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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 407 Buchla modules to choose from. Users build 5479 Racks in this universe.

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Demo at Schneidersladen, Berlin. Save the date ! Demo of Dionisi and Metamorf on August 7, 7 pm. 
Pindsvik Audio LIHO
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LIHO, the tiny 2HP stereo headphone amplifier & line in/out module, is now also available with a black & gold frontpanel! You can find it here: https://www.pindsvikaudio.com/shop/liho-2#attribute_values=2 
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New Module Day! QUATT - Multenuverter is available now with 10% off until the end of July only at www.scrapcode.co.uk. Four channels of attenuversion linked together by a buffered mult and fed a 10V source when unpatched, all in 6HP :) 
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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. Keen Association 282e Quad Transevent Generator Ø 5.00 (5)
  4. Vedic Scapes 13700 Ø 5.00 (5)
  5. Keen Association Polyphonic Touch'n'Run Voltage Array Model 220/e Ø 5.00 (4)
  6. Buchla Model 250e Ø 5.00 (4)
  7. Buchla Model 259 Ø 5.00 (4)
  8. Other/unknown Benjolin Ø 5.00 (3)
  9. Keen Association Control Voltage Interpreter Model 253e Ø 5.00 (3)
  10. Buchla Model 266 Ø 5.00 (3)
  11. Keen Association 268e Graphic Waveform Generator Ø 5.00 (3)
  12. Magnetic Freak GAUSSIAN Ø 5.00 (3)
  13. Northern Light Modular Dual CV Polymorpher - Model 2OC Ø 5.00 (2)
  14. Buchla Model 206e Ø 5.00 (2)
  15. Vedic Scapes Dual Duality Processing Filter Ø 5.00 (2)
  16. Other/unknown Soundfreak Dual Filter/Oscillator Ø 5.00 (2)
  17. Keen Association Multidomain Gatekeeper Model 293e Ø 5.00 (2)
  18. Buchla Model 281 Ø 5.00 (2)
  19. Keen Association Spatial System Matrix Model 228e Ø 5.00 (2)
  20. Sputnik Modular Sputnik Dual Defect Processor Model 289 Ø 5.00 (2)
  21. Studio H Control and Signal Router Ø 5.00 (2)
  22. Other/unknown Soundfreak Triple VCO Ø 5.00 (2)
  23. Vedic Scapes Metatron Generator 618 II Ø 5.00 (2)
  24. Other/unknown Soundfreak Envelope Shaper/Noise Generator 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. 4UShop BB82 in 16 Racks
  2. Northern Light Modular XENOMORPHER - Model 2XO in 16 Racks
  3. Keen Association Entropy And Segments Model 240e in 13 Racks
  4. Other/unknown MORPHAGENE 4U in 13 Racks
  5. Other/unknown Doboz T12 in 8 Racks
  6. MEMS Project 291M in 7 Racks
  7. Buchla 266 (original colour scheme) in 5 Racks
  8. Other/unknown SynthThomas - Quad Resonant Lopass Gate - Model 292 in 5 Racks
  9. Other/unknown Scenery in 2 Racks
  10. Northern Light Modular hMY - hED Combo in 2 Racks
  11. EarDrill ModuleModule Frame w/ Modules in 2 Racks
  12. EarDrill ModuleModule Frame w/ JRB Modules in 2 Racks
  13. Tokyo Tape Music Center Dual Square Wave Geneartor 144 Card in 1 Racks
  14. Other/unknown P4L / DUAL 208 TIMBRE in 1 Racks
  15. Other/unknown Dual Spatial Logic Controller in 1 Racks
  16. Other/unknown duplicate in 1 Racks

The list of Popular Modules is generated from Modules that have been added to Racks AND have been released in the specified time period.

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