Don Buchla
Don Buchla | |
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Don Buchla and Buchla 200e (2006 NAMM Show) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Donald Buchla |
| Born | April 17, 1937 South Gate, California, US |
| Died | September 14, 2016 (aged 79) Berkeley, California, US |
| Occupation | Electronic musical instrumental inventor |
Donald Buchla (April 17, 1937 – September 14, 2016) was an American pioneer in the field of sound synthesis. Buchla popularized the "West Coast" style of synthesis. He was co-inventor of the voltage controlled modular synthesizer along with Robert Moog, the two working independently in the early 1960s.