Although this 9-step sequence may be fairly simple in terms of what a modular synthesizer can do, I still consider this video to be one of the best videos on YouTube as far as demonstrating the "musical capabilities" of a modular synthesizer.
Although the ARP 2500 & Moog Modular synths may be more basic and less complex than the modular synths made by Buchla & Serge, IMHO I think they are superior in terms of reproducing more traditional musical instruments!
You're absolutely right, it is an 8-step sequence produced on a 10-step sequencer. I accidentally hit the "9" key instead of the "8" key when I made the post. I actually noticed the typo right after I made the post and I thought about making a correction. However, I didn't think it was worth the waste of time. ;-)
@SPFXsynthesisers I agree 100%! Let me know when it happens because I want this track on a well-mastered 12" vinyl. Take my previous suggestion just to add an extra couple layers and put it on good-quality vinyl. Yes I would pay $15.00 for it! It is a well-conceived and fairly well-executed track! I really like it! Its simplicity is its greatest strength. It's the essence of all the greatest techno!
if anyone wants this song on their ipod - i have taken the liberty of turning it into an AAC audio file that you can download here: mediafire (it wont let me put .com) /?ga1k2awj0imgnuo (If this is not ok with you David, i will immediately remove the link.) Of course all credit goes to David Morley.
I agree with all the positive responses. Great job and nice touches. Nice changes and excellent pattern programming on the 808. I'm very impressed with your little "jam". I agree 100% with the statement that you should get this properly mastered and pressed. If this were available as a 12" single vinyl slab I would buy it. Maybe add some upper-register synth pads or sustained chords that follow your changes and it would be excellente! Just the right amount of stuff and not overly tweeked. Nice!
@buchla300 i agree. You do have some material on itunes correct. i found someone named David Morley there, and a Buchla was mentioned. Anyway - even a single would be great, because this tune is stuck in my head
It makes me laugh when i think that we used to pay so much money for hardware synthesizers that were takin so much space and now we can cheaply get software synths being usually a piece of shit. Imo the vintage synthesizers sounded way better than the software used nowadays and nothin digitall will replace them. Also the people who were using them were proffesionals, because a mere guy couldnt buy such expensive thing. Nowadays every idiot can download ilegal software and compose a piece of shit
How come you're the only person that seems to operate a modular synth properly? 90% of the youtube videos here are people just making noise on $6000+ equipment...
@buchla300 When it comes to regular or vintage synths, yeah, good sounds. I guess modulars are just to expensive for regular musicians, so they're basically only left to the collectors.
@basementdweller1 It is true that these older modulars are too valuable really. I sold the ARP and Buchla recently as I bought a house and as a musician needed as much cash as possible... sad but true:-( I had owned them for nearly 20 years. I still have a Serge and Polyfusion modular and a few other nice synths though, so shouldn't complain.
@basementdweller1 yes I agree, most people putting videos of synths demos here are just wasting bandwidth. Pure nonsense for the most part. Why do these people get such great synths if they don't even know how the hell they work....
Wonderful !!! This is Music , which I like to hear 24 hours on the day .... The ARP ist a very rare Instrument like many other modular systems . Never any emulation software can change with this old , good instruments .... I d like more to see and hear about this wonderful song or improvisation
Wonderful and beautiful. I am absolutely fascinated by this synth and its fabulous sound and universes. This piece of music is a very good expression of it !
Yeah, man, I keep telling the wife we really, really need a 2500 for contacting the aliens, and you know what? It feels as if she doesn't trust me one hundred percent on this.
They are very different to be honest. The 2600 is so useful and flexible in a relatively small package. It sounds brilliant for percussive stuff. The 2500 has a funkier and bouncier basic sound to my ears. A bit finer and more controlled. The controls are more accurate and of course some modules are much more powerful than those on the 2600 (although the 2600 has some very useful modules the 2500 lacks, like lag and voltage processing, reverb, pre-amp)
the 2500 is a beast of a modular. I can still remember using one, which probably needed a good clean and polish, so to speak. It was noisy and a bit "off", but that sound was sheer heaven.
i thought you had the optional "wings" too? Im sure i saw them in another one of your vids?
where did you get this?
neogeo53 4 months ago
The synth demonstration video to end all synth demonstration videos - it doesn't get better than this ....
soepil 5 months ago
is this multitracked or is this making all those sounds (minus the 808 drums) at once?
Link0126 6 months ago
@Link0126 no multitracking. straight to video.
buchla300 6 months ago
how hard was this to program, if it was even a challenge for you?
