Buchla 200 modular synth chords

[kidgloves2]

Arturia needs to make a software Buchla. everyone should let them know

[musk74]

Traumhaft schön.

Thanks

[picturemusic75]

Dankeschön, thank you!

[SoundsDivine111]

Interesting expression :) we're pretty easy going with the term legend in Ireland :) Been eyeing up the R880 for ages along with the Ursa Major SST-282 & SP2016 . Definitely gonna pick one of these up . Hopefully sooner rather than later.....I've been mugged by Modcan though so cash is seriously tight :)

[SoundsDivine111]

David , you're a legend , thank you !

[buchla300]

@SoundsDivine111 A legend in my own lunchtime! Seriously, the R880 is such a great reverb. Worth trying to find..

[SoundsDivine111]

Hey Buchla300 , what reverb are u using ? Great demo !

[buchla300]

@SoundsDivine111 Hi there

It's a Roland R880. Great reverb! Thanks!

David

[CWaldo428]

incredible, how much would this set up cost? what units are included in this build? 5 stars , best on u tbe ive seen no doubt

[buchla300]

@CWaldo428 Thx!

This one is from the early 70's so pretty much impossible to find. Value is very high. I sold because I could't justify keeping it alas. Wish I could have :-(

[1987ViolaPlayer]

This is fantastic! Good work!

[buchla300]

@1987ViolaPlayer Thanks! Appreciate it.

[buchla300]

@dedodan1 thx

[dedodan1]

very nice can you make some more ?

[buchla300]

@dedodan1 I wish I could but I don't have the Buchla anymore :-(

[dedodan1]

@buchla300 you sold it? how much it cost ? very sad man :(

[dustytretch]

@buchla300 Fingers crossed he shipped it to me for free without asking :)

[dannycain]

mesmorising

[M0SSl]

whats the white rack on the top?

[buchla300]

@M0SSl It's the Sherman Filterbank

[M0SSl]

@buchla300

ah thanks. Is it good?)

[buchla300]

@M0SSl The sherman filterbank is great. Very aggresive. I also have an Ebee und Flut filter which is completely different but also great. If you need a filter, check them both out.

[M0SSl]

@buchla300

Thanks. I will.

Does this Sherman filterbank have cutoff? LPF, BPF, HPF?

[IAmBound]

@M0SSl are you kidding? Sherman filters are one of the best.

[stog33]

Sounds like early Autechre, beautiful

[mindstormsabrewin]

It sound beautiful over youtube..... imagine it in person through a good set of monitors at a good level!

[wheredthatguygo]

I always wondered why people rave about Buchla. I see.

[bbooddoogg]

finest

[Psymern]

This is superb... I just began my flight into modular land and my Oakley system should be ready in about a month. Can't chuffin sleep at night !

[buchla300]

@Psymern Oakley should be nice stuff. Did you get it yet?

[M0SSl]

WOW again. F*cking great. I want this badly now.

[M0SSl]

Oh my God AAAAAAAA What a sound!! I LOVE IT

[KellimusMaximus]

I love Arpeggios! And on Modular Synthesizers, they sound so beautiful <3

[mittekill]

great harmonies, great sound, great system!!

[buchla300]

@mittekill many thanks.

[peacemakerofthewar]

oh fuck it, i'd like to have one like that and learn how it works touching it

[cheapspace]

This is just beautiful. That synth sounds lovely i wish one day we can have a soft synths that can sound that warm. I got onmisphere which is pretty close but lets face it the circuitry of the unit is what makes its sound that way.

[shiladityam]

I go to bed with this video playing... Best synth sounds.... Surreal....Amazing!

[buchla300]

@shiladityam Thanks :-)

[kinmanyuen]

I personally think nothing digital can produce these sounds... amazing.

I recommend listening to tangerine dream's 70's work

[davidtheking341]

i will never get how these synth work and why electronical producing guys always use analog synth

[tcp2150]

Here you have it. An old school analog, modular synth guy with tears in his eyes. Stunned quite literally. Very nice work.

