Buchla make awesome toys

Forty years old today(ish), Buchla make really, really expensive modular synths. Like $20k for a full kit or $1,400 for the empty cabinet, before you've bought any modules. But when your first $1m royalty cheque arrives, you won't want to waste your money on anything less. Don Buchla was one of the mad/genius people around making synths in the early 1960s. Since then, he's carried on inventing things like the Jarre-ish Lightning midi controller, and the very desirable Oberheim OB-Mx synth. Don Buchla, happy birthday.

Posted by Tom Whitwell.

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ahh, don buchla. famous synth solo in Seals and Crofts "Sunrise". haven't heard it? download it, get stoned and put on the headphones. wow

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Anonymous : 2:52 am

Can't find "Sunrise", can you MP3 it?

I would love to hear this unit.
It looks great

Chip Gremillion

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Anonymous : 8:23 am

I got my hands on a medium-sized Buchla just a few months after Silver Apples of the Moon (1968?) was released. Talk about a dream come true. Many years later I acquired a seven-panel Serge Modular system for myself. I think Serge was one of Buchla's designers. I'm currently fiddling with Reaktor with the Serge lurking in the corner. Thanks for the picture and the flashback.

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Anonymous : 7:10 am