RockaRollaZombie 7 months ago
@RockaRollaZombie It's easy enough tbh. The ARP is patched with sliders and it's pretty quick and well laid out.
buchla300 7 months ago
Although this 9-step sequence may be fairly simple in terms of what a modular synthesizer can do, I still consider this video to be one of the best videos on YouTube as far as demonstrating the "musical capabilities" of a modular synthesizer.
Although the ARP 2500 & Moog Modular synths may be more basic and less complex than the modular synths made by Buchla & Serge, IMHO I think they are superior in terms of reproducing more traditional musical instruments!
Your ARP 2500 sounds amazing!
MrCamelneck 7 months ago
@MrCamelneck I can only spot 8 steps.
davedagreat69 5 months ago
@davedagreat69
You're absolutely right, it is an 8-step sequence produced on a 10-step sequencer. I accidentally hit the "9" key instead of the "8" key when I made the post. I actually noticed the typo right after I made the post and I thought about making a correction. However, I didn't think it was worth the waste of time. ;-)
MrCamelneck 5 months ago
this stuff sounds awesome, agree with mantramindware, you should definetly record that
MDMindahouse 8 months ago
Someone at Warp sign this guy immediately!!!!!!
SPFXsynthesisers 9 months ago 3
@SPFXsynthesisers :-)
buchla300 7 months ago
@SPFXsynthesisers I agree 100%! Let me know when it happens because I want this track on a well-mastered 12" vinyl. Take my previous suggestion just to add an extra couple layers and put it on good-quality vinyl. Yes I would pay $15.00 for it! It is a well-conceived and fairly well-executed track! I really like it! Its simplicity is its greatest strength. It's the essence of all the greatest techno!
jazzliscious13 5 months ago
Nice! Keep going.
keyboardjeff 9 months ago
sounds great, nice sequence.
ms20user 10 months ago
give us LP :))
fainasdizainas 11 months ago 2
@fainasdizainas his album Tilted was relased on LP. I have one. you'd be satisfied.
michal23pl 11 months ago
this sounds so damn awesome. I would totally buy a CD of this. please more!
Sensenwerk 1 year ago
makes me think.......... soup
774434 1 year ago
if anyone wants this song on their ipod - i have taken the liberty of turning it into an AAC audio file that you can download here: mediafire (it wont let me put .com) /?ga1k2awj0imgnuo (If this is not ok with you David, i will immediately remove the link.) Of course all credit goes to David Morley.
TheDLovas 1 year ago
you call that small jam! thats amazing jesus. nice job
TheDLovas 1 year ago
damn no cabinet wings?
TheDLovas 1 year ago
@TheDLovas A pair of them just out of sight!
buchla300 1 year ago
I agree with all the positive responses. Great job and nice touches. Nice changes and excellent pattern programming on the 808. I'm very impressed with your little "jam". I agree 100% with the statement that you should get this properly mastered and pressed. If this were available as a 12" single vinyl slab I would buy it. Maybe add some upper-register synth pads or sustained chords that follow your changes and it would be excellente! Just the right amount of stuff and not overly tweeked. Nice!
jazzliscious13 1 year ago
This is absolutely outstanding!
ShotecMusic 1 year ago
Dave like this panning delay effects, this is all the eventide unit?..Sounds dynamic and progressive.....a pleasure. thanks...
fuaelo 1 year ago
Dave like this panning delay effects, this is all the eventide unit?..Sounds dynamic and progressive.....a pleasure. thanks
fuaelo 1 year ago
Hi Buchla,
why don't you burn this music on CD and sell it. It sounds so great why not produce it! No one out there can do it better!
mantramindware 1 year ago 2
@mantramindware kind words! Thanks..
I am working on new material so who knows!
David
buchla300 1 year ago
@buchla300 As soon as I saw this (without seeing the username), I knew it was you.
Looking forward to some new music Mr Morley!
iamzanf 1 year ago
@buchla300 i agree. You do have some material on itunes correct. i found someone named David Morley there, and a Buchla was mentioned. Anyway - even a single would be great, because this tune is stuck in my head
TheDLovas 1 year ago
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mantramindware 1 year ago
Cool sequence and great beat :D
ajantred 1 year ago
La classe, thanks ;-)
equinoxoz 1 year ago
@equinoxoz Merci!
buchla300 1 year ago
They don't make 'em like they used to.
