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Buchla 106

Six Channel Mixer

B1060 Six Channel Mixer

Buchla 110

Dual Voltage Controlled Gate

B1100 Dual Voltage Controlled Gate

Buchla 111

Dual Ring Modulator

B1110 Dual Ring Modulator

Buchla 112

Touch Controlled Voltage Source

B1120 Touch Controlled Voltage Source

Buchla 115

Power Supply

B1150 Power Supply

Buchla 140

Timing Pulse Generator

B1400 Timing Pulse Generator

Buchla 144

Dual Square Wave Oscillator

B1440 Dual Square Wave Oscillator

Buchla 146

Sequential Voltage Source

B1460 Sequential Voltage Source

Buchla 156

Control Voltage Processor

B1560 Control Voltage Processor

Buchla 158

Dual Sine-Sawtooth Oscillator

B1580 Dual Sine-Sawtooth Oscillator

Buchla 160

White Noise Generator

B1600 White Noise Generator

Buchla 170

Dual Microphone Preamplifier

B1700 Dual Microphone Preamplifier

Buchla 180

Dual Attack Generator

B1800 Dual Attack Generator

Buchla 190

Dual Reverbration Unit

B1900 Dual Reverbration Unit

Buchla 194

Bandpass Filter

B1940 Bandpass Filter

Buchla 208

Stored Program Source

The Buchla 208 Stored Program Source is together with a Buchla 218 keyboard and the 208 Programming Card what makes a Buchla Easel synthesizer.

Manuals - Programming and Meta-Programming the Electro Organism - An Operating directive for the Music Easel
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Frontpage
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Middlepage
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Forward
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Introduction
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Acoustic Resources
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Programming
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Meta-Programming
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Onward
Schematics
B2080-1A 5 Stage Sequencer
B2080-2A Random Voltage Source and Keyboard Interface
B2080-3A Envelope Generator, Sequencer Summation Amp and +13.5 V Supply
B2080-4A Pulser, Buffer and Inverter
B2080-5A Modulator
B2080-6A Modulation and Oscillator
B2080-7A Complex Oscillator 1/3
B2080-8A Complex Oscillator 2/3
B2080-9A Complex Oscillator 3/3
B2080-10A Gate 1 and Pre Amplifier
B2080-11A Gate 2
B2080-12A Output
B2080-13 Module wirering 1/2 (partial scan 1/2)
B2080-13 Module wirering 1/2 (partial scan 2/2)
B2080-14 Module wirering 1/2 (partial scan 1/2)
B2080-14 Module wirering 2/2 (partial scan 2/2)
Pictures of cards
208 Programmer Card (kindly provided by Kurt Kurasaki)

Buchla 216

Keyboard

B2160-1A Left page of schematic
B2160-1B Right page of schematic

Buchla 217

Keyboard

B2170-1A Linear Controller
B2170-2A 17 Key Section
B2170-3A 4 Key Section

Buchla 227

System Interface

B2270-1 Mono Input
B2270-2 Prog Input
B2270-4 Program Buffer
B2270-5 Monitor Buffer
B2270-6 Output
B2270-7 Interconnect 1/2
B2270-8 Interconnect 2/2

Buchla 230

Tripple Envelope Follower

B2300A Triple Envelope Follower

Buchla 242

Programmable Pulser

B2420-1
B2420-2

Buchla 246

Sequential Voltage Source

B2460-1A Part 1:
B2460-2A Part 2: Pulser

Buchla 248

Multiple Arbitrary Function Generator (MARF)

Description
B248 Description 1A
B248 Description 1B
B248 Description 2A
B248 Description 2B
Manual
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Frontpage
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Content
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1. Description
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2. Level 1 Programming
2.a. Output Voltage Levels
2.b. Interval Time
3. Level 2 Programming
3.a. Output Pulses
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3.b. Output Voltage Levels
3.b.1. Quantized/Continuous
3.b.2. Sloped/Stepped
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3.b.3. Range
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3.b.4. Source
3.c. Operating Mode
3.c.1. Cycle
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3.c.2. Stop
3.c.3. Sustain
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3.c.4. Enable
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3.d. Time Range
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3.d.1. Division
3.d.2. Source
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4. Level 3 Programming
4.a. Stage Address
4.a.1. Display
4.a.2. Reset
4.a.3. Internal/External
4.a.4. Continuous/Strobe
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4.a.5. Two applications of analog address (explained for further clarification)
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4.b. Mode
4.b.1. Advance
4.b.2. Status Lights
4.b.3. Stop/Start
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4.c. Time Multiplier
4.d. Output Voltage Ports
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4.d.1. Reference
4.d.2. Time
4.d.3. All pluses
4.d.4. Pulse outputs 1 and 2
5. A suggested programming procedure
5.a. Programming
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5.b. Editing and Re-programming
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Functions Score (Stage 1-16)
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Functions Score (Stage 17-32)

Buchla 257

Dual Control Voltage Processor

B2570 Dual Control Voltage Processor

Buchla 258

Dual Oscillator

B2580C Oscillator
B2580A Oscillator (another version with additional comments)

Buchla 259A

Programmable Complex Waveform Generator

B2590-1A Modulation Oscillator
B2590-2A Principle Oscillator
B2590-3A Symmetry + Timbre
B2590-4A Order + Modulator

Buchla 265

Source of Uncertainty

B2650A Uncertainty source

Buchla 266

Source of Uncertainty

B2660-1 Quantized Random Voltage
B2660-2 Stored Random Voltage
B2660-3 Fluctuating Random Voltages
B2660-4 Integrator and Sample&Hold

Buchla 281

Quad Function Generator

B2810A Quad Function Generator

Buchla 284

Quad Voltage-Controlled Envelope Generator

B2840 Quad VC Envelope Generator

Buchla 291

Dual V.C. Bandpass filter

B2910 Dual V.C. Bandpass filter

Buchla 292B

Quad Lowpass Gate

B2920B Quad Lowpass

Buchla 292C

Quad Lowpass Gate

This is the later version of module 292, which can be remotely switched between Lopass/both/gate by a Buchla 300.

B2920C Quad Lowpass

Buchla 295

10 Channel Comb Filter

B2950A Comb Filter

Buchla 410

Module Cluster

B4100-1 Triple Envelope Generator - Attack Portion
B4100-2 Dual Gate
B4100-3 Reverb and Noise Source
B4100-4 Ring Modulator
B4100-5 Driver
B4100-5x Driver (another variant)
B4100-6 Mixer and Preamp
B4100-7 4 channel filter
B4100-8 Lowpass filter and Envelope Detector

CBS Performance System 03

System built by Buchla consisting of

CBS PS 03 CBS Performance System 03

External links

Buchla
This is the home page of Buchla. Be sure to visit

Buchla Series 200

Audities

Buchla Series 200 Catalog

Buchla Music Easle
The Music Easle is an 208 with an 218 keyboard.

Clear Music Easle
This is just to show you just how much stuff is in there!

Dan Slater

Music page
Plenty of Buchla pictures.

Buchla Modules
Some good set of Buchla pictures.

Magnus Danielson <cfmd at bredband dot net>