Namm 2013 III – Modules and Synths – Buchla Electric Music Box

NAMM also brought a lot of new modules by WMD, Makenoise and EOwave (see the image above) others.. and – Buchla showed off their Music Easel under the Electronic Music Box name. As you know nothing is for free at Buchla, it comes at $4k – but I always loved it. this images is from Synthtopia src: Forum • Namm 2013. all in all this NAMM brought a lot of really cool stuff .. even analog synths and the big surprise, the re-release of the analog MS20, that Prophet 12…

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Worsel Strauss – Unattention Economy CD out

Worsel Strauß is an experimental project from germany. the new CD is available at http://vicmodworselstrauss.bandcamp.com/ the basic idea behind this album was to create all tracks on the idea of „autoplaying“ patches. one of the basic universes this is achieved by a buchla 200e (you can see it by just searching for happy knobbing 2012 on youtube and worsel) – and therefore it is synth’ly said the west coast „buchla“ approach to synths and patching that is used here. release / label : vicmod.net the album is about confronting youself or…

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Lyonel Buchla 296e External Transfer Mode – how accurate does a voice sounds like?

Lyonel checks out his Buchla 200e Spectral Module and how exact 2 of them may catch frequency bands.. the result is the quality of speech that is still within it which is a lot like a vocoder where you can move and exchange the frequency bands on both, analysis and synthesis side of life. and you can control the frequency of the „voice“ overall – very well shown. 296e External Transfer Mode Test from Lyonel on Vimeo.

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BUCHLA CONCERTS + MODULAR SYNTH FAIRE // June 28th + July 7th

all quoted – but nevertheless it’s real via Abby from Source of Uncertainty (love that name): Announcing Source of Uncertainty: Music for the Buchla Synthesizer.  Two free concerts and modular synthesizer fair inspired by the Buchla 200e.  NYC 6/28/12 + 7/7/12.  Fundraising campaign at www.indiegogo.com/sourceofuncertainty Thurs June 28th // South Street Seaport // 210 Front Street NYC Control Voltage Faire 3-8pm Buchla Recital ft Alessandro Cortini, Carlos Giffoni, Mark Verbos 8-10 Late concert ft Xeno & Oaklander and Loud Objects  Sat July 7 // Schimmel Arts Center // 3 Spruce…

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