Buchla/Tiptop
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- The 257 Voltage Processor is the latest addition to the Buchla/Tiptop Audio 200 series. It may not have the impressive looks of the previous releases, but - again - it's an amazing design by the legendary Don Buchla and it opens up many patches that are hard to achieve in modern Eurorack. The 257 and 281 (quad function generator) inspired many contemporary modules, with MakeNoise Maths being the most significant.
It will take some time to fold your brain around it, but this episode will hopefully make the module feel less scientific. The 257T has an equation on the panel that involves three voltages a, b and c. Voltage a can be attenuverted, voltage b and c can be crossfaded. These voltages are added together and finally you can add an offset voltage to the final output. It may feel like quantum mechanics instead of music, but that's the Westcoast way.
To infinity and beyond!
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Thanks for your time! love your videos :)
Ohoh fun to see you mention me here hahaha, thanks sir ! I've had my first play with the 257t today even tho I had it since more than a week. It's an awesome utilitu module, can't wait to find time for another crazy patching tricks video with it !
Well, I had no idea before I saw your video and you deserve the credit :). We learn from the modular community, that's what makes it so special.
You've definitely made me curious to learn more about these!
Edited to add: wow, they're super affordable, too. Wasn't expecting that!
Omg this tip about the function generator is absolutely tremendous- thank you! I am building a whole system of these, very excited for the LPG and the Source of Uncertainty!
This is gold- especially as I have recently decided to put together a Buchla case. The 292t is a problem because it’s still unavailable in the UK, but the 257 was a problem because I didn’t understand it. However, now I almost do- and I suspect that when I get my hands on one all will become clear. Thank you!
Thank you for taking the time to make your vids. They are always so helpful!
Very nice 🤩
Brilliant and mysterious. Love it. I’ll make sure to watch this video a few more times. Thanks.
Great video! 😊 Thanks for explaining the cross fade!!! The algebra is clearer now.
Brilliant, clear…the best 💥
Very cool! Way beyond my knowledge of modular ❤
Modules like these are gold
Ppl tend to see these sort of CV manipulation modules and then go to the Osc and filter and maybe function generators and effect … the fancy stuff
This module to me is the fancy stuff
So cool it’s finally in euro land
I plan to do a tip top Buchla rig when the full collection comes out
"MATHS, a mashup of the Buchla 257 and 281, and the Serge DUSG..."
Even in the modular synth world, the meme-originated term "crossover episode" rings true in this context. Even then, almost every released Eurorack module so far has been a mashup, of things old and new.
That being said, this particular utility module adaptation was a nicely designed, esoteric, and almost too algebraic, thing to tweak and mangle various audio signals upon.
Amazing modules. Plenty of possibilities. Do you think that this tiptop version sounds the same as the original buchla easel or so?
I wish the Buchla models were in VCV Rack. Is there a soft synth VST that mimics these?
Maybe Arturia’s emulation of the Music Easel? Now that I think about it, I’m not aware of any other Buchla VSTs out there, I’ll have to look.
I second Mr. Archer's comment. Buchla Easel by Arturia sounds very convincing
If you follow the logic you can make one with four mutable blinds modules.
Voltage Modular has the "West Coast Bundle" by DMT Audio, which are 12 clones of the 200 series Buchla. Great fun!
pure analog voodoo
I was waiting and waiting for the layman’s terms explanation but it never came. Is it a crossfader/attenuverter that adds some voltage to the sources? Or…..I’m lost. To your point though, it probably makes the most sense to just patch it or watch someone patch something basic and see what happens.
Edit: It would’ve helped had I read the notes below the video, I missed that message initially.
That's exactly what it is. Attenuverter, Crossfader and/or voltage adder - and any combo of it for any CV.
Is it fair to say that this kind of setup allows a person finer and more amounts of options, .. than some of the more front-line modules, of now?
Not necessarily, there’s stuff out there that accomplishes similar tasks, something like a crossfader or attenuverter. Tiptop’s Fold Processor comes to mind. I think of Buchla/West Coast not necessarily having more control than more traditional synthesis, more so that the style is more about “let’s see what happens when we do this” or experimentation. In my opinion, probably more suited to sound design than more musical applications (west coast vs east coast).
@@masonarcher2998 Yeah?, .. I cede to your analysis, thanks. Of course, it would be nice to do both, effectively .. but I'm still, in the beginning phases of modular .. and IF I could just get the "music" part, in hand .. that would be a win.
In the end, these are just tools. Buchla's designs where heavily influenced by the 1960's westcoast, were people wanted something as 'non musical' as possible as a response to what was happening with Moog in the east. But my 245T video clearly shows you can make great music with it.
@@CinematicLaboratory Yes thanks .. do appreciate how you type in comments, along the course of your presentation.
ya, but what does it do? and why did i just buy it?
Just think of this scenario. You have three envelopes which all run after each other. How would you bring the voltage of those three envelopes together into one long movement?
How would you crossfade between two with a shape from the third? How would you invert a shape? 257T!
@@CinematicLaboratory great explanation