Buchla and Associates
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Gino Robair
INSTRUMENTS FROM 1963 TO 1987
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1963
Series 100 Electronic Music System
A discrete modular analog instrument, originally designed for the San Francisco Tape Music Center
1970
Series 200 Electric Music Box
This analog system packs a great amount of functionality into each module
1971-72
Series 500
Containing a microcomputer, this is Buchla's first digitally controlled analog synthesizer
1972
Music Easel
An analog instrument designed for “real-time instrument composition and performance”
1973
Series 300
A hybrid instrument that uses a microcomputer to establish connections and control Series 200 modules
1978
Touché
Sporting a conventional keyboard, this 8-voice hybrid instrument offers wave synthesis, with 24 digital oscillators controlled by a 16-bit computer
1978-79
Sili-Con Cello
An analog system designed to respond to a variety of performance gestures from acoustic instruments
1982
Buchla 400
A 6-voice integrated system that includes a score editor
1987
Buchla 700
The company's first MIDI instrument is an analog-digital hybrid system with a waveshape editor to create and modify waveshape tables
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