Now that we've tackled the budget options, it's time to push the boat out: RA's Francis Preve profiles some of the most versatile and pricey analog synths around.

bah who need a bmw when you can have a Buchla Series 200e?

that was a useful, and surprisingly well-researched feature covering analog gear, yet written in simple and plain English for readers born after the 80s would have a clue what analog gear actually does!

This article only scratches the surface. There are a ton of boutique analogue synths out there that are just as good if not better.
www.analoguehaven.com/

I have a Buchla.

It's in my pants.

Ha - I just told my girlfriend about this feature (specifically, the over 1000 part), and she said, "For God's sake, don't look at it!"

Of course, I scrolled straight to the Buchla. Man, I'd like to see one of those things. I interviewed Mathew Jonson and the Mole for Beatportal a few months back, and here's what they had to say about the Buchla:

M: At the last Mutek, last year, he had the Buchla on stage too.

C: Yeah, a buddy of mine lent me his Buchla. F**king crazy. I can’t believe he let me take it on stage.

Me: How is it to operate?

C: It’s crazy. It’s like a spaceship.

M: It’s really like a spaceship.

C: It is like a spaceship. Colored lights, flashing… It’s great. It’s a lot of fun. The first one was really good. The new one, he’s swapped out some modules, changed it a bit, but it’s fine. It’s totally psychedelic. It’s really, really weird. There’s lots of weird things going on. Modules called, like, “The Source of Uncertainty”. Yeah. He’s a weirdo. He makes weird things, Buchla. Definitely strange. Very cool.
www.beatportal.com/feed/item/album-of-the-week-cobblestone-jazz-the-modern-deep-left-quartet/
"Like a spaceship," I love that. Especially when they say it twice.

Cool article!

Prophet 08 and Little Phatty but no mentioned of the semi-modular FutureRetro XS?
www.future-retro.com/xsoverview.html

*sigh* yet more toys I can´t afford...

great feature though, this and the last budget one.
how about a feature on some lesser known (and relatively cheap) analog synths which are easily available on the second hand market? I can´t live without my oberheim matrix 1000 for instance - only 200-300 blips usually.

i use buchla ... and i dont like ..

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Might as well have been titled "Best Analog Synths With No Price Limit"

Of course a Buchla is cool! Its an EFFIN BUCHLA DAMMET!!!! lol

‘Creating musical magic from thin air and solid-state electronics…’ < Yes. GM knows the best gear, here >
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E817rpX-PoU

could u do the same feature again with some synth under 1000
would be great

did you even bother to read the text at the top ? .....man some people...

anyways they already did that:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1192

Banging, Affordable, Versatile: Access Virus

it looks like something out of thunderbirds. for this reason alone, i need it.

that shit is meann, 8-30k though? seriously? how many of these have actually been made?

Not analogue though?

? Have you ever been late? ?

http://soundcloud.com/mass-digital/mass-digital-im-late-promo-preview