Arturia Buchla Easel V

The Easel V is the first recreation of Don Buchla's iconic instrument that helped define experimental West Coast modular synthesis in the early 70s. Our enhancements translate to vastly expanded possibilities for sound design and avant-garde music. 

you've always wanted to paint with sound. Now you can with the Easel V.

One look at the Easel V and you know this is a different beast. In fact, it makes you think differently about sound right from the start"and the soundscapes you can design with it are as unique as the front panel array. To put that experience at your fingertips, we meticulously recreated the rare 1973 Buchla Music Easel right down to the component level. As you've come to expect from our other V-series instruments, we've gone the extra mile by designing an enhanced feature set including polyphony, innovative new modulation/control sources, step sequencer, effects, and more. 

If you like to paint outside the lines, Easel V is the perfect artistic tool for you.  

Your music breaks from the pack. So does the Buchla Easel V 
The Buchla Easel V faithfully reproduces Buchla's Music Easel that helped define West Coast synthesis" focus on experimentation and breaking musical norms. we've applied our award-winning TAE™ modeling technology from the front panel to the resistors to capture it all with incredible realism. 

Complex oscillator design, AM and FM synthesis, uniquely percussive gate/filter combos, and numerous ways to modulate and clock just about every parameter, all drop you right in the middle of a sonic sandbox. Design and perform soundscapes that burble, shimmer, pulse and evolve without ever touching a keyboard or pad"unless you want to add even more control. Nearly 300 presets by expert sound designers get you started with timbres ranging from hauntingly beautiful sonorities to clangorous pokes in the ear.  

Sonic Capabilities 
we've dramatically expanded the functionality of the original Music Easel while respecting the instrument›s unique personality and design philosophy. One click reveals all the new additions. The Left Hand section provides five full-featured Function Generators individually routable to any of 76 modulation targets. The Right Hand section gives you a modern step sequencer with innova-tive options. Gravity is an X/Y grid that uses the physics of a bouncing ball influenced by attrac-tion, repulsion and collision with objects to generate unique, unexpected modulation signals. There›s also a two-slot Effects section for additional processing and animation right inside Easel V.  

Main Features

• A component-level model of the Buchla Music Easel
• Complex and Modulation oscillators, dual Low Pass Gates, output section with spring reverb modelling
• Modulation sources perfecly reproduced : 5-step Sequencer, Envelope Generator, Pulser
• Semi-modular architecture, color-coded routing and cables
• Enhanced functionalities, synchronizable Pulser and Clock, Oscillators quantization
• Left Hand modulation sources to create multi-point envelopes and LFOs. Add randomness and smoothing to the modulation
• Right Hand step-sequencer module
• Gravity XY modulation source. Control the sound with the movement of a projectile flying among planets and worm holes!
• 10 effects, Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Overdrive, Delay, ...
• Control on the Vactrol modelling for fast, medium or slow response
• Up to 4 voices of polyphony
• 256 factory presets