Arturia Minibrute 2S - Let's Build a... West Coast-y, Buchla-ish, Music-Easle-eque Patch!

The mysterious world of Buchla synths is a quiet fascination for me - one that, out of necessity is conducted from a distance - as the instruments that make up their catalogue are eye-wateringly expensive.
For me, the Buchla Music Easel, seems to typify the whole mysterious vibe; it looks like some kind of retro-futuristic control panel in an alien spaceship - and sometimes sounds like one, but if we look at the specs on paper we have: two oscillators, a wave folder, a low pass gate, an envelope, a source of randomness, a 5 step sequencer and a cool pressure sensitive keyboard…. Well the Minibrute 2S has a lot of that, and I reckon we can bodge the rest of it so… Let's see if we can apply some Music Easel magic and build a 'West Coast Brute" of sorts!
Here's a video about establishing an "initialised patch" as a starting point: • Arturia Minibrute 2 / ...
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[@howardmoscovitz9353]

Wonderful video. I worked for Don Buchla back in the 1970s. You are right that the East Coast vs. West Coast thing is pointless discussion. As for vactrols; he used them because the were cheaper than VCAs, not because of the sound. In any case, you taught me a lot about the 2S that I didn’t know and I will enjoy patching it much more now. Thanks. I just subscribed to you channel...

[@OscillatorSink]

Wow, it's amazing to get that first hand context. Really glad you took something away as well!

[@symbiat0]

Marc Doty gave a great talk on this at KnobCon 2021 (I was front and center ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWjdg4iJhM2aga8

[@32bitflow]

Your channel alone provided more value in regards to this machine than the whole rest of KZbin. Thank you !!!

[@OscillatorSink]

That's very kind of you to say, thank you!

[@redirishmanxlt]

This is mind blowing man. I don't know what else to say.

[@roccoharris]

folks like you--incredibly knowledgeable folks, that is--coming along & offering up all this great information so readily & thoroughly & graciously is just plain amazing(!). please do know that these efforts are greatly appreciated. __/\__

[@OscillatorSink]

And folks who let us folks know that it's appreciated and useful help keep us folks going!

[@roccoharris]

@@OscillatorSink a classic case of one hand washing the other, my brother. ;-)

[@ralefalba3233]

Really love the vid! Special thanks for the demonstration of the decoupled clock starting around 44:30. I wondered how the MB2S sequencer would react to random voltages at its clock input for quite a while. Also appreciate the non-distractive video style.

[@franpalleiro3897]

You've opened my eyes and ears to so many new ways of using this synth. Thank you dearly.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you for watching! Enjoy exploring your new sounds!

[@jazzjeffjazzjeff]

Thanks so much for this! This video is astounding! I learned so much, and I know I need to watch this again and again. I am guessing that 90% of Minibrute owners have no idea what their machine can do! Thanks a million!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks for watching - I'm glad you found it interesting!

[@thejoshuathomas]

Though I don't own the equipment in most of your videos, I find the principles of what you teach to be invaluable in learning different techniques with my own synth of choice (Volca Modular). Between your MiniBrute, Opsix and Eurorack content, I learn a great deal about synthesis which deepens my overall understanding. I can't thank you enough for the wonderful edutainment you provide. All the best to you.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you! I'm glad I could help out on your synthesis journey!

[@expandingknowledge8269]

Shades of Louis and Bebe Barron, Excellently made! 😃

[@chateautemp]

Great vid! Loved the beast taking off at the end. It lives!!

[@kylemaccc]

more minibrute 2s videos please!!!!! I'm new to the synth world and they have been so helpful! thanks so far

[@audeon_visual]

I've seen this video so many times. I nearly have it memorized.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks for coming back!

[@audeon_visual]

​@@OscillatorSink No problem at all. All of your Brute videos are amazing.

[@georgedjmatrix4229]

Thank You. i am not too familiar with the east /west, but this video sure inspired me to experiment and enjoy these great sounds. love that you only used the minibrute 2s and no added equipment.

[@thamuswitwill]

I bought my 2s a couple of weeks ago and i just found this video. I knew it was powerful but I had no idea of the depth of this beast.

