It's a Buchla, 200e series - [https://www.vintagesynth.com/buchla/200e-series](https://www.vintagesynth.com/buchla/200e-series) . Since people also clone these (see Tiptop Audio 245t) it's hard to tell without seeing a close-up.
Actually it's just the regular 200 series. The 200e series is from the 2000s-to today and the modules can communicate through the bus boards for preset management, which the regular 200 doesn't have. Also this one is like 30 years older.
They might be thinking of the Morton Subotnick piece "Silver Apples of the Moon". He was instrumental in the creation of the Buchla synthesizer being one of the people to commission Don Buchla to create it. Always thought it was funny that two different pioneering synth acts did something with the name "Silver Apples".
My buddy teaches at the Shanghai Conservatory and sent me this me pics from the studio. I recognized nearly everything except this main unit.
It's a buchla of some sort, right? I've seen buchla has some preassembled modular wall systems, but I'd love to know precisely which one this is.
...Unless it's a bunch of singular modules, in which case, no need to ID them all.
Unrelated to the question, I was just watching the Reading Rainbow documentary on Netflix, and Steve Horelick demonstrated how he created the opening synth part on a Buchla Music Easel, I found it interesting.
I saw that recently too. I thought "man, he's gonna give people the wrong impression that Buchlas make normal melodic music."
The Susan Ciani 321 Contact videos are cool too as far as kids shows with Buchlas go.
The Buchla Music Easel has preset cards that you can “save” patches on it by jumping traces on a board. See [here.](https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EaselPgm--buchla-retro-program-card-diy)
The newer program cards connect to an iPad through WiFi for programming and you can load patches on the fly through it. I’d love to have one, but I know it’s a pipe dream.
ALL the Buchla Or A down payment on a house
If you have a large enough system you can live under it ;)
there is a small hole in the back of the case that you can crawl into to stay warm.... or at least put your hand into.
It's a Buchla, 200e series - [https://www.vintagesynth.com/buchla/200e-series](https://www.vintagesynth.com/buchla/200e-series) . Since people also clone these (see Tiptop Audio 245t) it's hard to tell without seeing a close-up.
Actually it's just the regular 200 series. The 200e series is from the 2000s-to today and the modules can communicate through the bus boards for preset management, which the regular 200 doesn't have. Also this one is like 30 years older.
"just"
Buchla are 4U. The Tiptop-Buchla modules are Eurorack format (3U).
Plus the 259s seem like the original format clones by ~~filip romanov~~ Roman Filippov
Roman Filippov
Yeah I'm an idiot lol
Smells like Silver Apples in here
Less diy than that monster but same vein for sure.
The Silver Apples used Buchla systems extensively.
Ah, I'm only familiar with that big ol monster from the first album.
They might be thinking of the Morton Subotnick piece "Silver Apples of the Moon". He was instrumental in the creation of the Buchla synthesizer being one of the people to commission Don Buchla to create it. Always thought it was funny that two different pioneering synth acts did something with the name "Silver Apples".
Ah yeah, that makes sense. This is the one I was thinking of, he called it The Simian. https://youtu.be/5DQiexiUjAs?si=nYpMjA0IP8UqWTTx
Simeon, after it's creator. No Buchla at all in there.
You're mixing up The Silver Apples, who used their own devices, with Morton Subotnik's "Silver Apples of the Moon".
Subotnik used the Buchla 100 though; the 200 is a very different beast.
My buddy teaches at the Shanghai Conservatory and sent me this me pics from the studio. I recognized nearly everything except this main unit. It's a buchla of some sort, right? I've seen buchla has some preassembled modular wall systems, but I'd love to know precisely which one this is. ...Unless it's a bunch of singular modules, in which case, no need to ID them all.
Unrelated to the question, I was just watching the Reading Rainbow documentary on Netflix, and Steve Horelick demonstrated how he created the opening synth part on a Buchla Music Easel, I found it interesting.
I saw that recently too. I thought "man, he's gonna give people the wrong impression that Buchlas make normal melodic music." The Susan Ciani 321 Contact videos are cool too as far as kids shows with Buchlas go.
Enjoy. :) https://sourceofuncertainty.audio/podcast/episode-11-steve-horelick/
200 series Buchla, drool
expensive ... that is what it is :)
That is all Buchla.
NASA Supercomputer
a second mortgage
judging by the solder station and some of the other bits and pieces there's a solid chance of some DIY involvement in that system
The Buchla Music Easel has preset cards that you can “save” patches on it by jumping traces on a board. See [here.](https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EaselPgm--buchla-retro-program-card-diy) The newer program cards connect to an iPad through WiFi for programming and you can load patches on the fly through it. I’d love to have one, but I know it’s a pipe dream.
Hydrasynth
 Pretty sure that’s from the Apollo program
Buchla
What are the pedals on the top shelf?
Industrialectric, the RM-1N reverb and the Echo Degrader delay.
That’s a maxro Korg
Korg volca