It’s a new take on the Buchla, and not really like anything we’ve seen before. So you get something called “gravity” which applies game physics to modulation, and other modulation sources (the curves of the “left hand,” for instance) to make all the organic changes happen inside software. This video explains the whole “West Coast” synthesis notion (as opposed to Moog’s “East Coast” modular approach):Īrturia makes up for the fact that this is now an in-the-box software synth by opening up the worlds of modulation. It all adds up to granting the ability to make strange, new timbres, to seek out new performance life and new sound designs – to boldly go where only privileged experimentalists have gone before. Think amplitude modulation and frequency modulation and the “complex” oscillator’s wave folding, gating that allows for unique tuned sounds, and sophisticated routing of modulation. And here, it looks like we get a complete, authentic reproduction.Įverything that makes the Buchla approach unique is there. It’s arguably the most musical of Don Buchla’s wild instruments, bringing the best ideas from the modular into a single performance-oriented design. ![]() The Buchla Easel goes further back to 1973. Now you just need a PC with a stylus so you can imagine you’ve got a light pen. If you read my children’s TV round-up, maybe Steve Horelick and Reading Rainbow had you thinking of this already. I’m really keen to play with this one – it sounds like what you’ll want to do is to go Back to the Future and limit yourself to making some entire tracks using just the Fairlight emulation. ![]() And Arturia have thrown us a curveball, too: to create your own wavetables, there’s a “Spectral” synth that scans and mixes bits of audio. And this might be the first Fairlight recreation that you’d want in a modern setup: you get 10 multitmbral, polyphonic slots, plus real-time waveform shaping, effects, and a sequencer. The CMI V recreates the 1979 instrument that led the move to digital sampling and additive synthesis. Okay, but let’s get on to the two really exciting offerings (ahem, I’m biased): So you get an improved interface, plus a new mod matrix, customizable envelopes, extra waveforms, a 2nd LFO, effects, sequencer, and arpeggiator, among other additions.įunk fans get the Clavinet V, with control over new parameters via physical modeling (in parallel with the Arturia piano offering), and the addition of amp and effect combos. The DX7 V promises to build on the great sound of the Yamaha original while addressing the thing that wasn’t so great about the DX7 – interface and performance functionality. But because it’s been so rare, and because of the renaissance of interest in Don Buchla and so-called “West Coast” synthesis for sound design, the Buchla addition is obviously stealing the show. (Okay, no harpsicords or pipe organs, so every relatively modern instrument.) And the Fairlight CMI, while resurrected as a nifty mobile app on iOS, is welcome, too. There’s no question the Clavinet and DX7 round out the offerings, making this a fairly complete selection of just about everything you can play with keys. Instead, Arturia use physical modeling and electronics modeling techniques to produce emulations of the inner workings of all these instruments. ![]() This isn’t all sampled soundware, either – well, if it were, it’d be impossibly huge. The bundle also includes Analog Lab, which pulls together presets and performance parameters for all the rest into a unified interface. Various pianos – uprights and grands – plus other parameters via physical modeling are bundled into Piano V. Organs: Hammond B-3, Farfisa, VOX Continental.Īnd some pianos. Keys: Fender Rhodes Stage 73 (suitcase and stage alike), ARP Solina String Ensemble, Wurlitzer. To that roster, you can now add a Yamaha DX7, Fairlight CMI, and a Buchla Music Easel. Synths: models of the Synclavier, Oberheim Matrix 12 and SEM, Roland Jupiter-8, ARP 2600, Dave Smith’s Sequential Prophet V and vector Prophet VS, Yamaha CS-80, a Minimoog, and a Moog modular. ![]() (If you just want the Buchla, sit tight – yes, you can get it separately.) Inception-style, some of those products contain the other products, too. The ancient Roman in me apparently wants to read that as “5 collection 6” but, uh, yeah, that’s the letter “v” as in “virtual.”Īnd what you’re now up to is 21 separate products bundled as one. The resulting product is the Arturia V Collection 6. Get ready for some numbers and letters here here. Arturia refreshed their mega-collection of synths and keyboard instruments, with new sought-after additions – including a recreation of the Buchla Easel.
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