[buchla300]

@tcp2150 Many thanks! Appreciate it..

[Interactivesystems]

@tcp2150 yeah its great ne.

[TheModCon]

Stupid question, if the 'keyboard' is the sequencer, how do you control which notes are playing?

[buchla300]

@TheModCon Above each pad that makes up the keyboard is a knob for tuning each pad. When you press each pad that note is played (so the keyboard can be in any scale) However you can also trigger the keyboard so that it cycles through the pads and so turning it into a sequencer. There is also a second sequencer at the top controlling other parameters.

Cheers!

[TheModCon]

@buchla300 Ah cool, thanks! Well, it's a very special sounding synth :)

[Foodnipple1]

A very beautiful song! Thank you filters!

[buchla300]

@Foodnipple1 Thanks!

[upongod]

acid everyone ? im buying :p

[donpepperoni0]

Amazing music, love that EP "Evolution" and 'Birth" especially! Late nights listening to that just blew my mind... still does! The production is second to none and you can tell it's done with quality gear and knowledge! Keep up the inspiration!

[buchla300]

@donpepperoni0 Many thanks! Appreciate the kind words and glad you like my music!

David

[Argiflex]

Simply beautiful! I envy your talent... and gear

[KhanSlayer]

Hey do you have an album, website, or some portal through which I can get more of this?

[buchla300]

@KhanSlayer Hi there. My website has some info and clips of what I do.

davidmorley (youtube won't allow direct links!)

Thx!

David

[Ribamaia]

This was beautiful, thank you

[buchla300]

@Ribamaia Thanks you!

[amonster8mymother]

That was awesome.  Let's play it again...

[gaussman08]

tangerine dream :c

[technoshamanarchist]

these are like the warmest sounds I've ever heard from an analog synth. This instrument is a true masterpiece. Thank you for sharing this beauty with us :)

[buchla300]

@technoshamanarchist My pleasure. It's a special sounding synth, that's for sure..

[culturaleyes]

this sounds like such a meditative instrument. great synth playing

[43932]

Hello David, i've always liked your music ! And it's so fun that i can say it directly to you. Very nice !

[buchla300]

@43932 Many thanks! Appreciate it

David

[stutwostep]

@buchla300 Hi there, this is going to sound like a ridiculously uninformed question, but it is possible to play a modular synth with no keyboard controller? Can you play it and modulate chords and rhythms just with the buttons and knobs alone? Thanks!

[buchla300]

@stutwostep yes you can. It depends on the moduar and Buchla is great for this as he usually adds touch pads etc. Some modulars are designed more for keyboards but in theory you can control them all using knobs and switches rather than a keyboard.

[stutwostep]

@buchla300 Ha, that's fantastic. I'm quite intrigued by the idea of creating music without a physical instrument, per say. With a modular system, would it be possible to create a comparitively complicated piece of music like a Lady Gaga song, or something to that effect, or would one only realistically be able to take it as far as say, Hot Butter's "Popcorn"? I guess what I'm saying is, would one be able to program basslines and melodies, especially on a monster sized modular?

[captinseperoth]

@stutwostep

the who,wont get fooled again uses synths at the opening and ending.

[sbringe]

Cool man, where'd you get that beastie? It must be ancient!

[buchla300]

@sbringe I got it maybe 20 years ago. Just recently sold it alas. It was built in the very early 70's.

[Neuronaluniverse]

Great sound !!!! Welcome to neuronaluniverse's channel

[dustytretch]

Amazing video, my favourite synth vid on youtube.

The bass goes down your spine the filter sweeps go up it, the sequence is amazing!

[WaterfrontStudios]

Hi David, this really is excellent stuff. Of all the Buchla posts and recordings I've heard, your recordings are clearly the best. You have obviously spent a lot time preparing and programming the beast beforehand. Pas Pique Des Vers....

[buchla300]

@WaterfrontStudios Many thanks! Appreciate it..

[thedefog]

Great sounds. Great demonstration. What a wonderful sounding instrument.

