2009
As per a request in the last thread on the subject of BS2, here's a nice video that Stretta made for MOTU to demonstrate their Volta plugin with a Buchla osc. Towards the end, he drops BS2 up in there. I'm not sure if he was doing it for musicality or as a cunning ploy to get me to post it here, but either way it worked.
posted March 20, 2009 by Robin
posted March 20, 2009 by dualphin
@dualphin - I listened to that song just the other day, first time in years. Plate o' shrimp I guess...
posted March 20, 2009 by fussylizard
-CR
posted March 20, 2009 by Chris Randall
posted March 20, 2009 by sascha
But, what the hell is some piano controller doing trying to control a Buchla? silly to use a keyboard for a much more highly expressive instrument. Sad!
posted March 20, 2009 by Quiet Ovens
It actually bothers me quite a bit that people get so hypercritical of the "performance" in demonstration videos. If you're going to be critical of anything, it should be the product. There is little to no musical merit in 99.999999% of these videos, yet time and time again, the majority of the comments end up being "boy, the loop you used sure wasn't phat" or something similar to the above. The Buchla modular is a highly expressive instrument all right, if you wish to express yourself in bloops and burbles.
It's, like, really now.
-CR
posted March 20, 2009 by Chris Randall
link [www.vimeo.com]
posted March 21, 2009 by retrosynth
@Quiet Ovens: I haven't heard a Dared. The one at my work is a Music Curve 200-something or other. I am definitely not against Chinese tube gear in principle. The thing is, we sell a lot of vintage stuff, like McIntoshes and Marantzes and everything like that. And the modern Chinese stuff I have heard just doesn't impress me in the same way. I am definitely not a home audio person, but compared to that stuff, listening to music on the music curve sounds something like listening to music on yogurt. Or maybe it's just R**h.
@retrosynth: are you the Youtube Retrosynth? I am not sure about Cortini being hard to beat on Buchla. Maybe from what's available on Youtube, sure. I might put my vote on Mort. Regarding Charles Cohen, I have lived in Philadelphia for almost a year now, and I have missed at least two Cohen concerts. Haven't seen him once. Would like to. From what I can tell, the openness and ease with which he plays the Music Easel is his strength. I have loved the interviews with him that I have read. His thoughts on synth interface are spot-on.
CR, any chance of Nancy Ciani shirts? Although the robot-glitching-out Source of Uncertainty crap she did on Stepford Wives is laughable.
--"It actually bothers me quite a bit that people get so hypercritical of the 'performance' in demonstration videos. If you're going to be critical of anything, it should be the product." With your old Fucktard posts, it kind of surprises me you would take this angle. But I suppose the distinction you are making is between wanking and product demos. Although the line gets blurry when keyboard guys start wanking on the latest VA at NAMM.
posted March 21, 2009 by dualphin
posted March 21, 2009 by Black-Man
