Buchla Easel Command 208c Tutorials by EthanJamesMusic

Playlist:

Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 1: Complex Oscillator
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 2: Complex Oscillator CV
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 3: Complex Oscillator Polarity
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 4: Complex Oscillator Fine Tune and Keyboard control
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 5: Modulation Oscillator Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 6: Modulation Oscillator Interactions
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 7: Gate Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 8: Gate Input Options
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 9: Envelope Generator Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 10: Advanced Envelope Generator Possibilities
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 11: Pulsar Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 12: Pulsar CV
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 13: Pulsar Clocking
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 14: Sequential Voltage Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 15: Sequential Voltage advanced interactions
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 16: Random Voltage

Buchla U.S.A. Announces New Music Easel & 50th Anniversary Easel

via Buchla U.S.A.

Iconic. Revolutionary. Mind-expanding.

The Buchla Music Easel was one of the first truly portable electronic music instruments. Fifty years ago, in 1973, only a few dozen were made. Unlike many iconic technologies, the influence was not grown through force of scale, but rather the force of the ideas. The Music Easel made available virtually every musical dimension: timbre, melody, rhythm, and time; how these dimensions intersected was no longer the court of acoustics and material, but signals and voltage. The 208 Stored Program Sound Source engendered “a new functional organization [with a] particularly rapid system of patching and program storage via plug-in cards.”

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Buchla Tiptop 281t to Easel Command

video upload by Todd Barton

"One possible connection between the Buchla-Tiptop Audio 281t Quad Function Generator and the BuchaUSA 208c Easel Command using the UTL-1 Format Jumbler from Low-Gain. Clearly there are at least 10,000 more possibilities :-)"

Buchla 208c to Buchla Tiptop 281t 258t


"In my previous post used the Tiptop 281t to drive the 208c, this time I'm reversing the with the Buchla 208c pulser driving the 281t and different flavors of random voltages going to the 258t oscillators. Enjoy!"

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Going Bananas on the Buchla Easel Command 208C!

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"Wes shows off some Never-Before-Seen advanced Easel tips and tricks to supercharge your workflow!
The Buchla 208c Easel Command Synthesizer is a modern revival of the classic Buchla Music Easel. With built in MIDI and USB hosting functionality, as well as a slew of quality of life improvements, the Easel Command 208C is the definitive west coast style synthesizer. Check it out here - https://www.perfectcircuit.com/buchla...

These tips are hot!! so grab a cool drink and make sure you've got enough potassium in your diet before we dive in!


0:15 - Intro jam with SP-404SX
1:22 - Tip #1: Jumper settings and under-the-hood adjustments
3:19 -Tip #2 : Polarity settings on complex oscillator
5:58 - Demo of first two tips
7:00 - Tip #3 : Random outputs
7:25 - Tip #4 : Mod oscillator CV output and uses
7:45 - Tip #5 : Mod oscillator FM input
8:35 - Tip #6 : Reverb crossfader functionality
9:45 - Demo patch of mod oscillator CV outputs
10:44 - Tip #7 : Pre-amp and envelope detector
12:00 - Tip #8 : Envelope detector and inverter for sidechain emulation
12:41 - Tip #9 : Built-in white noise!
13:18 - Tip #10 : MIDI settings hidden on the forbidden keys
13:58 - Bonus tip! Velocity output!

Other gear we used in this video include the SP-404 https://www.perfectcircuit.com/roland...
and the Moffenzeef Shtick! https://www.perfectcircuit.com/moffen..."

208C MIDI ML Quick Demo by Joel Davel

Published on Nov 13, 2019 Joel Davel

"Buchla 208C MIDI daughterboard test using Marimba Lumina to send MIDI on 3 different MIDI channels to act as keyboard control and also to control each oscillator independently, send continuous control and trigger sequencer, random, EG, and Pulser sections of Buchla 208C"

Easel Command & 208C Quickstart Guide Video

Buchla

"The video counterpart to the printed quick start guide included with Buchla Easel Command & 208C. Download a digital copy of the quickstart guide at https://buchla.com/downloads"

Additional Buchla 208C posts

Live annotated performance: Buchla 208c Easel Command avant-garde synthesizer electronic music

video upload by EthanJamesMusic

"I am using the Buchla 208c music Easel Command along with the Make Noise 0-ctrl as a stand in for the 218 touch controller and wanted to explore how to use a patch that my 3 year old son put together. I am using annotations to try to teach some of my thought process when I'm making these improvisations. This is entirely live and unrehearsed. The goal of this piece of electronic music was to find musical ways to use the combination of the Pulsar to pitch with the Envelope Generator to Timbre in the complex oscillator. I was able to pull off his favorite sounds: Ambulance and Truck Motor. The combination of the two modulations allows me to create some interesting rhythmic concepts. This is a relatively simple patch and doesn't need many connections to get something that can sound extremely complex. I am using the west coast technique of starting with something and spinning it out like a centrifuge. I'm processing the sound through a few eurorack modules that I will detail below. Hopefully this camera angle also helps you learn something!

Patch Notes:
Buchla 208c Easel Command audio to 4ms Tapographic Delay to Make Noise X-pan controlled by Intellijel Quadrax and Tangle Quartet. Audio from Eurorack output to Boss RC-5 loop pedal and Eventide H9 reverb.
Live patching: in annotations"

Buchla Easel Command 208C - Tremor

video by TheTrackdriver

"All sounds are from the Buchla Easel Command 208C including the vinyl scratch. They were sampled and are played back from an Elektron Octatrack which is also sequencing the modulation oscillator on MIDI channel 3. The bellish sound from the complex oscillator is triggered and sequenced by the built-in sequencer on the Easel."

