I wish this video was around back when I first got my Music Easel, it would have made it so much easier to get into. Excellent explanation you did here... really well done!
Thank you so much. I wrote the script a year before making the video, but I'm glad it is out there now. The Easel is a really inscrutable instrument, but the more you use it, the more it makes sense - at least to me.
Thank you for taking the time to go through the Buchla Easel. I really needed to understand all of this unit as I have been fighting myself to buy one.
The demo version of Arturia Buchla Easel V is very helpful too if you want to learn how to use it before emptying your bank account or remortgaging the house. The more I play the emulation, the more I want the real thing, and have decided to do some targeted saving now. Also, while it's a bit of an investment, it will hold its value well on the used market if you decide it's not worth keeping after a few years.
Thank you ever so much for doing this video. Unlike the very meagre and skimpy "getting started" manual by Buchla, this is really educational and very helpful.
What a well written, well spoken, and well organized presentation. Thanks so much for this. It has been SUPER helpful for me as I learn about the instrument.
I totally agree. Don Buchla was in a class by himself, and it is the whole that is so much more than the sum of the parts. I love the fact that the design of this instrument has stood the test of time, and a current model has small incremental improvements over the original, but they are very similar instruments.
thanks for this information! good to run through this info from another perspective. you say the low pass gates have 12db filters and i believe marc doty in his recent buchla command says something about 6db filters. so which one is it? i'm trying to build an easel on eurorack and presently have a make noise LxD which has both but lacks some functionality compared to the easel LPG. which eurorack LPG best emulates the buchla easel's? thanks.
Watched this video. Tried out an easel. Got absolutely nowhere in 30 minutes and walked totally frustrated. I could see buchla being a genius in the 70s but there are just so many easier and more real-time expressive ways to create sound now. And I’ve yet to hear anything made on this thing that the average person can connect with. Oh well, saved myself $3k 😂
Wow! I wish there was a video this in-depth for the Moog matriarch or Moog Grandmother.
This is like the gold standard of tutorial videos
This is the most comprehensive video tutorial about the Buchla. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge. Congratulations for the great job you did.
I wish this video was around back when I first got my Music Easel, it would have made it so much easier to get into. Excellent explanation you did here... really well done!
Thank you so much. I wrote the script a year before making the video, but I'm glad it is out there now. The Easel is a really inscrutable instrument, but the more you use it, the more it makes sense - at least to me.
This is such a fantastic compliment to Todd's extensive Buchla musings. Thank you for putting this into the world!
Thank you for taking the time to go through the Buchla Easel. I really needed to understand all of this unit as I have been fighting myself to buy one.
The demo version of Arturia Buchla Easel V is very helpful too if you want to learn how to use it before emptying your bank account or remortgaging the house. The more I play the emulation, the more I want the real thing, and have decided to do some targeted saving now. Also, while it's a bit of an investment, it will hold its value well on the used market if you decide it's not worth keeping after a few years.
Buchla is a whole different sound. That’s why I love it!
Thank you ever so much for doing this video. Unlike the very meagre and skimpy "getting started" manual by Buchla, this is really educational and very helpful.
What a well written, well spoken, and well organized presentation. Thanks so much for this. It has been SUPER helpful for me as I learn about the instrument.
Great, great walk through and explanation!! Bravo and thank for taking the time and for sharing this wonderful resource! 🙇♂️
You're very welcome!
I’ll give it a shot with my Buchla Easel retro version
For me, the Elektron Octatrack is also such a classic synthesizer. One day I will get my hands on a music easel though, they are simply works of art.
I totally agree. Don Buchla was in a class by himself, and it is the whole that is so much more than the sum of the parts. I love the fact that the design of this instrument has stood the test of time, and a current model has small incremental improvements over the original, but they are very similar instruments.
amazing video !!!!!! thank you so much for sharing this ;) so concise and clear !
Also, another quality video as we've come to expect from you - thanks for the deep-dive.
Cool to see that you took the plunge into Buchla.
Right back at you!
Wonderful walkthrough, huge thanks 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
thank you for making this video! :)
A great video, very useful to me thanks
This is amazing video! Thank you for doing it!
Thanks for this!
And thanks for your videos - I really enjoy them!
You helped a lot! thanks.
Really helpful! Thank you ...
I have a haunting feeling that this video may have just cost future-me a lot of money 😶
heh
Great vid!
What brand are the monitors in the background?
Super useful !! Thanks!
4:05 colour code
Well done
The arturia microfreak is the digital version of this, go on fight me
Not too far off.
thanks for this information! good to run through this info from another perspective. you say the low pass gates have 12db filters and i believe marc doty in his recent buchla command says something about 6db filters. so which one is it? i'm trying to build an easel on eurorack and presently have a make noise LxD which has both but lacks some functionality compared to the easel LPG. which eurorack LPG best emulates the buchla easel's? thanks.
Super good video, but man, dust it off before the video. It's so expensive, don't let the breadcrumbs gather :D
is it available now or is there a copy available now.
9:40 The voices in Half-Life sound like this. Has the Easel been used in the making of the game?
So those octave switches didn't sound all that accurate - is that the voltages themselves or not-great VCO tracking?
9:35 min ? wtf?
Dammit man I want one of these so bad but it's like...1/5th the price of my truck. I couldn't imagine.
This looks like the microfreak
I think you mean the microfreak looks like this.
Watched this video. Tried out an easel. Got absolutely nowhere in 30 minutes and walked totally frustrated. I could see buchla being a genius in the 70s but there are just so many easier and more real-time expressive ways to create sound now. And I’ve yet to hear anything made on this thing that the average person can connect with. Oh well, saved myself $3k 😂
I agree!
You’re missing out.
Waaaa! I couldn't grok it in half an hour! Must be bullshit! Waaaaaaa!
TIL: "vactroles". It pays to improve your vocabulary!
Super helpful!! Thanks so much!