259t Timbres | Buchla Tiptop Just Sounds

video upload by VoxModula Archives

"A focused sound exploration of the 259t oscillator within a Buchla Tiptop modular system.
No talking, no explanation — just raw timbres, subtle modulation, and evolving textures recorded live.

This session explores the tonal range and character of the 259t through continuous patch interaction and dynamic sound shaping.

🎛️ System used
• Buchla Tiptop modular system
• 259t oscillator"

TipTop Buchla 200t

video upload by Oxix52

"I sold off my 200e system about 3 years ago. I recently put together a TipTop Audio 200t system. It's been pretty fun. This is a short play with the 259t as the only audio source. I used one non-Buchla module--the Intellijel Springy 2. It's mono output is being sent to the 296t to make it stereo."

Buchla Modular Patch Explained | Live Sound Exploration

video upload by VoxModula Archives

"A short patch talk exploring a live Buchla modular setup.
In this video, I build and explain the patch in real time, focusing on signal flow, modulation choices, and timbral shaping within the Buchla system.

The session is improvised and recorded in one take, combining sound exploration with live explanation.

🎛️ System used
• Buchla modular system (Tiptop Audio)
• Oscillators, envelopes, LPGs, modulation & utilities

🎧 What’s covered
• Live patch explanation
• Signal flow and modulation strategies
• Buchla sound shaping techniques
• Improvised modular performance

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👉 Follow VoxModula for Buchla modular patches, sound design, and experimental synth explorations.
#Buchla #TiptopAudio #ModularSynth #PatchTalk #ModularPatch #SynthExplained #VoxModula"

Tiptop Audio Resonator (sound.report)

video upload by Heiner Kruse - The Green Man(TGM) - sound.report

Timestamps:
00:00-02:12 Intro & Upper band
02:12-04:24 other bands
04:24-05:05 Not Self Resonating
05:05-08:29 Modulation

Acid Study #1 w/ "The Rave Case" Featuring a Mystery Prototype Module

video upload by Stazma

"Hey there! I got a Befaco 7U Performance Case recently and decided to turn it into a Rave machine spitting analog acid and drums.

Here is a frist jam with what seems like a very cool setup for this case.
Tiptop Audio 909 modules on the drums.
810 by System80 on the bass.
Algo by RYK on the pad.
All sequenced by Tubbutec Brainstep / Drummertime.
Drum fills with the Particles by Patching Panda
Effect and mixing by a mystery prototype & Befaco Fx Boy & Output Bus.

Have fun!!!!"

Exploring a Full Buchla System | Tiptop Audio Modular Improvisation

video upload by VoxModula Archives

"An 11-minute improvised modular performance using a full Tiptop Audio Buchla system.

This session explores evolving textures, modulation paths, and dynamic interactions across the entire system. The patch is built for flow and transformation rather than fixed structure, allowing the sound to develop organically over time.

🎛️ System used
• Tiptop Audio Buchla modular system (full setup)
• Oscillators, envelopes, LPGs, random & sequencing modules

🎧 What’s inside
• Long-form modular improvisation
• Organic modulation and evolving textures
• Dynamic use of the Buchla signal path
• Recorded live in one take"

Modular Patch Walkthrough Pt.2 | Expanding the Buchla/Tiptop Patch

video upload by VoxModula Archives

Part 1 here

"I continue developing the patch from the previous video, expanding the sequencing, modulation, and timbral variations using a Buchla/Tiptop modular system driven by the Arturia Keystep.

The session remains fully improvised, with real-time explanations while shaping the sound and exploring new directions from the existing patch.

🎛️ Gear used
• Tiptop Buchla modular system
• Arturia Keystep – sequencer
• Various modulation and utility modules

🎧 What’s explored
• Patch continuation and development
• Expanded sequencing and modulation
• Live sound shaping and structure
• Real-time explanation of patch changes"

Modular Patch Explained | Buchla/Tiptop System + Keystep Sequencer

video upload by VoxModula Archives

"A live, spoken patch walkthrough using a Buchla/Tiptop modular setup, sequenced by the Arturia Keystep. In this session, I build the patch step by step, shaping timbres, modulation paths, and rhythmic variations while explaining everything in real time.

🎛️ Gear used
• Tiptop Buchla modules (259t, 281t, 292t, 245t, 266t, 258t)
• Arturia Keystep – main sequencer
• Strymon El Capistan & Flamma FS02 reverb

🎧 What’s inside
• Live patching + real-time explanation
• Sequencing and modulation ideas
• Sound shaping using a full Buchla/Tiptop voice
• Improvised structure, evolving textures"

Tech Talk: Vera Grace - How Modular Gear Shapes Her Hypnotic Techno Sound (Electronic Beats TV)

video upload by Telekom Electronic Beats TV

"For this Electronic Beats Tech Talk, we visited Dutch DJ and producer Vera Grace at her home in Amsterdam. With a background from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, she has developed a distinct techno identity rooted in experimental sound design, modular exploration, and hypnotic rhythms that bend your sense of time. Her dive into modular synthesis reshaped her creative process, leading to a fully live analog setup she now brings to the stage. Shifting fluidly between broken beats, ambient explorations, psychedelic textures, and driving 4/4 energy, Vera continues to push her sound forward while staying connected to techno’s foundations."

