200e

Hi Dimitrios!
It is a very powerful attraction!
I'm lucky enough to own a Synthi(27 years!) and a
small 8 panel 200e(292/291/281/266/261/259/250es)
for now about a year.
In that both seem to possess a very distinct musical
personality, and in my mind at least, one that seems
less inclined towards conventional tonality, I think
they sort of demand comparison.
Obviously, they are very different forms of life, and
that while a good technical analysis which wouldn't be
that difficult go through would reveal why the two
instruments sound very different, the fact that many
of the same folks who for whatever reason gravitate
towards one often are very attracted towards the
other. Suggesting maybe some broader musical
considerations at play, I think the key being a
certain aesthetic 
they seem to favor.
Back to organic, I would agree that both very much
seem alive.
It might be partly a function of the potential
complexity both enjoy.
The Synthi has 16 fm inputs for it's vcos, complex
routings are simple to achieve, it can distort an all
sorts of places, the controllable spring reverb, the
way the instruments responds to voltage, the
components used, etc.
The Buchla 200e I think provides its complexity by
uniting powerful digital synthesis capability with a
physical, analogue interaction.
Plus it is so well thought out, it is a very inviting
instrument, perhaps that interaction being the
ultimate source of it's personality.
Both are the products of wonderful musical minds(which
I think is the real reason they both seem alive.)
They both far exceed the sum of their parts.
I think if you love one, you'd equally love the other,
even though they sound very different.

--- cellabbee <da108@telus.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am feeling pretty compelled towards this Buchla
> box -- > I had
> some experience with a VCS3 many years back and was
> able to get sounds
> of this latter type.
> 
> So the question is -- does the 200e have this
> capacity? 


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