Buchla Easel Command Modular Synthesizer | Multi-tracked Demo and Walkthrough

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    In this video, Sweetwater‘s Jake Jenkins runs the Buchla Easel Command through its paces, which takes the 208c module and places it into an updated desktop synth featuring full MIDI/DAW compatibility. As a result, it mixes the exploratory ethos of Buchla design with the streamlined form factor of a desktop synth that doesn‘t depend on the complexities and space of a whole modular system. The Easel Command allows for tonal operation well beyond the limitations of 12-tone equal temperament, with a near-unlimited number of possibilities through control voltage regulation of nearly all parameters. This analog, mono synth uses a simple pair of oscillators, additive FM signals, and wave shaping to construct its base sounds, molded and manipulated into an infinite pantheon of sonic possibility.
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  • @sweetwater
    @sweetwater  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Did Jake do the Buchla Easel Command justice with his synth-pop demo? Or did he run to the grocery store in a Formula One race car? Sound off in the comments, and check out the Buchla Easel Command at Sweetwater 👉 www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EaselCommand--buchla-easel-command-desktop-synthesizer

  • @joxer96
    @joxer96 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Great demo, it’s nice to see an Easel get used for something other than drones. Goes to show how flexible the system is.

  • @stevedocherty6240
    @stevedocherty6240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Five step sequencer - useful for your Dave Brubeck synthesiser cover band." Brilliant comment, perfect deadpan delivery too.

  • @sslaytor
    @sslaytor ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A very good demonstration of what a standard keyboard can add to a Buchla!

  • @jayonbaby
    @jayonbaby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is amazing 🤩

  • @jimmahey6615
    @jimmahey6615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    If food and rent and the cost everything wasnt bonkers. I still couldnt afford it

    • @nomik
      @nomik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TBH you can get those sounds from every typical VSTI out here (Minus the bare-metal feeling)

    • @Mind-Over-Body
      @Mind-Over-Body 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would say get the Arturia plugin but that thing is a CPU hog.

    • @john-michaelveach2083
      @john-michaelveach2083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Behringer is making one. It's only $400 and will be out in less than a year.

    • @spdycar13
      @spdycar13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@john-michaelveach2083 it won’t be comparable but definitely a nice budget option.

    • @andmoreagain
      @andmoreagain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nomik maybe similar ones to what homeboy had going on in this video, but no, you simply cannot recreate most sounds of an easel with software

  • @realestatecult3105
    @realestatecult3105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Not sure I'd ever have a use for one but really interesting to hear what it sounds like.

  • @bauhnguefyische667
    @bauhnguefyische667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It’s worth the 3k.
    If you try to play it like a Moog, welp you will disappointed, you’re reading the wrong map.
    If you approach it as a Buchla, it’s fascinating, there are sounds there you can’t get out of a Moog.
    You can’t compare them, it’s like complaining an apple doesn’t taste like an orange which is a complete noob strategy.
    Yes, I own one plus a bunch of Moogs which I do not expect to sound like a Buchla either.
    People do not realize Don Buchla had Bob Moog beat by years in the early days in the 60’s.

    • @sweetwater
      @sweetwater  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Excellent point. The Buchla is definitely in a class by itself. That said, I was impressed with its ability to pull off standard synth tones, as well as the more out-there sounds for which its known. Even with basic sounds, it's totally unique. Thanks for watching! -- Jake

    • @bauhnguefyische667
      @bauhnguefyische667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sweetwater
      Agreed, it gets overlooked and treated like a bleep, bloop box.
      You can get some really sweet leads and basses out of it.

    • @eetmyess5632
      @eetmyess5632 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bauhnguefyische667 can you point me to examples, I want to buy one but blip bloops is all I hear in any demos

    • @bauhnguefyische667
      @bauhnguefyische667 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eetmyess5632
      Check out Todd Barton, he’s very familiar with Buchla instruments.
      He has vids on the Easel and Buchla Modular kit.

    • @TockTockTock
      @TockTockTock ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Buchla's work in the 60s was dominated by the 100 series ,and it wasn't all that different from Moog's modular of that time. It was relatively straight forward. Buchla's truly radical work-the work that exemplifies his forward thinking-pretty much started with the 200 series, which was a product of the 70s.

  • @jloiben12
    @jloiben12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am so happy this is a thing

  • @modeswitching
    @modeswitching 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve played with the Arturia version and it’s wild, takes a while to get your head around the architecture but it definitely pushes you out of your comfort zone in a good way. But unless you’re Suzanne Ciani or Katelyn Aurelia Smith or someone else who’s built a deep compositional practice around these types of instruments, it’s hard to see spending that much money to make bleepy bloops. Very glad to see renewed interest in Buchlas though and I’m glad these exist for those who want one.

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      From this video, it doesn't just make bleepy bloops. It actually has very nice sound of a more conventional kind.

