Sunday 12 August 2012

Traces


Heres a vid I just shot of the Buchla. I used a 1970s Phillips V100 video cam, so its meant to be all wobbly and lo-fi - OK? I am in love with the light traces this thing produces. The Buchla system has changed again - this time I replaced the little 251e sequencer with the larger 250e, which is much more user friendly having lots of knobs on it. This patch is totally self playing including the drum sounds. There is a P/R module clocking everything, with the 250e being strobed by it, selecting the stages at random. Its a very deep module and I'm having fun diving in

4 comments:

  1. Fascinating stuff - again. Loving teh stuf you're doing with the Buchla. Also, try doing a video feedback loop with the Phillips - marvellous wibbly-wobbly vintage Dr. Who style trippy intro stuff. I'm on the lookout for a tube camera (your fault) for that very reason :-D

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  2. thanks neil. i'm finding it very hard to digitise the output of this vc, at the moment i'm using the iPhone to record my tv screen which is pretty clumsy. so beware buying old video stuff - it seems NO ONE is using it at the moment - its not like analog audio where it has made a complete comeback

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  3. oh and by the way while i was shooting this vid i tried a bit of feedback and its beautiful - more coming soon!

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  4. Good man!!! Look forward to that. Noted the comments about buying old video stuff. Will speak to a retired BBC film-maker pal of mine about that when he gets back from his hols in teh Med. I'll forward you any info gleaned.

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