[@OscillatorSink]

It's quite the synth!

[@jadelion11]

My 2S doesn't get enough love but it has been recently and you sir have been really inspiring. I need to work through the manual for pete's sake but your videos are a great companion resource.

[@BillyFixIT]

Love the way you got distracted with some of the sounds that the 2s was spitting out, I'm going to have a go with this patch later.

[@OscillatorSink]

I'm only human! I'm not going to miss out on enjoying a cool sound just because the camera is rolling :D Have fun patching!

[@acidhousetherapy]

This is fantastic! Thanks for this series, they have been the most useful Minibrute 2S videos I have found. I want to really focus on getting my head around live patching for performance, so I have some work to do! Cheers, Marcus

[@OscillatorSink]

Happy to help thanks for watching!

[@edgarcerda4016]

Thanks for the excellent tutorial… I just bought an S2, and I am learning a LOT from it!

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers! Enjoy your new synth!

[@graphpaperguy6133]

This series and your other walk-throughs create an AWESOME context with which to not only understand synthesis, but to use it creatively. I've owned the MB2 for 6 months and with each video I'm reminded that I barely know it's name. Fascinating stuff and work-flows that inspire creativity. Thank you for these. Please keep doing your thing!

[@stuartdavid8493]

The Buchla easel has 4 random cv sources, so it’s certainly not cheating to use 2 in your patch. Each white random output on the easel outputs a different random control voltage pattern. (Although they aren’t really completely random.) Great video, btw. As are all your videos.

[@Wanderr93]

Unless I'm not very much into west coast oriented sounds, I couldn't help myself but see it through the end of the video. Quite interesting patching there! I really enjoy your tutorials and hope there's many more to come. Each video makes me even more impressed of the capabilities of the minibrute 2S. It's like falling in love over and over again. Well done!

[@mundane3406]

That is this evening sorted... Great video as always... 👌🏻

[@OscillatorSink]

Sit back, relax, and enjoy an hour of *SYNTH*!

[@StepRecorder]

Love these MiniBrute 2S long vids. Really really creative and inspiring. Thank you!

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers!

[@CodyCoates]

This is a great resource for the MB2s!!! Thank you!

[@chicken_flavoured_bacon3230]

great video, i cannot thank you enough.. cheers

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you for watching and I hope you can coax similarly bizarre sounds from your brute!

[@chicken_flavoured_bacon3230]

@@OscillatorSink for sure, but also it just brought a different perspective and approach I hadn't thought of, this is great

[@humanerror3139]

Thankyou, love the minibrute 2s. Very well explained and easy to understand. Hope you can do more with this synth in the future 👍🏻

[@6stringks]

very nice and a lot of theory to grab. As a guitarist Buchla got me hooked to the world of elektrons! Thank you.

[@HIFI1965]

Thanks !!! What a great ending!!! (A rare compliment for a synth video)

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@str8soundsmusic]

Fascinating. My Moog Matriarch often sounds exactly like a Buchla. I will try your patch examples and also patch my MiniBrute 2S into Matriarch where utilities abound. Fantastic video!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you, and have fun cross-patching those two - I'll just be sat over here, quietly jealous of your Matriarch 🙂 enjoy!

[@neonmelk]

Now i know why i will grab one of of these...If ever. So nice !

[@audeon_visual]

I've found that, in addition to the various patch techniques featured in the video, patching the ADSR envelope into Osc 1's pitch, can give you some really interesting wobbly/plucky tones (also hard-syncing the oscillators while patching osc 2's pitch into PWM adds a cool almost karplus-y sound). Thanks again man.

[@OscillatorSink]

Great tip! Audio rate PWM is criminally underrated.

[@audeon_visual]

@@OscillatorSink I completely agree!

[@ianjohnston3241]

An absolutely outstanding tutorial! Thank you so much for the considerable amount of work you so clearly put into this piece and for sharing it. My MB2S arrives tomorrow - can’t wait to get hands on! Please keep publishing tutorials of this quality - beautifully clear & concise and paced just right. Brilliant stuff!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you for the kind words and I hope you have an absolute blast exploring the Minibrute!

