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Buchla is an American electronic instrument brand with a legendary status in the history of synthesizers, closely associated with the origins of West Coast synthesis. Founded in the 1960s by Don Buchla, the company took a radically different approach to electronic instruments, prioritising timbre, modulation, and experimental control over traditional keyboard-based design.
Buchla instruments are known for non-standard interfaces, touch plates, complex modulation sources, and an emphasis on evolving, organic sound rather than conventional melodies or presets. Their systems have been used extensively in experimental music, academia, sound art, and avant-garde composition, and they remain influential in modern modular synthesis.
For SynthForSale, Buchla sits at the high-end experimental and modular synthesis category — iconic instruments aimed at musicians and sound designers who want to explore unconventional workflows, generative sound, and the deeper artistic side of electronic music rather than traditional performance synthesis.
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A module is a self-contained unit designed to perform a specific function within a larger system. Modules are commonly used in modular and Eurorack setups, where each unit handles tasks such as sound generation, modulation, filtering, or control, allowing systems to be built and expanded piece by piece.
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