[Musiccalculater]

O.O

[ulrichburke]

I'd never heard of this before falling over it here at YouTube! What this thing needs to do it justice is Edgar Froese. It's PURE Tangerine Dream in sound! If someone gave Edgar one of these and a theremin, he'd make an album!

[ulrichburke]

I'd never heard of this before falling over it here at YouTube! What this thing needs to do it justice is Edgar Froese. It's PURE Tangerine Dream in sound! If someone gave Edgar one of these and a theremin, he'd make an album!

[musk74]

amazing music ! great sound !

buchla.

[kellyssa3]

Nice sound and nice composition. I really understand your passion. You are one of favorite musicians. Thanks for posting. Cheers

[buchla300]

@kellyssa3

Many thanks! Appreciate it

David

[TheGilhooligan]

weird

[KhanSlayer]

This video, and the ARP-2500 on the TR-808, are by far the best analog videos on all of youtube. That means the best in the world. If anyone has a better analog demonstration please respond to this comment with that video. Good work

[buchla300]

@KhanSlayer Thanks! Appreciate it.

[MrDrpersonman]

This is awesome! The panning feels weird on headphones though lol. Bloops in my left ear sweeps in the right lol.

[ietsutashu]

Nice Music!

[Awwa1]

Buchla expressed disdain for the synthesizers using keyboard controllers. Yet you kept touching the are a keyboard would normally be. Is it not the same, or almost the same as having a keyboard? It actually looks more limited by not having a keyboard. But I do have respect, and give credit where it is due. Buchla was one of the great synthesizer pioneers, not doubt! Peace, \A/

[buchla300]

@Awwa1 The "keyboards" on a Buchla are really touch pads. I think the main difference is that they are not tuned to a set scale and they can control many functions in a different way. The touch pad has 2 analog controllers which function like ribbon controllers and then 2 separate keyboards (on this Buchla 1 of which is actually working as a 16 step sequencer) that are pressure sensitive and can be used to control or trigger anything and are fully scaleable.

Not being locked to standard tunings!

[Awwa1]

@buchla300 thank you! That is such an articulate and no doubt, accurate description of the difference, I feel a little embarrassed at having not realized it myself.Thank you for that illumination! I suppose I have been a little mystified by Buchla's ideas. I understand for some models he was looking at alternitive controllers, some completely removed from the patch board, hand-held devices, no?

[forgottencinema]

Wow man!!!This is some great sounds you have going on hear,do you have an album of this sort of stuff available?If not you should make an album man of this stuff-I was wanting to hear a little analogue drum box like off oxygene providing a gentle swing to it-Great stuff this keep it up.

Please check out my track and video called cloning procedure on my channell.

Peace.

P.S your synths give me the horn.

[MrAh17]

That is the best thing I've ever seen being done by a modular synthesizer.

[bixiecribs]

Such a serene instrument, nice to see you've really put it to good use. Do you record music with it?

[timjmoran]

VERY cool vid.. excellent sequence!! is that the keyboard at the bottom of the unit?

( the silver plates) is it a chromatic keyboard? This IS an unusual synth, isn' it?

I once heard the great German bassist Eberhard Weber ran either a cello or a

Bass thru one of these..... true??

[michealstarbuck]

omg why is there a price on fun :(

[trthskr79]

this thing is so cool

[BrontoScorpioMusic]

The chrod sweeps are so nice! Really beautifull music!

[lufillolufilli]

Good to use for music like TANGERINE DREAM,KLAUS SCHULTZE e space soundtracks.

[PATISHAH]

crazy shit

[faunflynn]

Beautiful sound ! Very evocative.

[thelandingsmusic]

the bass riff is amazing too.5 stars

[midikir]

the sweeping chords are gourgeous.

i love synths that breath

[Oxix52]

Lovely sounds! Gorgeous instrument. Thank you.

[pranza]

oh man!

do you have a .wav of this performance? i'd like :)

[tre259]

cool as xD how much did that cost you then ?

