Don Buchla

Musical instrument inventor (1937–2016)

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Lived 1937–2016, aged 79United States

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Updated 2026-07-21

Donald Buchla was an American instrument designer and engineer. He was co-inventor of the voltage controlled modular synthesizer along with Robert Moog, the two working independently in the early 1960s.

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