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Buchla
It's pronounced "bookla". I have a soft spot in my heart for the design and sound of Donald Buchla's instruments. I've always considered Don the Stradivarius of synth makers. I first met him in 1976 when I found my way to his workshop where together we mapped out my 30 module, 200 Series Electric Music Box. It was quite an adventure for me. That beautiful "space-age" instrument became my musical life's focus. My mastery of it helped launch a career that is now several decades long. So here's a video I took with my iPhone showing some of Don's latest analog/digital hybrid modules. You'll quickly see that they are, by far, the most beautiful instruments every made!
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When I was was in college I fell in love with a professional ballerina. She insisted that I study ballet. Anything for love, right? The reason that I bring this up is that had I stuck with ballet (we broke up after a few months because all she ever ate was diet Coke and it drove me insane)... (Editor's Note: Is this going somewhere?...)... OH, where was I ... had I continued with my dance studies I would really have been prepared to become a SoftStep virtuoso! Surprisingly, even with my clumsy size 12.5 feet I was still able to play quite espressivo with this well designed controller.
I'm definitely going to buy one of these (unless the good folks at Keith McMillen give me one for including them on this blog (hint, hint). So check out this video I shot of Danny Piccione, the SoftStep product specialist, who shows what this bad boy can do:
The Buchla Lightning III
OK. My attraction (or is it addiction) to unusual controllers continues...
As it turns out the Buchla booth was right behind the macProVideo.com booth. We shared the same back separator curtain. So when I heard some familiar, crazy sounds emanating form behind me I ran around to see the Buchla Lightning Controller III being demoed. This wireless infrared controller/instrument plays air!
It divides "real" space into many separate and totally independent zones. The performer holds a programmable (magic) wand in each hand to "hit" the different zones to produce all kinds of MIDI events to control either the Lightning's internal synth or any hardware/software synth you want! Check out this video and let me know what you think! Should I buy one of these too? Hmmm.....
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That's all for now. See you next time....
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