Going Bananas on the Buchla Easel Command 208C!

Wes shows off some Never-Before-Seen advanced Easel tips and tricks to supercharge your workflow!

These tips are hot!! so grab a cool drink and make sure you've got enough potassium in your diet before we dive in!

0:15 - Intro jam with SP-404SX
1:22 - Tip #1: Jumper settings and under-the-hood adjustments
3:19 -Tip #2 : Polarity settings on complex oscillator
5:58 - Demo of first two tips
7:00 - Tip #3 : Random outputs
7:25 - Tip #4 : Mod oscillator CV output and uses
7:45 - Tip #5 : Mod oscillator FM input
8:35 - Tip #6 : Reverb crossfader functionality
9:45 - Demo patch of mod oscillator CV outputs
10:44 - Tip #7 : Pre-amp and envelope detector
12:00 - Tip #8 : Envelope detector and inverter for sidechain emulation
12:41 - Tip #9 : Built-in white noise!
13:18 - Tip #10 : MIDI settings hidden on the forbidden keys
13:58 - Bonus tip! Velocity output!

[FunkyOttO]

You made my day wobbly, wibbily and jibbily, thanks!

[bauhnguefyische]

Awesome!
I just bought one and I’m totally addicted to it. It’s soooo different!
It’s hard to make it sound rubbish.

[motaki]

My man what else can I say? I give this video..two snaps and a twist; and it’s fabulous! I had no idea Buchla had a desktop. Very helpful thank you !

[XanderEwald]

Fun video! Easel Command is a beautiful instrument.

[jjjohny_a]

easly one most crazy synth out there....thanks

[SynthoidSounds]

I particularly liked the mechanical reverb springs . . . embedded into a Buchla sequencer.
If I ever do get one of these somehow, I'll definitely use it.

[izzymonkey]

Thanks for mentioning the jumper option for Sustain CV -> #seq. steps. I'd set mine up to do the seq. steps by the dip switch, but now I think I'll have both--the way you demonstrated. Cheers!

[ernestoA]

damn this was actually very helpful. thanks!

[HAntonRiehl]

The shift register on the random voltages doesn't work quite as explained in this video. Each random output has an attenuated variation of the shift register that drives the entire random circuit, but the random voltage does not move from output to output. In fact, each of the four outputs have different ranges of variation. So, if you change which output you are using, you can get a different "flavor" of random.

[outdatedgear]

Okay the banana suit just made my day.

[chrisnairn]

It's got the wobbly-wibblies, and the JIBBLIES! I must have.

[jawoody]

This is it! This IS the s**t! The Buchla is incredibly awesome!

[thomascarli]

Great video, very informative and I love your wit and humor! Well done. Could you make a video on the Syntrx please?

[pluckingthespectrum]

Thanks for these great tips Wes - please can you explain a little more about the USB tip at 8 mins?

[hunterfoxen]

hey perfect circuit thanks for the informative video! wondering if there's any other devices that utilize the pre-amp/ envelope functionality at the 11 min. part of this video? that seems like a super sick way to make dubstep/ psybreaks

[Duplanmodular]

I have both the 2014 Bemi Easel and the Command and I have to say the Bemi sounds much more Buchla style "bongoesque"... Not to say the Command sounds bad, far from it... It's just different. All the new additions, connections and more CV control make it really cool though. Thanks for the tips !

[brianoblivion]

Wes from perfect circuit reminds me so much of andy samberg who used to be on saturday night live

[goat-of-neptune]

well this is boutique stuff, built on demand by a small company, you just not have to be rich, but also you have to be patient to get one, its the bugatti chiron of synths. the video is very cool, please show more tricks and how to combine this with eurorack and crocodile clamps from soma devices.

[erekutoronikku]

mod osc always had a CV out, it was just kinda mispositioned in the upper right of the panel next to the mixer pots

[GuitarsAndSynths]

Looks like tons of infinite fun! On my wish list along with an ARP2600M.