Buchla Easel Command 208C - Rainy Day

video by TheTrackdriver

"All sounds except the rain and birds (played back at half speed) are from the Buchla Easel Command 208C. The complex oscillator is routed through an Elektron Analog Heat for distortion and is then drenched in effects in Ableton Live."

Buchla Easel Command 208C - Murky Waters

video by TheTrackdriver

"A sonic exploration with the Buchla Easel Command 208C. The Elektron Octatrack is playing back a few audio tracks with pre-recorded loops from the Easel and a MIDI track while I am improvising."

Announcing the new Buchla Easel Command Module & 208C

Published on Sep 5, 2019 Buchla

"Buchla Easel Command Module includes MIDI (USB & DIN) and enclosure. Target price $2,999 USD.

Buchla 208C (MIDI optional). Target price $2,599 USD.

Starts shipping late 2019.

Optional preset management coming at a later date."

Live Patch: Buchla 208c Easel Command live west coast avant-garde synthesizer electronic music

video upload by EthanJamesMusic

"I am using the Buchla 208c music Easel Command along with the Make Noise 0-ctrl as a stand in for the 218 touch controller and wanted to make something more out there and noisy musically. I didn't rehearse this beforehand and was just following the sound. I am using a looper pedal to create many layers of the soundscape, eventually working towards creating an Easel roulette with the envelope assigned to the tempo. I am using the west coast technique of starting with something and spinning it out like a centrifuge. I'm processing the sound through a few eurorack modules that I will detail below. Hopefully this camera angle also helps you learn something!"

Portabellabz ADSR:LPG Card Overview

video upload by Todd Barton

"A brief overview of the upcoming Portabellabz ADSR/LPG card. More info here: https://www.portabellabz.be"


ADSR:LPG to 208c video upload by Todd Barton

"The Portabellabz ADSR/LPG card is working great with both my BEMI Easel from 2013 and the new 208c Easel Command."

You can find additional posts featuring the Portabellabz ADSR:LPG Card here.

Buchla Easel Command 208C - Amazing Grace

video by TheTrackdriver

"My version of 'Amazing Grace'. All sounds are from the Buchla Easel Command 208C drenched in effects, mainly from Valhalla DSP. A few tracks were pre-recorded in Ableton Live. The complex oscillator is sequenced and controlled via MIDI channel 1 and the modulation oscillator on channel 3."

Buchla Music Easel 208C + 218e V3 + cards

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"I've pieced together a Buchla 208C, Buchla 218e V3 and placed it lovingly in a custom Haliburton case by Luther. I am including the Buchla 208 Preset Manager and a Portabellabz Stoned Marten LPG+ADSR card. I'm also including a handful of cables. Everything is in mint condition.

This is essentially the same as the Buchla 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition that will be available for preorder next month for 10k. The case is nearly identical minus the retro colors, knobs, and midi and I/O options."

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NAMM 2020: Buchla 208c With Designer Joel Davel

Published on Jan 18, 2020 sonicstate

Buchla 208c posts

Buchla Easel Command 208C - From the Balcony

video upload by TheTrackdriver

"I played my Buchla Easel Command 208C on my balcony. The Buchla is recorded on an Uher 4200 Report Stereo IC tape recorder. A simple drum pattern is running from an Elektron Octatrack and recorded on an Aiwa TP-721. The drums were further processed through an Elektron Analog Heat."

Buchla Easel Command Desktop Modular SYNTHESIZER

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Additional Perfect Circuit listings

"This listing is for the Easel Command with serial no. 0710 0751; images are of the unit available for sale.

The Buchla Easel Command is the newly updated 208C in a standalone desktop form with MIDI and CV control. The 208C is the module itself for use in a Buchla 200e system.

Buchla’s own Joel Davel led the charge to create a new version of the legendary Music Easel instrument with more modular flexibility and independence, while also providing the means to easily interface with more devices, such as the various DAWs like Ableton and MIDI controllers, including the very expressive Sensel Morph. It’s still fully analog in its default configuration and provides the unique and exquisite Buchla experience with greater functionality at a lower cost.

Note: the Easel Command does not include the optional USB-A MIDI Host expander; this expansion must be purchased separately."

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Buchla Music Easel vs. 208c Command

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"Just a little jam with Buchla Music Easel and the 208c Command. Both 208s are being controlled by the 218e. All of it is improvised live, mistakes and all. Aside from a minor volume adjustment, no post production was done to the audio. The use of the arpeggiator makes it look as if the video and sound are not in sync, they are.

The card being used is a 208 Toolbox from portabellabz, great little gadget.

The pedal is a Strymon Blue Sky."

Glitching the Buchla Easel Command

video by Sarah Belle Reid

"Experimenting with running the Buchla Easel Command (208C) into a granular glitch sampler patch made in Max/MSP.

00:00​ Intro
2:12​ About the Buchla Easel Command
6:45​ Overview of my granular glitch max patch
12:18​ Improvisation with the 208C & Glitch patch

To access an extended patch walkthrough for both the Easel Command patch and the max/msp glitch patch, check out my Patreon member's community: www.patreon.com/sarahbellereid"