Lightning II Commentary "Lightning is as musically intuitive as it is theatrically powerful. Buchla continues to roll back the frontiers of innovative real time control." Robert Moog Big Briar, Inc. "Lightning inspires the expressive imagination. " David Wessel Center for New Music and Audio Technologies University of California at Berkeley "Lightning opens up a whole new world for music improvisation." Joseph Reilly Dept. of Music Therapy, Albert Einstein Medical Center "As Don plays, virtual instruments magically appear." John Chowning Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University "Lightning is expressive, immediate, deep and fun - in short, exactly what a musical instrument should be." Robert Rich Electronic Musician "A technological marvel. Lightning is addictive, no doubt about it." Jim Aikin Keyboard "Don is easily among the most advanced and imaginative of the instrument builders of the 20th century." Morton Subotnick Dept of Music, California Institute of the Arts