Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I am using the Buchla 208c music Easel Command. I am using annotations to try to teach some of my thought process when I'm making these improvisations. In this video, I'm exploring using the random voltage to modulation oscillator volume. This is a really simple patch using only a few shorting bars and banana cables. It's possible to get so much sound just by changing the timbre and cross modulation. I am using the west coast technique of starting with something and spinning it out like a centrifuge. I'm processing the sound through a few eurorack modules that I will detail below. Hopefully this camera angle also helps you learn something!

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Patch Notes:
Buchla 208c Easel Command audio to 4ms Tapographic Delay to Make Noise X-pan controlled by Intellijel Quadrax and Tangle Quartet. Audio from Eurorack output to Boss RC-5 loop pedal and Eventide H9 reverb.
Live patching:
in annotations