[@dubhells8058]

Source of inspiration as usuals ! Musically from France ! 🍻

[@OscillatorSink]

Merci!

[@jeffb01]

I love this video so much. You are a genius.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@s4m43l89]

I am still relativly new to the wohle world of substractive synthesis, but I definetly learned some things today! Thanks

[@iKost27]

thank u for this amazing tut !

[@lachlanmacquarrie3129]

Excellent stuff mate, can't wait to try some of your patching ideas!

[@smits98]

Fantastic stuff! Just picked up one of these in Canada on the cheap. Crazy to see its potential tapped like this. Bravo

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you, and enjoy your new synth! Get patching!

[@scarabeobop]

Thanks for this great tutorial. Just what I needed! As far as east vs west coast terminolgy, I think those are useful labels for general aesthetic positions that may use any synthesis approach.

[@chitlun]

Nice work sir! I was wondering only a few days ago when you were going to do another MB2S patch tutorial... This is well worth the wait, cheers man, peace ✌️

[@OscillatorSink]

You must have willed it into existence!

[@chrissearle23]

Fabulous and extremely helpful. Thanks you!

[@OscillatorSink]

You're very welcome!

[@pthomas36]

I just bought one of these things - I think the last one in Canada for the time being - and I have been so excited to get to it but scared of it at the same time. This is a wonderfully inspiring and informative video and that's what I needed. You have another subscriber.

[@earlsfield]

since you have Micro Freak it is only fair to use that Buchla - inspired pressure sensitive keyboard. Great job.Core of Buchla's unique architecture is low pass gate and wavefolding in sequences, well recreated. Also, agreed - "triangle wave is underappreciated oscillator shape" - plus 1000 - triangle with nice am/fm, my fav plucky stuff. There is smt so nice and clean in the upper harmonics of the triangle.

[@OscillatorSink]

One trick I've always loved with triangles is mixing one in a couple of octaves above the "main" sound. There's something about it that brings those upper harmonics into a real focus; all flutey and dreamy.

[@earlsfield]

@@OscillatorSink i see people on internet saying "triangle...not that exciting " - get two oscillators to triangle, waveshape it (i am doing this on Prophet REV 2 with great shape mod for each waveform) and fold it - add some fm and noise and you will get nices lo fi bell- like sound for IDM - kinda stuff.

[@AllaMortify]

15:38 For some reason that made me think of Wall-E

[@neuroactive3301]

Great video! Great sounds!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks friend!

[@NotesfromUnderground]

great video, great demo! thanks!

[@redlester]

I wish we could give videos two thumbs up, superb stuff. Can’t wait to boot up my MB2S later. I also have a Subsequent 37, and Sirin and a DFAM so could try for an east/west blend. 😊

[@OscillatorSink]

Sounds like a plan! I think the DFAM is a great pairing as it's "not a normal synth" - cross patching the two with all the sequencing could be a fantastic thing.

[@nosecondlost]

Excellent!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@gabesudholt]

Excellent

[@Nicolaswattrelot]

best tuto !!!! Thank you !

[@marcuunk8564]

🙏❤️🙏Thanks!!

[@hector3333-n7m]

Excellent !! Thank you!!

[@OscillatorSink]

You're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@axs203]

This was very interesting. I wish someone would release a cheap Buchla. Even in IOS. Arturias one was good.........I'd like to see a hardware one. Anyway this will do for the rest of us. That Minibrute looks quite interesting. I've got the Microbrute and it's a good little synth.

[@leandromiquet4820]

Thanks!

[@RealBassist]

awesome man! very clever patching

[@bobthesalesclerk]

I just got home from recording and havent set the gear I brought with me back up yet. This just gave me a reason 🙃

[@OscillatorSink]

Go go go! (but also, actually, probably give your ears a rest first, the kind of active listening you do during recording is super taxing and you should let yourself relax a little first).

[@SpeccyMan]

I've got to get me some of those stack cables for my 2S.

[@OscillatorSink]

I find that they can really open up a patch for sure - can recommend!

