Don Buchla believed in the humanity of wires. The modular synth pioneer created an instrument like none other, one that relied on intuition, learning and, most importantly, human touch. He died ...

Donald Buchla, modular synthesizer visionary who indelibly influenced Bay Area experimental music, died at home in Berkeley on September 14 of complications related to cancer, confirmed his son Ezra.

Complex oscillators and audio-rate modulation meets digital mod routing and effects in Buchla’s surprisingly approachable new ...

Don Buchla, an innovative designer of electronic instruments who helped develop the first line of modular synthesizers around the same time as his East Coast counterpart Robert Moog, died Sept. 14 at ...

Don Buchla isn’t exactly a household name, but that’s changing, slowly but surely. Buchla, who was born outside Los Angeles and spent the majority of his life in Berkeley until his death in September ...

Back in 2015, Sensel introduced the Morph, a sensor-packed interface that could accommodate a host of colorful overlays for different tasks – from digital art creation to making music and gaming to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- For years, an urban legend circulated online and in documentaries purporting how part of a groundbreaking musical instrument -- versions which are stored at a Bay Area ...

Don Buchla, the electronic musical instrument designer who built one of the first modular synthesizers and whose influence on electronic music is still prevalent today, died Wednesday at the age of 79 ...

Music production has always been subject to rampant and righteous bouts of brand loyalty. Just as desktop musicians debate the merits of Reason vs FL Studio, analogue aficionados often argue over ...

Modular synthesizer pioneer Don Buchla has died. The news was confirmed on the Buchla website. Mark Vail, author of the books The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, ...

The musician and inventor created the Buchla 200 and the Buchla Music Easel, which were used by Silver Apples and Grammy winner Suzanne Ciani Don Buchla, the groundbreaking synthesizer inventor, has ...