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Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments was founded by synthesizer pioneer Don Buchla in 1963 in California.

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There are 375 Buchla modules to choose from. Users build 5216 Racks in this universe.

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Tre Modular Shape Mod
28 Mar 2024 Tre Modular
Introducing our newest module Shape Mod. Shape Mod is a powerful wavshaper/ring modulator based on Alisa 1377. Watch our demo video to find out more about this module: https://youtu.be/GXYiJJQ5TBI?si=hDY5c8Xc0WaNaeoU Visit our website for this and other modules: www.tremodular.com 
Liquid Sky d-vices
25 Mar 2024 Liquid Sky d-vices
lovely review of #V4CO and #GLITHc by peter kirn / CDM https://cdm.link/2024/03/liquid-sky-d-vices-v4co-glithc-review/ 
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Noise Engineering Opp Ned
21 Mar 2024 Noise Engineering
Announcing Opp Ned, a four-channel intuitive arpeggiator! Use the included arpeggios or create your own, then recall them manually or with CV. Quantized Transpose input makes it easy to combine with other sequencers, and fully CVable playback parameters make Opp Ned a joy to jam with. Available now!  
Befaco
21 Mar 2024 Befaco
Don't miss Saturday's event (23/3/2024) We will present three new modules https://www.youtube.com/live/Dy0YPOreeaw?si=9WhHpOb7twFWDSNB 
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Top Modules rated by users

  1. Studio H 258e / DPO Ø 5.00 (6)
  2. Buchla Model 296 Ø 5.00 (5)
  3. Buchla Model 250e Ø 5.00 (4)
  4. Keen Association 282e Quad Transevent Generator Ø 5.00 (4)
  5. Buchla Model 259 Ø 5.00 (4)
  6. Keen Association Polyphonic Touch'n'Run Voltage Array Model 220/e Ø 5.00 (4)
  7. Vedic Scapes 13700 Ø 5.00 (4)
  8. Buchla Model 266 Ø 5.00 (3)
  9. Other/unknown GAUSSIAN Ø 5.00 (3)
  10. Other/unknown Benjolin Ø 5.00 (3)
  11. Other/unknown Soundfreak Dual Filter/Oscillator Ø 5.00 (2)
  12. Keen Association Control Voltage Interpreter Model 253e Ø 5.00 (2)
  13. Buchla Model 206e Ø 5.00 (2)
  14. Vedic Scapes Metatron Generator 618 II Ø 5.00 (2)
  15. Keen Association Multidomain Gatekeeper Model 293e Ø 5.00 (2)
  16. Northern Light Modular Dual CV Polymorpher - Model 2OC Ø 5.00 (2)
  17. Keen Association Spatial System Matrix Model 228e Ø 5.00 (2)
  18. Other/unknown Soundfreak Triple VCO Ø 5.00 (2)
  19. Studio H Control and Signal Router Ø 5.00 (2)
  20. Northern Light Modular CV Polymorpher - Model cardOC V2 Ø 5.00 (2)
  21. Buchla Model 281 Ø 5.00 (2)
  22. Keen Association 268e Graphic Waveform Generator Ø 5.00 (2)
  23. Other/unknown Soundfreak Envelope Shaper/Noise Generator Ø 5.00 (2)
  24. Vedic Scapes Dual Duality Processing Filter Ø 5.00 (2)
  25. Buchla Model 292e Ø 4.83 (6)

Modules have to be rated at least 2 times to appear in this list. Any module with a rating better than Ø 4.34 is considered to be above average.

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Popular Modules in racks

  1. Buchla Model 281e in 2142 Racks
  2. Buchla Model 292e in 2025 Racks
  3. Buchla Model 261e in 1982 Racks
  4. Buchla Model 259e in 1703 Racks
  5. Buchla Model 259r in 1131 Racks
  6. Buchla Model 266e in 1116 Racks
  7. Buchla Model 291e in 1094 Racks
  8. Buchla Model 225e in 1030 Racks
  9. Buchla Model 281 in 1019 Racks
  10. Buchla Blank Panel in 995 Racks
  11. Buchla Model 223e in 942 Racks
  12. Buchla Model 292c in 931 Racks
  13. Buchla Model 251e in 906 Racks
  14. Buchla Model 250e in 890 Racks
  15. Buchla Model 227e in 843 Racks
  16. Buchla Model 285e in 837 Racks
  17. Buchla Model 267e in 797 Racks
  18. Buchla Model 296 in 698 Racks
  19. Buchla Model 248 in 664 Racks
  20. Buchla Model 256e in 646 Racks
  21. Buchla Model 207 in 646 Racks
  22. Buchla Model 222e in 629 Racks
  23. Buchla Model 296e in 622 Racks
  24. Buchla Model 206e in 619 Racks
  25. Buchla Model 258 in 609 Racks

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