GoKawiilSuzanne Ciani's 1977 Buchla 'Cookbook' remains a working reference for MARF users today
In a new interview, composer Suzanne Ciani recounts writing her 'Cookbook' as a grant document for the National Endowment for the Arts, describing her compositional process on Don Buchla's 248 MARF system before its official manual even existed. She recalls acquiring the instrument early, pursuing a performance career built around it, and the differing views she and Buchla held about the device, which he privately considered a 'failed' concept.