TomZentra 1 year ago
Hi, just one thing..... Welcome to neuronaluniverse's channel
Neuronaluniverse 1 year ago
I wonder how this would look on stage.
Mesmerizing loop you got there!
NyXemB 1 year ago
How many of these still working machines exist in the world? I bet very few engineers are able to service these relics nowadays. Priceless!
marciomoraes70 1 year ago
It makes me laugh when i think that we used to pay so much money for hardware synthesizers that were takin so much space and now we can cheaply get software synths being usually a piece of shit. Imo the vintage synthesizers sounded way better than the software used nowadays and nothin digitall will replace them. Also the people who were using them were proffesionals, because a mere guy couldnt buy such expensive thing. Nowadays every idiot can download ilegal software and compose a piece of shit
redbull101991 1 year ago
Not only is this an OUTSTANDING demonstration of fine electronic music but this 2500 is working 100% ... that in of itself is a major statement...
rrmd2007 1 year ago 2
How come you're the only person that seems to operate a modular synth properly? 90% of the youtube videos here are people just making noise on $6000+ equipment...
basementdweller1 1 year ago 30
@basementdweller1 Thx! I'm sure there are a few more somewhere on youtube!
I will try and do some more videos soon.
buchla300 1 year ago
@buchla300 When it comes to regular or vintage synths, yeah, good sounds. I guess modulars are just to expensive for regular musicians, so they're basically only left to the collectors.
basementdweller1 1 year ago
@basementdweller1 It is true that these older modulars are too valuable really. I sold the ARP and Buchla recently as I bought a house and as a musician needed as much cash as possible... sad but true:-( I had owned them for nearly 20 years. I still have a Serge and Polyfusion modular and a few other nice synths though, so shouldn't complain.
buchla300 1 year ago
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basementdweller1 1 year ago
@buchla300 Buchla is back in business in Berkeley California.... perhaps you could re-purchase a beautiful Buchla modular synth
danakerman 1 year ago
@basementdweller1 Couldn't agree more! There are some lousy demos on amazing vintage gear all over YouTube.
RJADVids 1 year ago
@basementdweller1
WORD
Parkinson9999 1 year ago
@basementdweller1 yes I agree, most people putting videos of synths demos here are just wasting bandwidth. Pure nonsense for the most part. Why do these people get such great synths if they don't even know how the hell they work....
Novaheart1998 5 months ago
is this on ebay? hahaha
smartpartzzkidd 1 year ago
great sound!
haidsan 1 year ago
shit, now i need to go to a psicologist...
mynmyself 1 year ago
Yeah. Sexy, dark, strong and spatial bassline. It's what I need ;-)
kellyssa3 1 year ago
How cool was that! I just saw one for sale for 25000 on eBay.... Fuck cars!
vootman 1 year ago
excellent :D ! very groovy :P
JMJarvinenStudio 1 year ago
Great vid with great music.Very useful to figure out a bit of the vast 2500's potential.
blapo38 1 year ago
Wonderful !!! This is Music , which I like to hear 24 hours on the day .... The ARP ist a very rare Instrument like many other modular systems . Never any emulation software can change with this old , good instruments .... I d like more to see and hear about this wonderful song or improvisation
DerHobbist 2 years ago
Cheers!
buchla300 2 years ago
What a great tune! The Odyssey is the only thing I dare even to dream of...
twelvebits 2 years ago
Wow. What a synth! What a groove! Blissfully minimal. One of the best synth videos on the internet. Absolutely love it.
maisonvague 2 years ago
Wonderful and beautiful. I am absolutely fascinated by this synth and its fabulous sound and universes. This piece of music is a very good expression of it !
RADIOKLOW 2 years ago
@ Viroco
Yeah, man, I keep telling the wife we really, really need a 2500 for contacting the aliens, and you know what? It feels as if she doesn't trust me one hundred percent on this.
Unfair!
moveste 2 years ago 4
how much is it for a decent vintage synth like the Buchla or this for instance.
....awesome by the way!!
GeeJayDavies 2 years ago
Thx!
Prices vary depending on which modules are in a system, but I think an ARP 2500 would be $20,000 these days.
buchla300 2 years ago
Hey Buchla..thanks for taking out the time to reply.
....Looks like just socks again for me from the wife then this Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!
GeeJayDavies 2 years ago
This synthesizer have a beautiful sound.