Tiptop Audio Introduces the TRIAX8: An Oscillator like no other

video upload by Tiptop Audio

As always, check with dealers on the right for availability and price.

TipTop TRIAX-8 Polyphonic Thru-Zero FM Oscillator - What is TZFM?

video upload by gattobus

"Here's a quick presentation and audio demo of the new TipTop Audio TRIAX8 Polyphonic Eurorack Oscillator.

00:52 - What is THRU-ZERO FM ?
03:45 - XOR Waveform
05:45 - Music Performance

This video is sponsored by TipTop Audio"


"Meet the TRIAX 8 , an oscillator like no other, featuring 16 analog triangle-core oscillators with full note polyphony and patching. The TRIAX8 is a landmark in synthesis technology, combining true polyphonic patching and full note polyphony with the creative and joyful hands-on workflow of a modular synthesizer. Every function has its own knob, and all modulation inputs are ready for patching with patch cables. Beneath this interface lie 16 true analog oscillators, real circuits built from semiconductors, capacitors, and resistors, each one alive, drifting naturally with temperature and with the magnetic and electric fields they generate. This is the sound of analog: full, warm, organic, and never the same twice.

In this demo, we showcase just a glimpse of what the TRIAX8 is capable of, and how easy it is to design sounds through instant patching. We focus mainly on pads and drones, with a touch of arpeggios. A note about video sound quality:
YouTube plays compressed audio, which significantly affects sound quality. Compared to the original recording, the audio will generally sound muddier and harsher in the highs. However, it still provides a good sense of the character and tone of the demoed device.

Patch Overview for this video: For modulation, we used the OCTOLFO to randomly patching LFO signals into the TRIAX 8’s CV inputs. The audio output was routed through the OCTPASS 24 dB low-pass filter and then into the OCTOGAIN. From the OCTOGAIN’s stereo outputs, the sound was sent to the Z-DSP, where some patches feature reverb or delay from the Z-DSP. For control, we played notes from Ableton through the Octopus, or used G-Mode sequencing on the Octopus and NerdSeq."

Check with dealers on the right for availability and price.

Exploring the 259tDiscovering the 259t Sound | Tiptop Buchla Patch with 245t, 266t, 281t & 292t

video upload by VoxModula Archives

"In this patch talk, I explore the timbral range of the Tiptop Buchla 259t Complex Oscillator, using the 245t, 266t, 281t, and 292t to build a dynamic, evolving modular voice.

The session is fully improvised and recorded live — a look into the interaction between control voltages, random modulation, and the organic response of the Buchla 200-inspired system.

🎛️ Modules used:
• Tiptop Buchla 259t Complex Oscillator
• Tiptop Buchla 245t Sequential Voltage Source
• Tiptop Buchla 266t Source of Uncertainty
• Tiptop Buchla 281t Quad Function Generator
• Tiptop Buchla 292t Quad Lopass Gate"

Get *more* from your semi-modular synths with this gear

video upload by Oscillator Sink

"Links to companies featured:
https://dfaudio.com.au/
https://www.feed-me-synthesis.co.uk/
https://www.herzlichlabs.com/
https://tiptopaudio.com/stackcable/
https://www.st-modular.de/workmates

Semi-modular synths are great, and even with a sizable eurorack set-up I find myself gravitating to these complete, self-contained instruments more and more, to get the enjoyment of patching without the option paralysis that a full modular synth sometimes inspires.

Nevertheless the big benefit that a full modular set-up gives you is that expandability and flexibility to build out what your setup is capable of by adding or swapping out modules.

But semi-modular lovers need not feel left out! There are numerous bits of kit out there which can help you get more from your semi-modular synths, expanding their capabilities and sonic palettes.

Transparency notice: The DF Audio Nano-U was kindly provided to me by DF Audio for the purposes of featuring it in some videos and I am permitted to keep it. The Slewp and Slide has been kindly lent to me by Feed Me Synthesis for the purposes of featuring it in this video.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:15 Tiptop Stackcables
04:52 The World of 0HP Utilities
14:15 Herzlich Labs MMI Node
16:55 DF Audio Nano-U
26:07 Feed Me Synthesis Slewp and Slide
38:06 Outro

http://www.oscillatorsink.com"

Exploring the 259tDiscovering the 259t Sound | Tiptop Buchla Patch with 245t, 266t, 281t & 292t

video upload by VoxModula Archives

"In this patch talk, I explore the timbral range of the Tiptop Buchla 259t Complex Oscillator, using the 245t, 266t, 281t, and 292t to build a dynamic, evolving modular voice.

