Buchla 700 Series

The Buchla 700 was released in 1987 as Buchla's first synthesizer with MIDI implemented. It sported a large LCD capable of showing what one was editing and the locations of various touch-sensitive controls. The keyboard and practically every other control surface on the synth was a touch-plate, thus continuing Buchla's history of advanced computer controlled analog circuitry. It outdid every other Buchla synth at the time that offered many options. Control over 190 different acoustic sounds variables. Twelve voices and four different digital oscillators per voice yielding 48 oscillators in total. Frequency modulation, waveshape interpolation, timbre modulation. Filters, modifiers, and amps. Six modifiers per voice, fifteen envelopes per voice, and the envelopes could have 96 break points all together. MIDAS VII, a music programming language, was included that gave users access to instrument, waveshape, tuning table, and score editors. Up to 40 different instrument definitions could be saved onto its 3.5 inch disk drive. A beast ahead of its time. Good luck trying to find one in working condition nowadays.