[buchla300]

Same as my Korg Wavestation (I bought them at the same time)

[donpepperoni0]

They should install a Buchla on the space shuttle! Deep space travelling music! Nice sequences dude!

[buchla300]

thx!

[TheQualityCheck]

amazing sounds !!!

[buchla300]

Thank you!

[AlexAlcyone]

good stuff!

[j0hnyd42]

damn. those are amazing sounds

[buchla300]

thx!

[hondaprelude9296]

digital Can not beat Analog i love it

[drumfish78]

holy goodness ... divine synth-ish ... the sound of these machine is so perfect ... if i could afford one of these 200 or new 201e cabinet i know what my social would be ... a disaster... thanx for sharing this vid' ... great work keep it up

[19stretch72]

what an amazing machine, what a sound! looks bloody complicated though..

[feedthebear51]

Nice sounds!

[jenamu6]

Very beautiful, you're mastering the machine and the machine guides you to these nice sounds.

Thanks.

[buchla300]

Many thanks!

[UserNameAlpha]

taming electricity

[elanmak]

What makes analog synthesizers so great is that you are making the electronics work for you, instead of letting the technology defeat you like digital synths do. Love the video

[frontierizo]

We (humans) have to, and we can (are mentally endowed to) "defeat" digital too.

[erdavis7]

It's very musical. Great video.

[buchla300]

Many thanks.

[DeRex9]

great sound

D...............:-)

[buchla300]

thx!

[zaphid]

Great stuff! I also notice a 2voltage random generator on top.. That's a sweet module for the synthi!

[buchla300]

Thanks!

Yes, that is a nice module. I had the pitch to voltage one too, but it didn;t get used much. The RVG does though!

[zaphid]

ah.. the p2v is a funny device but not as usefull as the RVG. If you like, you can hear the RVG in action in my video "Radium" wich is synthi only :-) Cheers from Holland

[buchla300]

I'll check it out!

thx

David

[ventouse]

This is so poetic!

[buchla300]

Many thanks :-)

[treetrouble]

awesome playing. hard to consider this a synthesizer demonstration as the title would imply when that kind of playing and musicality is going on

[buchla300]

Thanks!

[hampush]

if I ever get rich, this is the first thing I'll buy, forget race cars or fancy mtv cribs. you're a rich man!

[cisco9x]

Its seems impossible to recreate that using Reason or cubase or fruity loops

[inofaith]

Yeah, but a lot of synth guys JUST use their synths.

Its better to use EVERYTHING.

So a software sequencer.. + sampling + vst synths... gives you already more tools/sounds thand a very expensive vintage synth gives you.

So this synth may sound uniqe and cost a lot. ppl can still make more complete tracks with almost no budget :)

[Nmbrz]

why is it better to use EVERYTHING?

anyone can use pre-made synths in Reason... try programming this from the ground up

[inofaith]

Well, okay maybe not "everything".

But there is so much people who just get a synth, an play with it because of the machine. Not actually using it as an instrument within a song. (im not saying that a song HAS to consist of multiple instruments)

better?

[ledheavy26]

As someone who started off with vsts, ableton, samplers I guess I can see your side. But i've been limiting myself to just using my mopho with no keyboard ( im saving for a modular) and no ext sequencing and it's fucking awesome, i've never pushed myself so hard musically to create stuff like this. IT's really rewarding, I cant wait for my modular.

[inofaith]

True, hardware does limit you to devote your full attention and effort to the sole purpose of the machine [and maybe other stuff it's not meant for ;) ].

I am more creative with my MPC2000XL than say a drumkit in Ableton.

However, customizing your computer to be just a musical instrument also works. Unplugging internet for a start. Only have apps in your dock that let you create, having midi controllers add to the fluidness of working with the hardware "feel".

[buchla300]

I actually agree about this. Of course this video is just showing what the Buchla can do, but I use it in context of songs all the time.

I started out with 2 synths a drum machine and a 4 track and still feel that these days people don't appreciate what you can do with a very limited setup. All the artists I know and respect sound like themselves on 1 synth or in a studio full of hardware or even in a laptop. So the machines don't create the music BUT one high quality modular is worth having

[MFJVIDEO]

wow, can i borrow it?

