Buchla Easel Command

Buchla Easel CommandThe Buchla Easel Command is the newly updated 208C in a standalone desktop form with MIDI and CV control. The 208C is the module itself for use in a Buchla 200e system. Buchlas own Joel Davel led the charge to create a new version of the legendary Music Easel instrument with more modular flexibility and independence, while also providing the means to easily interface with more devices, such as the various DAWs like Ableton and MIDI controllers,

It has 4 separate amplifiers

but adds a third oscillator per voice: the digital Multi-Engine from the Prologue series

emphasizing lower or high bands

The two jumpers on the back side allow to reduce the A+B and A-B outputs gain by 6dB

push switches to mute unmute and select rows

philosophies

one that generates audio noises

Power: 15mA @ +12V  / 15mA @ -12V

The lower oscillator frequencies create rich trem/vibe effects

The Minilogue XD offers many other niceties for sound design and performance: unison and chord modes

A precise internal tempo clock generator with tap tempo and BeatSync to manage precise changes round out the features

Use it to dial in as much old-school randomness as you’d like