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Octave Format Filter

Buchla · 2 slots · Buchla, 7 inches

Panel · 215.9 × 177.8 mm

Description

The Buchla 100 series' octave filter bank (1960s), two panel units wide, in its CBS Musical Instruments aluminium panel printed in blue: it "divides an input signal into ten frequency bands centered at octave intervals from 31 cps to 16 kc" (the 100 series catalogue, which names it, as its panel does, Octave Format Filter). One INPUT and ten outputs, 31 Hz to 16 kHz, each on two jacks.

Key features

  • Ten octave bands, 31 Hz to 16 kHz
  • Each band on two outputs
  • One input