domenica 26 aprile 2009

Synth Modules - Buchla

Buchla 248 Multiple Arbitrary Function Generator - This is a picture of Reed's MARF after I fixed it. It was skipping steps when triggered from an external clock. I had to invent a mod to solve this problem. I don't know how useful that mod is, since there are only about 10 of these. The world's coolest analog sequencer.
Buchla 248 Multiple Arbitrary Function Generator

Buchla 100 PCBs - These are Buchla 100 PCBs. the big one is from a 114 touchplate keyboard and the smaller one is a 107 voltage controlled mixer. I will turn these into functional modules soon.
Buchla 100 PCBs

Buchla 259 PCBs - Under construction
Buchla 259 PCBs

Buchla 259 main PCBs - Under construction
Buchla 259 main PCBs

my Buchla 259 - The best analog oscillator module ever made. The Buchla 259.
my Buchla 259

a Buchla 259 I built for the Audities Foundation - Built from NOS Buchla PCBs. Don didn't have any of the knobs you usually see left, but he did put these on some of the 259s he sold in the 70s.
a Buchla 259 I built for the Audities Foundation

The programmable pulser, Buchla 107 and 248 - a couple works in progress. None of the 3 working at this point.
The programmable pulser, Buchla 107 and 248

Buchla 107 and 160 - Buchla stuff is good. The 107 is a 10 channel voltage controlled mixer, basically it's 10 110 VCAs sharing 2 output stages, then mixed to a master out as well. Oddly, the pots on the front are volume controls going into the VCAs, so there's no way to turn on the channel without external voltage! The 160 is a simple analog noise generator. It only has white and pink noise outputs. Not exactly a Source of Uncertainty, but handy.
Buchla 107 and 160

new power buss board - I had these power buss boards made to run the power throughout Reed's and my Buchla systems. These are gold plated. They look great and make the power wiring real easy. The modules all get 10 pin edgecard connectors. Buchla systems have a silly number of power lines. (+5, +12,+15, +24, -15, -24, quiet ground, noisey ground) Pin seven is bent together to key the connector.
new power buss board

My 263 prototypes - This is my new creation. The 263 quantizer / shift register . It is a dual 4 stage analog shift register and an 8 channel chromatic quantizer for Buchla systems. The switch in the middle chains to 2 shift registers together for one 8 stage one. These will be available for sale soon, when I get all the bugs out.
My 263 prototypes
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