[@Musikkeller-Innsider]

Sounds very mysterious and nice... Without access to a Minibrute 2s, I will have to try to reproduce this with a Neutron and a MicroBrute :-)

[@dubhells8058]

Hi, go to musicradar. com and search "bruton", maybe that's can help you ! 🍻

[@Musikkeller-Innsider]

@@dubhells8058 Thx, interesting.

[@kenb7540]

Great patching ! You’d be a natural with a large scale analogue modular set-up eg Make Noise B&G shared system 👍

[@michael-v9b7h]

Mooooooore!

[@smartmind23]

Wow this is great! Any other budget synths who can go this "machine speaking back" directions? Can we have another one :)?

[@dejanslak8972]

Amazing. Tnx

[@bauhnguefyische667]

I own a MB2 and an Easel. I’d love to see them have a baby.

[@genebrady]

Seems like it could use a noise knob, to add some modulated noise as a background behind those very interesting harsh metallic bleeps

[@OscillatorSink]

We've got a noise source on there - we'd just have to work out how best to route it.

[@BrunoWiebelt]

43:15 when the machine talks back thank you

[@adamwieczorek7701]

I didnt think it is possible 🦾💓

[@jthorpe4droid]

Cool video, and I didn't mind how long it was because you covered a lot of stuff

[@OscillatorSink]

I'm glad that it held your attention. I always get a bit anxious when I put out a really long video (not that my videos tend to be short!).

[@begouda]

Great tutorial.. but hard stuff for me ;-) Please more tutorials ;-)

[@OscillatorSink]

If you haven't seen them I have a bunch of other MB2S tutorials already: Arturia Minibrute 2 / 2S - Let's Build...: kzbin.info/aero/PLzK7ubWUDl-LetoyWnX0uBqMta2lyRZeJ

[@maxmatson1578]

I would love for you to do a video like this with buchla inspired patches on the "Behringer Neutron" since I have that one myself.

[@OscillatorSink]

Sadly, I do not have one, but a lot of the ideas I show here could be applied to the Neutron. You might need to use the distortion instead of a wave folder though.

[@maxmatson1578]

@@OscillatorSink I'll try that out. Thank you. One trick I like to do with the neutron is used the "sample & hold" mixed in with some "portamento" and plug it into the "delay time" As well as the filter cutoff that gives it this real liquid/crazy sound!🎹🎧💫😵👌😎👍

[@kevinclarke9406]

Do check out Avrilcadabra's KZbin channel - she has plenty of wonderful tutorials on the Neutron. IMHO, one of the best patchable mono-synths for the money...

[@maxmatson1578]

@@kevinclarke9406 I'll check that out. Thank you.👍 And I agree. It is a hell of a bang for the buck!👌 That and the "Volca modular" which I also have.

[@darrenweight5972]

First - I didn’t know that the MiniBrute 2S didn’t have any patch memory... how have I missed that until now? I’ve almost purchased one twice. *I’ve promised myself that I won’t buy any more synths unless the can save patches - I have too many and they don’t get used as often. With that out of the way- your videos are great! I’ve pulled the trigger on purchases on 2 synths (Deepmind 12 & Micro Freak) that were greatly influenced by your reviews and patch idea videos. Thank you much!

[@dubhells8058]

Hi, this is the magic of the modular ! No save patches, always on the Fly ! 🍻

[@OscillatorSink]

The sequencer and its settings can be saved, but the rest is all analogue: it'd be very tricky to save how the wires are all connected up after all! I get what you mean, although, I have to say that not having patches does focus your mind: the performance and the patch all happening in the moment is kind of a cool thing in my opinion.

[@andrewhildenbrand1441]

Thank you! Could you do a tutorial for a Krell patch on the Minibrute 2s?

[@OscillatorSink]

If I knew what a Kelly patch was then maybe?

[@andrewhildenbrand1441]

Sorry autocorrect... Krell

[@OscillatorSink]

@@andrewhildenbrand1441 ah, that makes more sense! I haven't done a tutorial but I have made them - this video has a description of the patch in the video description and there's a link to a Facebook post with photos of the patch in the comments: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6bWoJmEes2Lr9k

[@scarabeobop]

I agree 2s is very much an easel and I have learned and applied a lot from your video. However, do you find the attacks quite clicky and poppy on your 2s ? I don't always mind but it dirties up the sound. I added ferrite beads to my audio cables but don't hear a significant improvement.

