[sdiy] =?us-ascii?B?UmU6IFtzZGl5XSBk9nBmZXIgdG91Y2hwbGF0ZSBrZXlib2FyZA==?=

[Jim Johnson]

My take is that I don't think the Doepfer keyboard is at all in the same
class as the Serge TKB, and doesn't even seem to be very well thought out.

First and most obvious is the 12-tone centricness of the design. The touch
aspect is cool, but one of the neat things about the Serge is that it
divorces the controller from the "organ keyboard" oriented approach found
in most synths.

So the corollary is that the arrangement of the pots, and the 25-step
length of the sequence, are absurd. These are compromises clearly made in
deference to the organ keyboard layout.

Other things that are weird: the 25 outputs for the 25 pots. yeah, I'll
agree that undedicated CV pots are a nice thing to have on a synth.. but 25
of them? Also tied in to the sequencer functionality? Feh. 

And finally: anyone notice that this lacks a Reset input? So you get
25-step sequences, period. Not very useful.

The other Doepfer sequencer looks really cool; too bad about the TKB.

Jim Johnson 
Metaphoric Software
-------------------
Makers of Techno Toys
Software for Electronic Music
http://www.technotoys.com
info at technotoys.com


*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 3/15/02 at 1:07 AM Peter Grenader wrote:

>Yes, I saw this the other day.  Looks (very) interesting. I have already
>sent Deiter my functionality wishlist for the beast.  Now the Serge unit
>will have some serious competition - possibly we could expect to see an
>actual feature enchancement to the 30 year old TKB as a result!  They'll
>have to do something because surely the price point for the Deopfer unit
>will step all over the Serge!
>
> 3/15/02 5:16 AM, mark verbos at a0284520 at addcom.de wrote:
>
>> did anybody else see that doepfer is making a touchplate keyboard now? I
>> just saw the mock up on their webpage, but they claim to have a
>> protoype. I wonder if they used the serge TKB schematic for that!
>> 
>> mark
>>