MATRIXSYNTH: Buchla System 100 Vintage Modular Synthesizer


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Buchla System 100 Vintage Modular Synthesizer


via this auction

"For Sale: A spectacular and gigantic Buchla System 100. A two cabinet system loaded with the most thoughtful, most desirable, and most rare modules. A spectacular original system, which is most likely the top Buchla Series 100 System on Planet Earth. Unit has never been restored and is being sold AS-IS without any guarantees or returns. The module list includes: 2 cabinets, 2 power supplies, Modules: Model 170 dual microphone preamplifier, Model 130 frequency shifter, Model 190 dual reverberator, Model 175 equalizer line driver, Model 158 dual sine saw tooth generator, Model 160 white noise generator, Model 106 (6) channel mixer, Model 191 sharp cut off filter, Model 180 dual attack generator, Model 110 dual voltage controlled gate, Model 106 (6) channel mixer, Model 194 band pass filter, Model 144 dual square wave generator, Model 140 timing pulse generator, Model 146 sequential voltage source, Model 112 touch controlled voltage source, Model 148 harmonic generator, Model 158 dual sine saw tooth generator, Model 195 octave format filter, Model 107 voltage controlled mixer, Model 106 (6) channel mixer, Model 110 dual voltage controlled gate, Model 144 dual square wave generator, Model 123 sequential voltage source, Model 156 control voltage processor, Model 180 dual attack generator, Model 180 dual attack generator, Model 140 timing pulse generator, Model 146 sequential voltage source, Model 140 timing pulse generator, Model 114 touch controlled voltage source"











18 comments:

  1. Well....you'll probably never see another one for sale.....

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  2. 4 OSC system. I guess I should buy TWO then?

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  3. That is a beautiful thing. I want.

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  4. I get that it is analog and vintage, but I don't understand the appeal of these...where the fuck is the keyboard? I never thought there could be such a thing as too many knobs but...

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  5. This seller is extremely reputable, is someone who knows what they are doing and you can rest assured that the value is legitimate and it is a fair deal.

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  6. you could buy 7 Mungos for that!

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  7. Cinema....where is the keyboard.

    For get the keyboard, a synth isnt the keyboard its what you can do with the sound :-)
    GO MODULAR

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  8. Damn! That is just lovely. Perhaps Fannie Mae would allow me to take out a home loan for it.

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  9. The listing has been removed. I guess the seller got an offer he couldn't refuse.

    Cinema - are you the one writing all those brilliant comments on youtube videos? Sorry, just kidding, nothing personal. Buchla was always about alternative controllers, and you almost never see traditional keyboards attached to one. Actually this synth has 2 keypads, which is pretty unusual for a Buchla.

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  10. "Well....you'll probably never see another one for sale....."

    they come up waayyy more often than 200s.

    they are pieces of history, most of what they offer is replicable to the extent that purchase (for that price) isn't really merited for most folks. the harm gen and tkbs are really great though, something that would be worth having if that's what your into.

    where's they keyboard! ha! lazy

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  11. It's gone now? I bet Don Buchla is wishing he'd kept a few of these old systems.

    I think Don should release a gold plated Buchla 200e system.

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  12. It just looks like the opposite of intuitive. Very un-musical. I'm sure it's awesome for creating textures, ambience, noise and sound effects. I just don't know how useful it would be to me for making melodies if I don't know what notes I am playing. I'm just saying maybe there is a reason which has little to do with the sounds it can make why no one besides synth enthusiasts has ever heard of Buchla and eveyone and their grandma has heard of Moog. To esoteric for it's own good.

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  13. it sounds like you haven't spent too much time listening to the instrument. try youtube

    thought exercise:

    imagine you had access to any arbitrary scale you wanted for your fixed keyboard. don't you think that your playing would come to resemble something more fluid and organic? You still feel your way through melodies, just using your ear.

    it's intent is to be liberating, but let's not forget, buchla's own actions reflect your concerns. he made a number of fixed chromatic instruments, some with actual keyboards after the 100.

    please, listen to some of the music made with these instruments. they are quite musical. just different.

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  14. (insert buchla musician plugs here)

    not everyone makes babble like this jerkoff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okc9FuHcFbo

    he did shoot some great video of the last of the 111th FWs A-10Cs though.

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  15. Notes? Melody? What is this, the 18th Century or something?!?

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