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Beddo
25-02-2006, 12:51 PM
We have also obtained a Buchla. Our very own Marvin sat in the corner depressed too complex to be fun and too unreliable to be a friend. It may have been close to getting blood from a stone but in the end we did get some earnest synth dreams out of him.
http://www.buchla.com/200e/images/splash.jpg
That throws a bit of light on that quote - at least it did for me...
Buchla Website (http://www.buchla.com/)
Ernest
25-02-2006, 01:02 PM
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... thats looks ace...
what is it???? looks like a lie detector....:LOL:
ducksquackmuse
25-02-2006, 01:14 PM
Yay Marvin! He should so have his own thread in The Love Boat...
Beddo
25-02-2006, 01:16 PM
I'm in my second year of music production and it's abit of a head scratcher from what I can see! I don't often use analog synths mind so I'm sure someone knows more than me ... ;)
lol, Main Muse there's a thread about the message, just thought you should know
Beddo
25-02-2006, 01:57 PM
Oh Jeez - i don't really like to venture on to main Muse - it's so har to keep up with all the posts so I just leave and stay out of it for a while :$ - anyway I think this counts as kit and tab. So this is for all the kit and tab only peeps ;)
Oh Jeez - i don't really like to venture on to main Muse - it's so har to keep up with all the posts so I just leave and stay out of it for a while :$ - anyway I think this counts as kit and tab. So this is for all the kit and tab only peeps ;)
I concur.
That synth looks awesome. Matt Bellamy has the potential to become the new Jonny Greenwood with that thing.
ducksquackmuse
25-02-2006, 02:24 PM
I mean "buchula" sounds immense in itself. Probably cos it sounds like "butch".
And how the hell does it work?
what does it do?:$
Beddo
25-02-2006, 06:33 PM
I think the patch leeds route the sound through different synth effects but that is only a guess. I'm not sure. I think there is abasic input sound which is changed as you put it through more and more effects like oscillators, envelopes, filters, sequencers etc. etc.
In fact wikipedia explains it better!
Wiki: Modular Synths (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_synthesizers)
Beddo
25-02-2006, 06:42 PM
2 x 12 Powered Cabinets
1 x Control and Signal Router
2 x MIDI Decoder/Preset Managers
1 x System Interface (2 Panel Units)
1 x Dual Arbitrary Function Generator (2 Panel Units)
1 x Arbitrary Function Generator (2 Panel Units)
1 x Quad Control Voltage Processor
3 x Complex Waveform Generators
1 x Duophonic Pitch Class Generator
3 x Complex Waveform Generators
1 x Source of Uncertainty :eek:
2 x Quad Function Generators
2 x Triple Morphing filters
2 x Quad Dynamics Managers
... wait for it ...
System price ...
...
$27,400!!!
and one of them is a "Source of Uncertainty"!!!
That costs $850 on it's own!
Beddo
25-02-2006, 06:43 PM
I concur.
That synth looks awesome. Matt Bellamy has the potential to become the new Jonny Greenwood with that thing.
I think Johnny stops at Line 6 pedals, and I think they might even make his hurt :p
Jaicen
26-02-2006, 10:05 AM
Just so there's no confusion, the Buchla is not called Marvin. It's a modular system designed by Ron Buchla, (The real father of modern synthesisers).
If anybody reads sound on sound there was a review of one of the systems a few months ago.
Just so there's no confusion, the Buchla is not called Marvin. It's a modular system designed by Ron Buchla, (The real father of modern synthesisers).
If anybody reads sound on sound there was a review of one of the systems a few months ago.
It's the nick-name that Matt gave the Buchla in his little message in main muse, though. AS its caused him to think of Marvin from the Hitchhikers Guide.
El Zilcho
26-02-2006, 10:41 AM
It's the nick-name that Matt gave the Buchla in his little message in main muse, though. AS its caused him to think of Marvin from the Hitchhikers Guide.
Espcially with that "source of uncertainty" thingy. Reminds me of the infinite improbability drive. Not that that has anything to do with Marvin, but with the Hitchhiker in general.
Espcially with that "source of uncertainty" thingy. Reminds me of the infinite improbability drive. Not that that has anything to do with Marvin, but with the Hitchhiker in general.
What is a Source of Uncertainty anyway?
El Zilcho
26-02-2006, 10:48 AM
What is a Source of Uncertainty anyway?
I don't know exactly. I watched some video of a guy explaining the various functions of the latest Buchla and apparently you can have the Buchla do this one kind of thing and control the certainty of the machine doing it. Sorry if that sounded terribly vague, but I can't remember at all what that man was talking about.
