Well, the maiin benefits (IMHO) of the Buchla and the Serge for that matter
over Moog and Arp, and EML and EMS was QUAD and the level of voltage control
possibilities. The Buchla only had two sound generators - vco's and white
noise. Well, the filters if you count them as VCOs. As far as sound
modifers had only two types of filters - the bandpass and the Lowpass gates,
a wicked frequency shifter,a ring mod, quad panner and reverb. That was it.
No phasors (although it could be done in a patch), no wavetables, no vast
array of filters, no flanger, and until the 259 VCO was released, no
waveshapers.
But the level of voltage control in those modules was amazing and the pallet
of modules at your disposal to control them with unheard of at the time and
I dare say that outside of Wiard, Serge and Blacet, not approached even
today.
I got the idea for a VC direction input on Milton from the Buchla sequencer.
The 266 and even 265 Sources of Uncertainty were a mind blow, the MARF is a
wet dream (when it worked, that is). Envelope generator you could stretch
to tens of minutes or as fast as 2 ms. His sequencing quad sample and hold
was designed to be used for four voice keyboard polyphony - and it worked!
- P
cuari7 wrote:
over Moog and Arp, and EML and EMS was QUAD and the level of voltage control
possibilities. The Buchla only had two sound generators - vco's and white
noise. Well, the filters if you count them as VCOs. As far as sound
modifers had only two types of filters - the bandpass and the Lowpass gates,
a wicked frequency shifter,a ring mod, quad panner and reverb. That was it.
No phasors (although it could be done in a patch), no wavetables, no vast
array of filters, no flanger, and until the 259 VCO was released, no
waveshapers.
But the level of voltage control in those modules was amazing and the pallet
of modules at your disposal to control them with unheard of at the time and
I dare say that outside of Wiard, Serge and Blacet, not approached even
today.
I got the idea for a VC direction input on Milton from the Buchla sequencer.
The 266 and even 265 Sources of Uncertainty were a mind blow, the MARF is a
wet dream (when it worked, that is). Envelope generator you could stretch
to tens of minutes or as fast as 2 ms. His sequencing quad sample and hold
was designed to be used for four voice keyboard polyphony - and it worked!
- P
cuari7 wrote:
> Oooops! Not done yet.
> So my question to all of you true Buchla owners is: what other
> advantages does the Booch offer?
> Who knows, I might be in a position to afford one in a couple of
> years...
> Oh, and John, I will shut up about my panel. I apologize if I've
> been spamming too much here. Truth is, I have my girl constantly
> pestering me about the issue of "transportation", and has managed to
> awaken a major feeling of guilt on me for indulging in my synths
> while she doesn't have a car >:-(
> Oh, well..........
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