[yermyahu]

I've always liked the Buchla touch plates. Very pleasant tone.

[jboy917]

Hi David, would love to see you do some noodling with that Sherman Filterbank sometime...

jboy

[WeirdAndGeeky]

i have to ask: how the hell do you learn how to play this? or even know where to begin?

also how much does one cost?

[buchla300]

Hi there. Well, it's like most modular synths. Nothing too complex but you need to work with it for quite a while to really get into it.

A new one will cost between $10,000 and $20,000 depending on size..an old one like this is harder to value. Quite a lot though!

[opsysbug]

Wow !! Amazing !!

[SQUARENOISE]

thanks for post this stupend modular monster

[BSODslayer]

Is it all internally, or are you using that gorgeous little Sherman on top of the Buchla?

Nice and spacy, by the way :)

[buchla300]

It's just the Buchla. The only thing I added was some reverb from my Roland R-880.

Thx!

David

[BSODslayer]

Thx for the (fast) reply, and boy does that Buchla sound sweet. Looking forward to seeing more movies with that sweet thing (:

[pabloslam]

very nice song, beautiful simple melody

congrats

[buchla300]

Many thanks!

[noidddd]

i got to play on a buchla a few months ago for the first time and oh my.....they are a dream!

[buchla300]

They are lovely to play. I still think they feel like real instruments compared to many modulars..

[TheSilentSubmarine]

That was exactly what I needed to hear tonight. Simply amazing.

[buchla300]

Thanks! Glad it hit the right spot..

[jujju23]

You are a good hobby. By what kind of mechanism is the sound emitted from this?You are very cool.

[tokenfyp]

beautiful.

[HawkLarabee]

Thanks for sharing. You've made your Buchla sing

a beautiful song.

[buchla300]

many thanks!

[303machine]

Sounds like Tangerine Dream: Phaedra

[buchla300]

One of my favorite pieces of music..

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

great vid man

sexy synth!

so jealous

one day I will own one

haha

[roy89321]

yeah sexy!

[hogberto]

certainly the most musical sound i've heard issuing from a buchla and possibly any modular. very nice.

[buchla300]

Many thanks!

[Madguten]

jebus corpus, what a big nice machine.

[MiceInMyMellotron]

Pure pleasure. Elegant and entrancing. So that's why people fall in love with Buchla gear, then...

Cheers for that! ;-)

[edgeeffect]

There's nothing else quite like it is there? Beautiful sounds, not quite like any other analogue.

[uozon]

Sounds very spacey.

[Sensenwerk]

Are you by any chance the one releasing music by the alias "Von Haulshoven"?

Some of the sharp noise sounds remind me of his work.

Admiring setup you have there, love all this analogue stuff. I guess I could spend houndreds of hours playing around with it.

[buchla300]

No. That would be Eppie E Hulshof

[shoeshinelenny]

the last minute is especially beautiful

[teknival]

Definitly amazing ..... so cold and so warm at the same time. A piece of contemporary art

[buchla300]

Many thanks!

[buchla300]

Thx!

[redroad11]

Amazing work it just makes me sad though that all the great synth makers are dying off and that its just so hard to remake the origonal synth without modifying it.

[19andrew80]

I have checked it out .....no way do I care for that circuit board of preset chips, 'Colaflaske' as opposed to this.

Please don't convert me.

[hereiamhere75]

another compliment from me, not only for the buchla but also for you of course. as sad i am now that i don´t have that one in my little studio so happy i am that at least a guy with taste and style uses that buchla (it really hurts sometimes watching youtubers operating/abusing modulars). i´ve just got a notebook here but it sounds really amazing (besides a little distortion...). did you use any eqs/compression on that recording? i just ask, cause it sounds so...got no words...

[buchla300]

Many thanks!

The only thing used was a touch of reverb (Roland R-880)

I guess I should do some more videos!

Trying to get another album together first...

Thanks for watching and appreciate your kind words