Buchla / TipTop 245T Sequential Voltage Source
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- Опубліковано 4 лис 2024
- In essence, the 245T may be one of the earliest sequencers in synthesizer history. The first one ever was desgined by Raymond Scott in 1951. Buchla's 245 design (1970) originated from the 145 (1964) and Moog's sequencer was conceived in 1968. So it's a bit like a dinosaur compared to modern superpowers like the DAW and Eurorack gear with big displays (Vector, Westlicht, Eloquencer, etc). So the 245T is the opposite of advanced. And yet, it can really bring any rhythmic patch (in any system) to life. It can be amazing with a sequential switch and a quantizer. It's going back to basics, but these basics can render amazing results. It's a real Buchla.
![[The Buchla Series] #2 - Buchla 245 Sequential Voltage Source](/img/n.gif)
Some great ideas here- as always- but I think I’ll start with just the one 245t. It will go nicely with my one 258t!
Edit: it’s taken me less than a week to change my mind. I’ve now ordered a dedicated 6U 104hp case, and will be buying another 245t. Easel-y done!
Nice!
Variable seat size should definitely become a common modular synthesizer term/feature. :D
I had no idea how to call it. Never seen this waveform before. It's so clever because you have a constant rising edge from the spike and pulse width modulation that doesn't go silent at 0% and 100% length. The spike will always be there to trigger things.
Another great delivery. Totally ahead of its time. Space beans can potentially cause rhythmic flatulence 😂. 1000% time travel.
Oh! This actually does clarify what's happening there. Happy to rewatch :)
Yes, this was too important because it's the essence of a Buchla pulser and I did not fully understand it.
great now I "need" 4 more modules
Very cool circuit. Nice demo, as always✨
wow, the 245t is an absolute techno machine! wonderful sound you have there!
... now I am thinking about getting a second one 😅
That would bring so many new options, especially with a sequential switch and quantizer.
I know right!
Fantastic video!!!
Hey thanks .. I like the usage of the cursor, to indicate the area of concern. Zoomed in, .. like you are, .. impossible to trace the patch cords routes (which run off the screen's edge) BUT a person can read what's on module's face plate .. zoomed out, .. and the readability's probably gone, eh?
And watching this through .. it seems like it should be made a commandment .. "Know thy gear".
IMHO, you shouldn't worry too much about patch chord examples. I learned modular by visualizing a stream (voltage) and trying to remember what CV does to it. Then the cables don't matter anymore. After a while you can actually patch without a machine nearby. And when the result doesn't match your imagination, you've learned something new :).
@@CinematicLaboratory ah, thanks for the reply. Yes, I am a "patch cord tracer" right now, still a beginner .. and maybe later on, I'll be in a more enlightened way, and be able to do it, as you've just mentioned.
Coming back to this again and again ... did you by any chance ever release the second last jam as a full track? Loving it!
we'll never know
That Noise Engineering Sequential switch is mighty powerful, it's on my wishlist list. Do you have any patches featuring this module in action??? Thanks 🎉🎉🎉
Did you find out if the voltages are quantized? Thanks, great demo
ah and good sound quality!
No I am still in the dark here, but I think I'd always use it with a quantizer to make sure I wouldn't set something off key. I don't often make Krell patches :).
Wait.. So I can run one at the end of 5 steps pause it and trigger a second which then pauses and starts the first one again.. I've been struggling with using two
That's how I did it :)
I'm adding a sequential switch for simplicity sake
PS thanks for replying. I thought your were just part of my eurorack dreams until now.
@ appx. 4:00 are both 245t's synced?
I understand that you are making 1 stop as you start the other and vice versa, but, are the both modules clocks synced somehow? How?
No, they're not synced. I finetuned them to roughly the same speed which creates the illusion of one pattern. They only start/stop each other.
@@CinematicLaboratory ok. I have them both doing what you're describing here,(start/stop each other) But, each module has it's steps advance by it's own pulser. Is that correct? I ask because when I take the ref from pulser on module a & patch it to advance steps on module a, the steps are advancing on module a.
But, if I use a stackable cable from ref on module a & try to patch it to advance module a & advance module b, nothing advances steps on module b. I can't understand why.
The way it's working is each module is patched from its own ref to its own advance, then I get the sequencer move.
If it's not patched this way, then module a will start/stop module b,but there's no step advancement on module b. I'm sorry if it sounds confusing. Can you verify if I'm right? Thanks
@@mathematicwaveformrecordings You are right. The 2nd 245T is advanced by its own pulser. If you'd mult the ref on both 245's they would run in sync, but never one after another.
@@CinematicLaboratorythank you for verification. Very cool
> "bare with me"
bear with me
Yes, of course. Thanks!
I gave up on this when tiptop had to build their own vactrols.
I trust that a the 292T release will be postponed until it sounds like a real quad dynamics gate.