The session is fully improvised and recorded live — a look into the interaction between control voltages, random modulation, and the organic response of the Buchla 200-inspired system.

🎛️ Modules used:
• Tiptop Buchla 259t Complex Oscillator
• Tiptop Buchla 245t Sequential Voltage Source
• Tiptop Buchla 266t Source of Uncertainty
• Tiptop Buchla 281t Quad Function Generator
• Tiptop Buchla 292t Quad Lopass Gate"

264t & 242t Chord Machine - Tiptop Audio & Buchla

video upload by Stazma

"From plucky polyphonic arpeggios to BIG chords!

This is an idea I had in my head for some time, combining the 264t Polyphonic Adapter with ART and my two 259t with the 242t to trigger clusters of notes and create strums / arp / chords type sounds.

It worked and here is how!"

VoxModula TipTop Buchla Demos

video uploads by VoxModula Archives

Playlist:

1. Polyrhythmic Motion – TipTop Audio Buchla 245t / 281t

A 4-minute modular improvisation exploring the interaction between The Tiptop Audio Buchla 245t and the 281t — where sequential voltage triggers envelopes, generating evolving polyrhythms and shifting patterns.

Recorded live, no overdubs, no post-processing.

Modules used:
• TipTop Audio Buchla 245t Sequential Voltage Source
• TipTop Audio Buchla 281t Quad Function Generator
• TipTop Audio Buchla 258t Dul Oscillator

Part of VoxModula Archives — a growing collection of modular sound fragments and explorations.

🎧 Best experienced on headphones.

2. Tiptop Buchla + Strymon El Capistan Live Modular Loop Performance / VoxModula #02

A live modular improvisation exploring the Strymon El Capistan as a looping delay.

The sound slowly folds into itself — echoes become layers, layers become memory.

Recorded in one take.
No editing, no overdubs.

3. Exploring FM Synthesis on Tiptop Buchla 258t + 259t | Live Patch Talk

In this video I explore FM synthesis on the Tiptop Buchla 258t and 259t, using the 245t sequencer to modulate pitch and rhythm, and the 266t for random voltages. It’s a li

ve patch talk — I build the sound and explain what happens in real time, fit's my first video like, hopefully you will like it.

Let me know if you would be interested in more videos like this.
If you want the audio files and detailed photos of the patch please reach out and I can send them to you.

🎛️ Modules used:
• Tiptop Buchla 258t Dual Oscillator
• Tiptop Buchla 259t Complex Oscillator
• Tiptop Buchla 245t Sequential Voltage Source
• Tiptop Buchla 266t Source of Uncertainty

🎧 Patch focus: FM synthesis, modulation routing, random CV and sequence interaction.

And two featuring Moog for good measure:

Playlist:

1. Short Ambient Moog Grandmother Performance (40s Demo)

A short ambient performance using the Moog Grandmother, exploring smooth analog tones, slow modulation, and spatial delay textures.

Recorded live in one take — with external effects, Zoom Ms-70 CDR, Grandmother’s raw sound shaped into a soft, floating atmosphere.

🎛️ Gear used:
• Moog Grandmother (analog synth)
• Internal spring reverb & Zoom Ms70 CDR delay

2. VoxModula Archives – The Beginning of an Archive

Hi, this is the first video of VoxModula Archives. VoxModula is an ongoing collection of sonic fragments — recordings where synthesis meets the quiet presence of the surrounding world.

Each piece is an observation of sound as a living material: unstable, imperfect, shaped by voltage and time.

The project does not aim to perform or entertain, but to document the space between intention and accident — where tone becomes memory, and noise becomes evidence of existence.

These works are presented without manipulation or spectacle, as if retrieved from an open archive of moments.

Nothing here is fixed.
Everything breathes.

Buchla & Tiptop Essential System 200t VOL 2

video upload by Stazma

"Today we are going to check out a selection of four modules from the 200t lines by Tiptop Audio & Buchla that to me are the four essential building block to form a small and portable system: The 258t, 281t, 292t and 266t!

I'm going to explore different setup with these four modules, different ways to control & play them."

How to Make & Sequence Modular Synth Drum Sounds With Patterning 3 : Drum Machine

video upload by Olympia Noise Co.

"In this video, Patterning : Drum Machine developer Ben Kamen demonstrates using Patterning 3 as a MIDI sequencer to control a Eurorack modular synthesizer and builds drum and percussive sounds from the ground up. Starting from basic kick and tom patches, learn how to shape hi-hats with noise sources, add punch with pitch envelopes, and introduce melodic variations using MIDI.

