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A Buchla synth repair turned into an LSD trip, and made the evening news
It seems the legends are true – there really was LSD added to vintage synths. A Bay Area, California Buchla 100 reportedly triggered an acid trip decades later. Allegedly, anyway.
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Buchla’s pioneering Thunder touch controller is back, on Sensel Morph
Software and hardware are finally becoming more responsive to expression from more than one finger at a time, via MPE. But how do you get those sounds under your hands? Sensel Morph is one answer. And now it has an appealing layout from one of the people who shaped synthesis – Don Buchla.
Peter Kirn - January 23, 2019
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A free download turns Reaktor into a powerful Buchla modular emulation
West Coast synthesis is yours for a song, by combining a free/donationware download with Reaktor. And now Cloudlab 200t just got a major V2 upgrade.
Peter Kirn - March 14, 2018
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Buchla synth legacy secured, with new leadership, returning engineers
Peter Kirn - January 11, 2018
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Electronic music pioneer Don Buchla has died
Peter Kirn - September 17, 2016
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