Todd Barton: a conversation about Buchla, Serge, modular and more

We present a lively and in-depth conversation with Todd Barton, "sonic adventurer, composer, educator and performer of abstract, freely improvised electronic music specializing in Buchla, Serge and Hordijk instruments." We discuss his connections to these instruments developed to become central to his music, and sharing his knowledge and experience with others through his popular YouTube and Instagram channels and private lessons. We also touch on a few encounters including the Serge anniversary show in San Francisco, the launch of the Buchla Red Panel series at NAMM, and most recently, his duet with Suzanne Ciani at Buchla & Friends 2025 in Los Angeles. To find out more about Todd Barton and his work, please visit his website: https://www.toddbarton.com/ On Instagram:   / synthtodd   On YouTube:    / @vgermuse   00:00 Introduction 00:48 Todd Barton as sonic adventurer and musician in multiple worlds 03:20 Serge, Buchla and Hordijk 08:52 Barton's long relationship with Buchla instruments 13:32 The Buchla Red Panel series, and other 100-series re-creations 18:07 The myriad possibilities of the Serge Dual Universal Slope Generator 21:15 YouTube and Instagram demos and private lessons for modular synthesis 29:48 Performing with Suzanne Ciani at Buchla & Friends 2025 33:55 Community and the future of making music with signals 36:17 Conclusion Our highlight video from Suzanne Ciani and Todd Barton duo at Buchla & Friends: [   • Suzanne Ciani and Todd Barton live perform...  ](   • Suzanne Ciani and Todd Barton live perform...  ) Our demo and tutorial on the Buchla Red Panel 158 and 156m    • Buchla Red Panel 158 and 156M: Demo and Tu...   ________ Please consider supporting this channel to help us bring you more synthesizer tutorials and other content. Merch: https://shop.catsynth.com Patreon:   / catsynth   Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catsynth