I have read somwhere that the Arp 2600 are superior to the 2500, but I dont know...
fystasjoppheng 2 years ago
They are very different to be honest. The 2600 is so useful and flexible in a relatively small package. It sounds brilliant for percussive stuff. The 2500 has a funkier and bouncier basic sound to my ears. A bit finer and more controlled. The controls are more accurate and of course some modules are much more powerful than those on the 2600 (although the 2600 has some very useful modules the 2500 lacks, like lag and voltage processing, reverb, pre-amp)
Both are as top notch instruments!
buchla300 2 years ago
BTW the ARP2500 was used in the film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' to communicate with the aliens.
Also, in answer to Coneman3, an ARP2500 recently (October 2009) was sold on EBay for 12,000 USDollars.
Monster piece of kit.
VirocoCornoviorum 2 years ago
That was a single wing cabinet (which is half a main system) so crazy money.
buchla300 2 years ago
Old School analogue synthesizers ROCK!
F#*K digital! Let's go retro!
VirocoCornoviorum 2 years ago
Nice. I bet that synth is worth a lot.
Coneman3 2 years ago
Just Curious, What are the notes in the sequence if you don't mind me asking?
I can't get it out of my head even when i am away from the video
Compastral 2 years ago
I really can't remember. If I get a chance I'll transcribe it.
buchla300 2 years ago
Tangerine Dream....nice!
jeffreycollins 2 years ago
Very Trippy
Compastral 2 years ago
I am just getting into this realm> In my layman opinion it sounds very good
MrMrderosier 2 years ago
Damn that sounds great!
wudsiba 2 years ago
Que bonito,very nice.
Asteriscorec 2 years ago
Superb!
aracri 2 years ago
holy!
optical76 2 years ago
Nice overall sequence. I think the FM got a little edgy at times.
yermyahu 2 years ago
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Korgator 2 years ago
nice Sequence!
Korgator 2 years ago
Thanks!
buchla300 2 years ago
Sounds great!
JohnLRice 2 years ago
Thanks John!
buchla300 2 years ago
I think I just tangerine dreamed my jeans
modularland 2 years ago 33
LOL. That was a good one.
templeofned 2 years ago
Video's like this really put the claims of digital and software synths to the test.
KhanSlayer 3 years ago
I've seen this machine twice, at Wisseloord, in the Netherlands. It should have been around 1972 I think. I was 13 years old. Amazing.
:-)
nilsand 3 years ago
Is that a Minimoog I see to the left of the 2500?
Jrayk1 3 years ago 2
Hi
Yes it is. An R.A.Moog minimoog (the first 100 or so are a bit different and it's one of them)
buchla300 3 years ago
wish i had one of these, i only have an ARP solus. I planning on building my own modular or sumthin like a minimoog.
ajantred 3 years ago
Solus is a good synth. I quite fancy getting one. Neat case design.
I think the Cwejman stuff is interesting. Very high quality, but not cheap (which is why I haven't got any yet!)
buchla300 3 years ago
Yeah, cwejman modules look sweet.
ajantred 3 years ago
I'll trade you all my cwejmans for your buchla.
:) hahaha
dkimcg 3 years ago
Let me get back to you on that ;-)
buchla300 3 years ago
I dream of a 2500
Thanks for posting - it let's we dreamers at least look and listen even if we can't play
edgeeffect 3 years ago
Shame that 2500s are so expensive. Cool video. Can I have more ambient Buchla tracks?
rzezniqq 3 years ago 2
the 2500 is a beast of a modular. I can still remember using one, which probably needed a good clean and polish, so to speak. It was noisy and a bit "off", but that sound was sheer heaven.
i thought you had the optional "wings" too? Im sure i saw them in another one of your vids?
armalyte 3 years ago
Yes, I have 2 wing cabinets too. Just no space really!
Need to rearrange the workspace a bit.
buchla300 3 years ago
very nice!!
bostich1 3 years ago
thx!
buchla300 3 years ago
gravitas
boobtube356 3 years ago
not bad for an old bloke! ;)
jackmasterdick 3 years ago
Thanks! I had to stop as my bag was full...
buchla300 3 years ago
Awesome sound!
very nice demo
5*****
retrosound72 3 years ago
Thx again!
The video and audio are one cycle of the sequencer out (1 bar) I'll try and fix that!
buchla300 3 years ago
very nice sound and demo again! THX for that!
scaffbeat 3 years ago
my pleasure!
buchla300 3 years ago
Lovely!
crinklewing 3 years ago
great!
MikaTechnika 3 years ago
That thing sounds amazing
bentsynth 3 years ago