[@OscillatorSink]

The attack, especially on the cycling envelope, is extremely fast so can create clicks - it'll be worse on low frequency sounds because its so fast that it'll more often chop the oscillators wave in half. You can raise the attack slider slightly and still have what sounds like an "instant attack", but it'll ease in just enough to remove clicks. (I don't think ferrite beads are going to help here)

[@scarabeobop]

@@OscillatorSink Thank you, yeah the beads don't help. I have experimented with smoothing the attack somewhat but I still find it more dirty than expected. But perhaps I just am mistaking some other things for clicks. I am not normally bothered by that with other synths I've used. Even with other kinds of patches I have noticed a lot of lower freq popping, for lack of a better word, during abrupt transitions. Like a motor running, pop pop pop pop pop through a sequence for instance. Anyway I will keep working on it. Like you I have a long running interest in the Buchla music Easel but it is out of reach $ . This is the closest I have come to it in an affordable semi modular .. I had a moog grandmother briefly which I think might have been closer in some ways and had an incredible sound ..and others. Probably could have got the real deal for all the synths I have been through over some years! Thanks for your insight and sharing your knowledge and experiments.

[@channeltr7611]

FANTASTIC!!!!! PROFESSOR SINK. Also can this process be applied to the Deep mind 12? . That how I found you a few years ago. ( DM 12 Tutorial ). Btw I've been you just sold me own this unit. I've been trying to decide for the last two weeks. Lol.

[@OscillatorSink]

The Deepmind is good for a lot of things, but it is missing a number of key bits of functionality for replicating this patch (FM between the oscillators, wave folding), but you could do some of the sequencing ideas with the control sequencer, and 'faking' a low pass gate is doable. You do also have looping envelopes if you want. So you can do some of it, but it won't quite be the same vibe. But you'll definitely be able to when you pick up your own new Minibrute 2S!

[@channeltr7611]

@@OscillatorSink mini is in the mail !!!! thanks for the response. Did you do a tutorial on looping envelopes ?

[@OscillatorSink]

@@channeltr7611 I haven't, but other than "turn on loop" then "trig" loops all the time, whereas "gate" only loops when you're playing a note is about the full story there. Patch it wherever you fancy!

[@OscillatorSink]

Oh, and I suppose it's worth noting that you can modulate the attack and decay time to change the shape and speed of the envelope - something you can't do on the LFOs.

[@squishmusic]

I was pretty lost until the 40min mark when the weirdness got going and woke me up. Im planning a MF but i guess one cannot *disconnect* the internal clock there, or? Can such me done on a Neutron? Crave? Maybe Crave is too limited in its patchbay....

[@OscillatorSink]

I think in all cases you can provide analogue sync to those devices, which is the same thing as removing the internal clock from the equation.

[@squishmusic]

@@OscillatorSink well Im new to modular patchbay fun, or I will be once ive decided what to go with. The MF 100% and your excellent tutorials on that helped...but now youve gone and got me looking at the MicroBrutes :d

[@squishmusic]

I got a MF in the end. But Im back here and bidding on a MB2S :D

[@pecne]

Nice patching. I will definitaly try these patches on my MB2. Maybe use some additional modules from Eurorack ( :

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers, and I can confirm - adding some more modules into the mix is a good time.

[@moycohen5479]

Hello, really enjoyed this!! Im really looking forward to buy this synth, but im having a hard time knowing if I will need any extra equipment to make it work. I don't have experience on audio... I have only a JBL Boombox speaker, with has an aux in minijack 3,5mm. I don't know if I can connect the minibrute directly to the speaker, or I need an adapter to transform the cable of the out of the minibrute to the 3,50mm. Also don't know if I need a mixer or something. As you see I'm really lost here and don't want to make an impulsive decision and then realize I need to spend more to make it sound. I will really appreciate your wisdom on this complex thing for a beginner, who want to start making alien noises and be happy.