Download this drumkit (and 700+ more) inside Patterning 3: Drum Machine :
http://patterning.app

Modules used include:
• Mutable Instruments Yarns (MIDI to CV)
• Intellijel Dixie (Oscillator)
• Tiptop Audio Low Pass Gate (VCA + Filter)
• Intellijel Quadra (Envelope Generator)
• Plonk (Digital Percussion Module)
and more....

If you love modular synth sound design, this one’s for you.

⸻

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 — Introduction: Using Patterning 3 with Modular Synths
00:35 — Oscillator + VCA Basics
00:50 — The Tiptop Low Pass Gate Setup
01:02 — Envelopes and Volume Control (Quadra)
01:12 — Making Drum and Tom Sounds
01:26 — Creating Hi-Hat Sounds with Noise Sources
06:57 — Adding Punch with Pitch Envelopes
07:20 — Shaping Kick Drum Dynamics
07:37 — Experimenting with Attack and Decay
08:04 — Modulating Hi-Hat Envelopes for Variation
09:10 — Exploring Plonk and Cowbell Sounds
10:41 — Randomized Melodies from MIDI Pitch Data
11:38 — Building a Complete Modular Pattern
12:28 — Wrapping Up and Final Jam"

After October - Panharmonium/Metropolix

video upload by davidryle

"The Intellijel Metropolix sequencer making a dual pattern to a pair of Q206 VCO's. The filters were the Dove D502 Multi-Mode VCF and the Corsynth C110 2044 VCF. They go into the Lower West Side Studios (Yusynth) Panning Mixer then into the Rossum Electro-Music Panharmonium Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer.

The Panharmonium splits the signal to two destinations. The main voice is sent to the TipTop Audio Z-DSP with the Halls of Valhalla plate reverb. The FX voice is sent to the Make Noise Soundhack Erbe Verb reverb.

The Bass part is the Q960 sequential Controller into a pair of Q106 VCO's and The Oakley Sound Systems Diode Super Ladder filter. The on to the Synthetic Sound Labs Digital Delay and Tube VCA.

The fluttering noise effect is the Dove Audio WTF Oscillator in noise mode to the Moon Modular 517S in High Pass on to the Modcan 73B Dual Delay and the Echo Fix tape echo/reverb."

TipTop Resonator // What is a resonator?

video upload by Dexba

"I always feel like there is some obfuscation going on with the terminology in synthesizers (and music theory too, btw), and that's even more noticeable when we're talking about 70s technology 😄
This time, we're checking out the new TipTop module, which is, by nam,e a resonator, the blueprint coming from the Moog PolyMoog, but we'll find out the lines are blurred, and you might find great uses for it as a filterbank, an end-of-chain EQ, maybe even a sound source, and definitely a performative element for added movement and depth to our patches!"

Another great vintage goes Eurorack, TTA Resonator Module

video upload by Tiptop Audio

Check with dealer on the right for availability and price.

"With the Resonator , we were able to recreate one of the most legendary resonator designs of all time — and make it affordable. This module recreates the resonator section of the iconic 1975 Polymoog, now enhanced with voltage control over every parameter, selectable frequency ranges for each resonator, multiple gain stages, an emphasis CV with limiter, and a bypass switch. It is strictly analog, with no LEDs or digital circuitry that could contaminate the grounding with hiss, ensuring a pure, clean analog sound — the dreamy, resonating tones at their finest.

Originally designed as an end-of-chain effect for our polyphonic modules, the Resonator also excels with a wide range of audio sources, including samples, drums, and even full mixes. Despite its extensive feature set, the design occupies only 16HP and remains highly affordable.

Check out the Resonator at:
https://tiptopaudio.com/resonator/

A note about video sound quality:
YouTube plays compressed audio, which significantly affects sound quality. Compared to the original recording, the audio will generally sound muddier and harsher in the highs. However, it still provides a good sense of the character and tone of the demoed device.

Patch Overview for this video:
The first few scenes feature a polyphonic sound generated by Triax8 through Octopass , then through Octogain (not shown in the frame), and finally into the Resonator . From the Resonator, the signal goes into the Z5000 Multi-Effect module , with a bit of processing applied via the mix knob. The sound is output in stereo, either directly to an audio recorder or routed through the Z-DSP for extra reverb.

In the final scene, Tiptop Audio drum modules generate hi-hats and snare, which are mixed using the MIX7 module and then sent into the Resonator. The bass drum comes from the Tiptop Audio ONE sample player. Octolfo , the module on the left, provides multiple fully independent LFOs to modulate the many CV inputs available on the Resonator."