I don't know exactly. I watched some video of a guy explaining the various functions of the latest Buchla and apparently you can have the Buchla do this one kind of thing and control the certainty of the machine doing it. Sorry if that sounded terribly vague, but I can't remember at all what that man was talking about.
Umm, yeah. That did not help one bit. Lol.
Hmm, how does this work for an analogy: The Source of Uncertatinty is like getting Media Player, and putting it on random. Cept the effects are the songs and you can change the likelyhood of a "song" being played?
El Zilcho
26-02-2006, 10:54 AM
Umm, yeah. That did not help one bit. Lol.
Hmm, how does this work for an analogy: The Source of Uncertatinty is like getting Media Player, and putting it on random. Cept the effects are the songs and you can change the likelyhood of a "song" being played?
That comes close, I think.
Let me find the video, that'll be much easier than me trying to explain it again. ;) I guess I might JUST be able to describe it in German. :LOL:
edit: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=1959
Jaicen
26-02-2006, 11:37 AM
The source of uncertainty is like a sample/hold device. Basically it's a psuedorandom control voltage generator which can control filters, pitch or arpegg's etc, depending on how it's patched.
Funklord
26-02-2006, 06:02 PM
That comes close, I think.
Let me find the video, that'll be much easier than me trying to explain it again. ;) I guess I might JUST be able to describe it in German. :LOL:
edit: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=1959
in the video, the guy mentions something about MARFG (Multiple Arbitrary Function Generator)...maybe it sounds stupid but can you see the link with marvin? :D
Beddo
26-02-2006, 09:56 PM
:$ I wish I could work one of those things/afford one of those things - i wonder how it sounds on the album???
:$ I wish I could work one of those things/afford one of those things - i wonder how it sounds on the album???
Its probably not hard to work. Plug in the chords to the different slots. Turn on. Pretty easy.
Getting a sound thats actually useable, though, may prove harder.
Beddo
26-02-2006, 10:15 PM
Its probably not hard to work. Plug in the chords to the different slots. Turn on. Pretty easy.
Getting a sound thats actually useable, though, may prove harder.
Alright, ok, you got me - work it with proficiency then :p
Cydonian Assassin
22-05-2008, 11:02 PM
I know this has possibly been already asked, but I couldn't find any mention of it in this forum so I decided to ask it..
But what is that thing that Dom has beside his drum kit? He's seen using it in Take a Bow on HAARP. Does anyone know what it is or what it's used for?
iwantamanson
22-05-2008, 11:08 PM
I know this has possibly been already asked, but I couldn't find any mention of it in this forum so I decided to ask it..
But what is that thing that Dom has beside his drum kit? He's seen using it in Take a Bow on HAARP. Does anyone know what it is or what it's used for?
synth
Humphrey Goldenbollocks
22-05-2008, 11:13 PM
checking facebook :)
www.musedrums.co.uk
"He is also in charge of the Buchla 200e synthesizer at the beginning of Take A Bow."
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9336/buchlahy3aj3.jpg
It has been mentioned on the board before too!
http://www.buchla.com/200e/index.html
locky? :)
Cydonian Assassin
22-05-2008, 11:24 PM
www.musedrums.co.uk
"He is also in charge of the Buchla 200e synthesizer at the beginning of Take A Bow."
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9336/buchlahy3aj3.jpg
It has been mentioned on the board before too!
http://www.buchla.com/200e/index.html
locky? :)
Thanks! Yeah. Go ahead. I was just wondering eh. Cheers though.
bshuker
22-05-2008, 11:56 PM
Fuckinghell thats some good merging, good work mods.
Also, who is Mort, why is he a guest...
the_man361
23-05-2008, 12:43 AM
the reason analogue synths are sometimes preferred over digital synthesisers is often because of their non-perfect components, so the uncertainty generator is probably something that will introduce random 'errors' into the synthesis procedure to create more organic and musical sounds.
modular synths.. i think they look cool, but im not sure about them.. the amount of time required to generate a sound seems kinda detrimental to ones workflow to me. with a decent subtractive synthesiser its much faster to get the kind of sound im looking for (but maybe thats just me, and my preference).
anyway, im sure theres some cool sounds hidden away in that unit :)
Fuckinghell thats some good merging, good work mods.
Also, who is Mort, why is he a guest...
he was around aaages ago iirc....
im guessing he's since left the board...unregistered himself...
so all posts that he did write are now looking like that
(hes not banned, hes not a member so he is now a guest)
i THINK thats why - but youd have to ask a mod :)
bshuker
23-05-2008, 11:46 AM
Ahh that would make sense actually!
checking facebook :)
:LOL:
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