[@OscillatorSink]

Do you have (wired) headphones, as that might be the easiest place to start if you're the only person that needs to hear the sound - the Minibrute has a headphone output on 1/4" so at most you'd need a little adaptor. You probably could go onto the aux on your JBL and you'd need a similar adapter, bit you might find that it only comes out of one side. You don't need a mixer if you are mostly planning to jam at home, but if you want to record your alien explorations then you might want to look into audio interfaces. The Focusrite Scarlett range have good entry level interfaces and they can be had pretty cheaply second hand (especially if you get one from the previous generation).

[@AirZeee]

Bonkers

[@ChristianKrupa]

Would this be possible with a micro, or is it not as capable in these things?

[@OscillatorSink]

The microbrute doesn't have nearly the same amount of options when it comes to patching, nor the modulation sources and only has a single oscillator so you couldn't do the FM. And if course the sequencer is a lot more basic. That said you do have the wave folding and I think the little patch bay would allow you to fake the low pass gate, so there is an element of the character you could get sonically, but a lot, if not most of what I'm doing in this video won't be possible.

[@ChristianKrupa]

@@OscillatorSink cheers, good to know!

[@channeltr7611]

Good day, I'm have a moog Voyager w/ CV expander. And instead of using midi to Control the vovager, how can i patch influence moog?

[@OscillatorSink]

I'm afraid I haven't ever had the pleasure of using one so that may have to be a question best answered by the manual... If you're not familiar with CV concepts then there are a number of "introduction to modular" type videos - Andrew Huang has a good one for example.

[@gregvittore5004]

Are drugs included when you buy this thing? Great video 👍🔥🤘

[@gremoov7703]

👍🏻🔥

[@Silent_Stillness]

Honestly I feel like it took until 40:30 to generate something that compels the listener's attention. Once the trend started happening, it did feel unique and grabbed my curiosity and that moment was enjoyable. With that being said I feel like overall there is something very unmusical about this whole process. I feel like it takes so much energy to acquire enough control over the instrument to even start to get into the territory where you would start to be able to construct a musical piece. In addition to this to me it seems like pretty much the only realistic way to normalize this whole creative process would be to reuse the sounds that were created in this session through a sampling/sequencing device. All in all this looks like a LOT of effort for something that is extremely niche and that's not very efficient at conveying your expressiveness. Obviously if I didn't have a clear openness for sound exploration I wouldn't be here watching this, but I can't shake the sentiment that ultimately if we can agree that music is a language, at some point it becomes very obvious that the creative process is doomed if you cannot be in control of the order in which the "words" come out and if you aren't in control of the instrument to a degree where you can actually form sentences.

[@squarekid]

Honestly I feel like it took until 40:30 to generate something that compels the listener's attention. Once the trend started happening, it did feel unique and grabbed my curiosity and that moment was enjoyable. With that being said I feel like overall there is something very unmusical about this whole process. I feel like it takes so much energy to acquire enough control over the instrument to even start to get into the territory where you would start to be able to construct a musical piece. In addition to this to me it seems like pretty much the only realistic way to normalize this whole creative process would be to reuse the sounds that were created in this session through a sampling/sequencing device. All in all this looks like a LOT of effort for something that is extremely niche and that's not very efficient at conveying your expressiveness. Obviously if I didn't have a clear openness for sound exploration I wouldn't be here watching this, but I can't shake the sentiment that ultimately if we can agree that music is a language, at some point it becomes very obvious that the creative process is doomed if you cannot be in control of the order in which the "words" come out and if you aren't in control of the instrument to a degree where you can actually form sentences.

[@cesarqzda]

Any idea how to shut off local on it?

[@OscillatorSink]

Because you're getting midi echo when going via a DAW?

[@cesarqzda]

Yeah doubling from daw & internal. Most likely the arturia software?

[@OscillatorSink]

@@cesarqzda that's where I'd look - I'm not aware of anything on the panel.

[@hughthemusicalengineer4365]

Very good video. Can I ask where you got the stacking patch cable?

[@OscillatorSink]

They are Tiptop Stackcables, I think I got them from... Gear4music? But lots of retailers carry them.

[@hughthemusicalengineer4365]

@@OscillatorSink Thanks for the feedback.

[@hughthemusicalengineer4365]

@@OscillatorSink Sounds a lot like the Forbidden Planet. Very versatile. I need to experiment more.