  • @TomasBodin
    @TomasBodin ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got mine the other day. I felt like being young again:)

  • @CatFish107
    @CatFish107 ปีที่แล้ว

    Going to just stick with a couple of the Buchla inspired volca modulars for now. Real cool instrument for the bucket list though.

  • @strangequark420
    @strangequark420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice demo. I have the Arturia software version of this thing ... it's incomprehensible to my little brain.

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So this, in 2022 terms is like a bigger, higher quality version of the Korg Volca Modular... I might end up with one of these!

    • @inn5268
      @inn5268 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      the og easel from the 70's was the inspiration for the volca modular, yep

  • @alanp3334
    @alanp3334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ... why bother with that outboard delay, when you had that lovely tank reverb?!

  • @jayonbaby
    @jayonbaby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to see more

  • @darksparklermusic
    @darksparklermusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's a bummer to see so many aspects of the instrument go completely ignored. Wild that the modulation slider wasn't touched once in a 17 minute long demo.

  • @Shawn-co8uu
    @Shawn-co8uu 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Without the touch-sensitive controller of the original a lot of the functionality is lost.

  • @theporcupinemediaportfolio
    @theporcupinemediaportfolio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Curious what you all are using as a lav mic?

    • @jakejenkins2245
      @jakejenkins2245 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey PM! Check out the third link in the video's description. It's all the gear we use to make our videos, including the lavs. Thanks for watching!

  • @dr.treddell
    @dr.treddell ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm not getting my Buchla Easel Command to respond to MIDI controller. Any ideas?

    • @lachlanmacquarrie3129
      @lachlanmacquarrie3129 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are 16 MIDI channels - both controller and synth need to be set to the same channel. Check the manuals to see how . (probably)

  • @dessiplaer
    @dessiplaer หลายเดือนก่อน

    I likes it, but I don't like the price! I'm not saying it isn't worth it, I would love to have a Buchla 200e and several Serge Modular panels, but financially, it just ain't in the cards for me.

  • @jorhay1
    @jorhay1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is that intro music supposed to be? 80’s exercise video?

    • @jakejenkins2245
      @jakejenkins2245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Buchlacising! Just trying to get those hips oscillating 😂 -- Jake

  • @matthewg.garcia9415
    @matthewg.garcia9415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can I have one for free?

  • @eetmyess5632
    @eetmyess5632 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish Behringer would hurry up with the clone
    Nice synth but 4.5k (AUD) seems like a joke for all this could do

  • @stryker126
    @stryker126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who told them that what we need are more expensive monosynths? They lied.

  • @Freddy-Da-Freeloadah
    @Freddy-Da-Freeloadah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @15:50 $3,000 is cheap for a Buchla... I thought they cost $100,000! IMHO

  • @christopherpederson1021
    @christopherpederson1021 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    not really inspiring to me soundwise. for that money you can get an oberheim obx8 desktop and have a truly stunning sounding synth at your discretion.

  • @SomeOne-pd6vm
    @SomeOne-pd6vm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very cool, but not for me. I'm happy with my Mother 32s.

    • @nodfactor8808
      @nodfactor8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel that! Mother32 is so amazing

  • @igalkuperman6654
    @igalkuperman6654 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    too price i hope behringer hear us 😜😜😜😜😜

  • @antoniocalimero1173
    @antoniocalimero1173 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I go for a Casio for 100$ 😂

  • @BubbaSatori
    @BubbaSatori 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    $1,000 more than the Moog Studio 3 with the Mother 32, DFAM and the Subharmonicon? Pass.

    • @station2station544
      @station2station544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol. This is the big league. Not your new hipster plastic moog crap.

    • @85ba
      @85ba ปีที่แล้ว

      @@station2station544 well, leagues apart, show some convincing tracks. Or is it for self-titled elitist?

    • @station2station544
      @station2station544 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@85ba The Buchla is high quality. There are plenty of examples out there - and they go back decades. This is a re-release of the easel. And if you want comparisons from Moog's Mother - there are infinite examples of kids staging plastic keychains and succulent plants and making cheesy videos of beeps and bloops. The Mother32 doesn't sound that rich in anyones hands. The VCO's are weedy. But they've sold a million based on the name.

    • @85ba
      @85ba ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, pricewise you can not compare a pseudo premium $3000 easel to m32. For a better comparison lets compare easel to matriarch. Different story, right?

    • @station2station544
      @station2station544 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@85ba I have a Matriarch dark. I never turn it on because I use my Voyager Tolex XL. Much richer sound.

  • @simex909
    @simex909 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every synth can synthpop. Can it psytrance is the real question...

  • @SRV2013
    @SRV2013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a betrayal of everything Buchla stood for, including using a keyboard.

  • @SR-ih1be
    @SR-ih1be 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The synth that sounds like garbage on purpose

    • @spdycar13
      @spdycar13 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It can produce some awesome sounds but definitely takes time to learn.

    • @85ba
      @85ba ปีที่แล้ว

      😂🔥

    • @andmoreagain
      @andmoreagain ปีที่แล้ว

      this was just a poor demo!