You asked about independent outputs for Mod oscillator and Complex oscillator, and yes, you can output them separately. Above the Complex oscillator section is a dedicated output labeled "c.osc". Just to the left of the channel B volume is "gate 2 sig".
Octatrack is the electronic instrument I've had the longest--always surprising, always inspiring. (And sometimes so deep it's frustrating! 😆) Buchla Easel Command is similarly very likely to become another permanent resident. These two instruments are like no others and keep rewarding exploration. Cheers!
Oora cool video. Quick tip. To stop the flickering or strobing on the screen on the Octatrack which you see in your video all you need to do is this. Duplicate the track. Change opacity to 50 percent. Move the duplicated video footage over ONE frame. Voila! No more flickering.
"Still in progress" with Easel, so am I! and we will always be :) So far pairing with Live, to understand control/connectivity, but going to exercise with OP-Z, VerseLab, and iPad. Great share mate!
@@expeditiondechouette absolutely. The buchla has endless possibilities but there is tremendous amounts of ressources online. And the Octatrack demands “some manual reading” too. I have a Digitakt, Digitone but they are barely scratching the surface when compared to the Octatrack
Buchla has like the biggest addiction potential in the modular world lol. Has sounds you find nowhere else. Especially those ´metallic´ like techno stabs/hits. Think jeff mills/axis records.
Hi oora brilliant explanation of these two. You didn't show setting up the midi tracks. Did you just put the triggers on midi track 2 and track 3. What is track 1 for. Sorry if that's stupid.
Oora, I love your videos, but you are using way too much sharpening in post-production (or in your camera). It has the paradoxical effect of actually making everything harder to see and read. It puts fine white lines around the edges of things and makes everything look a bit dusty. You might want to tone it down a bit or disable it completely. Sorry for talking about this, but I thought I‘d let you know.
This easel is like the moog sound studio. Fun to use, but no one wants to hear the music that comes out of it except the person twisting the knobs. Sounds like an ice cream truck.
What you’re saying is demonstrably false, but I also totally see what you mean. Most people fetishize these instruments and/or use them like they would any other synthesizer, which IMO gives the impression that it sounds toyish. Every demo I’ve seen sounds like this. But there is some very good music out there that was composed on the easel.
@@McEnroe911 th-cam.com/video/s2ITO6AdgOU/w-d-xo.html Charles Cohen, for example, was a musician and composer who used to perform live improv with an original Music Easel from the 1970’s. People definitely wanted to hear Cohen’s music and bought his records when he was around. He’s known for devoting decades of practice to the instrument. Doesn’t mean you gotta like it, just means you’re wrong about the fact no one wants to hear music made on the Music Easel.
Im interested in the definition of toyish. I play any synth in the way I would play, not trying to emulate other people, so I might be a toy person. Kinda make sense actually.
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You asked about independent outputs for Mod oscillator and Complex oscillator, and yes, you can output them separately. Above the Complex oscillator section is a dedicated output labeled "c.osc". Just to the left of the channel B volume is "gate 2 sig".
Thanks! I don't know how I missed that!
Octatrack is the electronic instrument I've had the longest--always surprising, always inspiring. (And sometimes so deep it's frustrating! 😆) Buchla Easel Command is similarly very likely to become another permanent resident. These two instruments are like no others and keep rewarding exploration. Cheers!
Couldn't agree more!
Great ! I currently have my Easel command paired with Digitakt. Similar workflow. 👏👍🙏
Good choice!
Oora cool video. Quick tip. To stop the flickering or strobing on the screen on the Octatrack which you see in your video all you need to do is this. Duplicate the track. Change opacity to 50 percent. Move the duplicated video footage over ONE frame. Voila! No more flickering.
WOW. never thought about that and this is a saver, THANK YOU
Kudos, lovely to see succinct, practical advice to an already high quality content maker!
"Still in progress" with Easel, so am I! and we will always be :)
So far pairing with Live, to understand control/connectivity, but going to exercise with OP-Z, VerseLab, and iPad.
Great share mate!
Well said! thanks!
That opener is awesome.
thanks!
A combo I dream about every now and then
It needs a good pilot.
@@expeditiondechouette absolutely. The buchla has endless possibilities but there is tremendous amounts of ressources online. And the Octatrack demands “some manual reading” too. I have a Digitakt, Digitone but they are barely scratching the surface when compared to the Octatrack
Looks and sounds fantastically good
thanks!
That Buchla will have me standing on the corner with a cup..I got the PolyEnd Tracker, and that still amazes me..
:)
Another interesting video, great sounds and useful information, keep up the great work!
Thank you very much!
Would love to see a comparison between the Rolland SH-01a and Ju-06a! Slightly delayed comment, I know but thought I’d ask haha
Not a bad idea actually!
Buchla has like the biggest addiction potential in the modular world lol. Has sounds you find nowhere else. Especially those ´metallic´ like techno stabs/hits. Think jeff mills/axis records.
agreed! still so much to discover
Awesome !
Thanks!
I have the original Syntrx.. sounds amazing but wish I got this. Looks much more immediate to build a patch
I just got the syntax II on demo, and I have to say that I really prefer it to the easel so far!
@@OoraMusic yeah I’m not 100% sure if I like the buchla sound. Syntrx is definitely an investment on spade though. Thing is huge.
hi cool vid. Can the easel command 208c be syncd by midi ie, from a looper that has midi sync function? I cannot get it happening😢 Thank you.
I never managed to do it either
Hi oora brilliant explanation of these two. You didn't show setting up the midi tracks. Did you just put the triggers on midi track 2 and track 3. What is track 1 for. Sorry if that's stupid.
will do a new video soon!
Great video mate, really nice work. I’d love an explanation of your midi setup too.
Oora, I love your videos, but you are using way too much sharpening in post-production (or in your camera). It has the paradoxical effect of actually making everything harder to see and read. It puts fine white lines around the edges of things and makes everything look a bit dusty. You might want to tone it down a bit or disable it completely. Sorry for talking about this, but I thought I‘d let you know.
thanks , noted. I started adding sharpening later, so might have goon too far, will
be more mindful!
😭🤤
This easel is like the moog sound studio. Fun to use, but no one wants to hear the music that comes out of it except the person twisting the knobs. Sounds like an ice cream truck.
What you’re saying is demonstrably false, but I also totally see what you mean. Most people fetishize these instruments and/or use them like they would any other synthesizer, which IMO gives the impression that it sounds toyish. Every demo I’ve seen sounds like this. But there is some very good music out there that was composed on the easel.
@@azzaipdivad show me. Happy to be proven wrong.
@@McEnroe911 th-cam.com/video/s2ITO6AdgOU/w-d-xo.html
Charles Cohen, for example, was a musician and composer who used to perform live improv with an original Music Easel from the 1970’s. People definitely wanted to hear Cohen’s music and bought his records when he was around. He’s known for devoting decades of practice to the instrument.
Doesn’t mean you gotta like it, just means you’re wrong about the fact no one wants to hear music made on the Music Easel.
Well, I love ice cream trucks :D
Im interested in the definition of toyish. I play any synth in the way I would play, not trying to emulate other people, so I might be a toy person. Kinda make sense actually.