[@bembeleee]

Okay at some point this started to sound like the ocoast

[@FUNKINETIK]

Thank you so much Professor OS for sharing your amazing knowledge and creativity, such a pleasure to listen to you and how YOU get enjoyment from this machine. I’ve owned one for just over 6 months and slowly learning my way around everything modular. I have made some tunes solely with the 2s, I would be honoured if you’d maybe check out my channel to take a listen, there’s also visuals (which I’m a bit more experienced at) to go along with them. CIRCUITRY OF LIFE is the tune I’m most happy with. One question I have is to do with connecting an external instrument, namely a Stylophone 350s that I’ve been the proud owner of for some 45 years. Any advice truly appreciated. P E A C E : )

[@hypersphere4047]

Me for myself thought that stuff is so expensive too but if u compare it to other stuff it doesn’t seem so expensive I mean people buy iPhones for 1100€ but think oh shut 500 bucks for a Minibrute why😹

[@AmbientMusicStudio]

Ok. I'm pulling my MB2S out of the closet.

[@pecne]

wow. why is it in the closet? :O

[@kimbanevile6421]

Seems to me this would be easier and more "East Coast" if you used a Neutron. Just saying.

[@OscillatorSink]

It would be more "East Coast" yes - it lacks a wavefolder which is one of the particularly distinctive features of the Buchla vibe (it also lacks a voltage sequencer). But the point of this video was to patch around West Coast ideas, and also I don't own a Neutron. Regardless, if you wanted to try some of these ideas on the Neutron the patch would look very similar, although the routing might be a little more flexible in a couple of places as it has two utility VCAs if I recall correctly?

[@pontiuspilates]

Volca Modular is very Buchla and costs very little.

[@bengarland]

Great video, but it would be better if you spoke a bit more clearly. It was really a struggle to understand you at times due to your whisper-ish speaking style.

[@OscillatorSink]

My toddler was sleeping in the room next door. The realities of trying to create content, in the space that you have, with a full time day job and a young child. If you go back through my channel, you can pretty much pinpoint when I went from childless to parenthood.

[@bengarland]

@@OscillatorSink Fair enough. Thank you for putting it together, it is a great resource to help me learn to tweak the 2S.

[@bengarland]

@@OscillatorSink Man you got a lot of nice videos! This will keep me busy for a couple days :) Congrats on fatherhood and still finding time for synth jams.

[@genepozniak]

I don't know if I just innately dislike the sounds of Buchlas or that the few people playing them all tend to be 60s-oriented avant garde types (which I just find old, now). lol

[@howardmoscovitz9353]

Maybe you innately dislike yourself. lol

[@OscillatorSink]

Everyone be nice please. This comment section is a 100% chill zone friends!

[@jeffb01]

I used to feel that way too - until I payed with the Arturia easel vst and went down some west coast rabbit hole and became obsessed with the Buchla philosophy of synthesis.

[@graxjpg]

jeffb01 the term west coast means less than nothing to me as a musician that plays the synthesizer sometimes. What the fuck do you mean by west coast? I understand different synth manufacturers having different approaches, my favorite is the EMS architecture with the pins and really turney knobs.

[@jeffb01]

​@@graxjpg When I say east coast, I'm talking about basic subtractive synthesis ala Moog. And when I say west coast, I'm talking Buchla and Serge - Starting with a sine wave and making it complex thru fm/ringmod/wavefolding and then using a low pass gate instead of a res filter. I'm not totally familiar with the EMS (I have the Arturia vst version), but I would think it would be closer to East coast with their waveform selection and nice filter. West coast is more experimental (60s-oriented avant garde, as OP said, isn't far off) and weird - and often uses generative patches (patches that play themselves - see krell patch). But can also often sounds more organic. Overall, these are antiquated terms and many of the ideas of east and west coast are incorporated into many synths (Arturia mini brute 2s, 0-coast, etc)

[@BrunoWiebelt]

11 minutes in and I feeling confused ... nothing wrong BUT 24 minutes on AM ok? I think it is that I not see where we are going ... may be a short sound example att the beginning could make it clearer