Arturia Buchla Easel V Virtual Synthesizer Plug-In

Arturia 1090-49 Overview

The electronic download of Buchla Easel V from Arturia is a software emulation of Don Buchla's iconic instrument that helped define experimental West Coast modular synthesis in the early 1970s. It can be used by producers, sound engineers, and artists on Mac and Windows computers, to capture a taste of harmonically rich, classic tone in your DAW and music programs.

Featuring a modulation oscillator, a complex main sound generator oscillator, and dual low-pass gates, the instrument delivers an authentic replica of the sound sources and signal processing that brought a different perspective to the world of analog synthesis. The Buchla Easel V plug-in delivers a cornucopia of unique modulation methods, which let you shape new sounds and bring driving motion to your music. This virtual instrument is compatible with Mac and Windows computers and can operate in standalone mode or as a plug-in within your DAW on the VST2, VST3, AAX Native, AU, and NKS platforms.

A component-level model of the Buchla Music Easel

Complex and modulation oscillators, dual low-pass gates, output section with spring reverb modeling

Modulation sources reproduced: 5-step sequencer, envelope generator, pulser

Semimodular architecture, color-coded routing and cables

Enhanced functionalities, synchronizable pulser and clock, oscillators quantization

Left-hand modulation sources to create multipoint 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, and more

Control on the Vactrol modeling for fast, medium, or slow response

Up to 4-voices of polyphony

256 factory presets