor tweaks. and some realtime pointless soundtweaking (out of cam, wich i realized a bit late)"

„live performances“ | 2024/03/16 | gelsenkirchen | eurorack modular synthesizer

video upload by Elinch

"„first part of my performance on 2024/03/16 in gelsenkirchen at readymade.books“

The most used: Tiptop Buchla VCO & Sequencer, Tokio Tape Music Center VCO & Tokio Gate, Buchla LEM 218e, 4MS Looping Delay, Intellijel Sealegs, Clouds, ER-301, OTO Boum

My new album 'Grau' will be released on 2024/04/30 as a tape and as a download on Seil Records/Bandcamp.

#livemusic , #synthesizer, #modular, #buchla"

Buchla/TipTop Audio with Larix-Elektro modules.

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"A new video demonstrating how to use RITOURNELLE modules with other modules.
Here with the Sequencial Voltage Source 245t and the Source of Uncertainity 266t from Buchla/TipTop Audio.

How to combine the 245t and the ritournelles, both are made for sequencing.
How to use the 266t to add randomness, in various way.

Of course, Buchla/TipTop Audio modules are used for the audio part:
The 258t with the 292t.

More infoa about LE modules here:
http://www.larix-elektro.com"

Buchla Easel Afternoon

video upload by Aleatoric Machine

"I'm still getting to know my Buchla Easel, but this was a pretty fun patch to play with. Also using the Triglav Modular Clockwork Card for rhythms and Northern Light Modular cardME Mobile Effect Engine for delay and reverb."

Manual Dexterity

video upload by Todd Barton

"An unfolding of this patch over on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

Update:

Manual Dexterity unfolded

video upload by Todd Barton

Kevin Shields “City Girl” Buchla Cover

video upload by DARK SPARKLER

Buchla 252e + BugBrand

video upload by Precarious333 Music

"Just got my 252e back after repair. Running through some tests to refamiliarize myself with the features. This is just a simple test with 252e sequencing 4 voices. Two are using the VCOs from Buchla 259e Twisted Waveform Generator with one through Vedic Scapes 13700 band pass filter. Then there is a kick from Bugbrand DRM2 and a drone into glitchy high hat using Bugbrand Synth Voice modules. Used lots of off-grid timing on 252e to make it a bit wonky.

The bass is 259e principal oscillator with RED cells coming from the 8 and 16 rings. The band pass voice is 259e modulation oscillator sequenced from the GREEN cells of the 6, 8, and 16 ring so some triplets in there from 6. Kick is BLUE cells from the 16 ring. High hat is ratcheted by the subdivided pulses from rings 8 and 16. Using a mixer to mute/unmute off screen to the left.

Recorded as 2 tracks into Ableton Live. Compression and FXs added in post."

Just for Fun

video upload by Todd Barton

"Some bleeps & bloops for fun…
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

A Modular Mousetrap

video upload by Todd Barton

"Sequential triggering of diverse sonic events.
I’ve unfolded this patch over on my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

23

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"The latest Soma Digest (16) had a link to a #Pulsar23 'diode' experiment by Conatus Modulari from Rotterdam, NL. I am not sure how many of you own a Pulsar, but I see it shine at many live gigs by many people, and recently Johno Wells dedicated a whole show to it. Anyway, this 'diode' trick is amazing. Basically you'd combine an LFO with a Clock, LFO patched to the right side, Clock to the Left. Also clock the LFO with something. Then, patch/pinch/clip another line from the Clock side to your kick trigger and adjust to taste. I don't know how it works, I just know I love it. It reminds me of euclidian rhythms, but there's no code, no logic, just analog magic.
There's a video to Conatus' video where he explains how it works so I can just jam and experiment with the Buchla keys."

Performative Concrète

video upload by Todd Barton

"Unlike true Musique Concrète which cuts, pastes and manipulates field recordings on magnetic tape this merely gives the illusion of that fragmented, multi-sequences timbral and dynamic shifts, think Cage's Williams Mix et al. Enjoy!"

Lo-Pass Gates (LPG) | From the Buchla 292 to Mutable Streams

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"I've been using a lot of LPG models, including a few that don't use vactrols. However, I use the Buchla 292 as a reference because it represents the original design. If it doesn't (at least) sound like a 292, it's not a LPG in the classic sense. But it can still be something better or cooler. Manufacturers have the freedom and creativity to build on it, and make it their own, like the QMMG, Streams and the Steady State Gate.

The MakeNoise modules are strongly represented, because it's cool to see all the subtle (and not so subtle) differences between modules. They're all unique signs of the times.

I wish I could include the Rabid Elephant Natural Gate because it may be the most natural gate around, and seriously missing in this collection. It is advertised to be 'strike speed aware', and it also knows that a high note rings shorter. I managed to find a reasonably priced one in Germany and it's on its way to the Lab. It also seems the Rabid Elephant website came back to life, so hopefully they're producing again.

It's funny, but I got Mutable Streams about six years ago and couldn't position it next to the Veils VCA. I remember buying it for the compressor. At the time I had no idea what a LPG was. The manual talked about Buchla, but what the hell did I know. I remember watching DivKid's video, but at the time it sounded like Russian poetry.

Now I know what an LPG is, but my encounter with Streams is about 24 hours young. I remembered a little vactrol symbol on Streams (I am blessed with photographic memory), so I looked it up in my box of forgotten modules, read the manual and was surprised to read it's a dedicated LPG module. All modes have something to do with a low pass gate. I patched it up and was blown away by the possibilities you probably already know about. But I need to learn too, especially stuff I have lying around unused for many years.

00:00 Introduction
00:21 Plaits 2 OP FM as a source and the built in LPG.
01:27 Buchla/TTA 292T - The Reference
03:32 MN Optomix LPG
04:26 MN Dynamix VCFA
05:46 MN LxD
07:29 MN DXG
08:51 MN QMMG
10:18 SSF Steady State Gate
12:39 Noise Engineering Sinc Bucina
13:28 Endorphines Sqwk Dirty
14:14 Mutable Instruments Streams"

03 07 24 2500 & Buchla

video upload by batchas

"2500 seq as master clock."