Doepfer

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "stinchcombe_t" <tstinchcombe@q...> 
wrote:
> > I'd also like to know about ways to create a manual gate, 
without 
> > a keyboard. A simple way to open/close a signal path...
> 
> I find a simple way to produce a manual gate (for use with the 
ADSRs
> 140 and 141 at least) is to use an A-174 joystick. Set the X out 
to be
> just negative, then tapping the joystick to the right sends it
> sufficently positive to gate the ADSR.
> 

There's no module with an actual "manual gate" button though, 
is there? Like on a VCS3...

An A-119 works well too. Touch the other end of a cable which 
goes into the input, turn up gain all the way, threshold all the way 
down.

> > To the person who asked about the spring reverb, I like it a 
lot. It 
> > adds a very characteristic sound of its own, because of the 
> 
> The spring reverb is one of my favourite modules - much 
screeching and
> squawking to be had by using the feedback. I'm even 
considering buying
> a second one to see what might happen if I cross couple them! 
(The hum
> problem *is* a real pain in the proverbial though...)
>  
> > My A-126 Frequency Shifter seems to add a sine wave of 
almost 
> > equal strength to any signal I plug into the module, has 
anyone 
> > else had this problem? I don't seem to be able to frequency 
shift 
> 
> I'm wondering whether you had the same problem as I did 
when I first
> got mine - for example, if the frequency you feed in is quite low, 
and
> then you try and shift it down, the output shifts lower and then
> passes through zero frequency to give 'negative frequency', 
which
> actually sounds like a normal positive frequency, but as you 
continue
> to increase the down shift, you actually hear this frequency
> increasing, which sounds like the module is not working! If this 
is
> what you are getting, input a much higher frequency, and then 
shift
> down, and you should actually hear the output frequency 
decreasing.

I'm not sure I know what you mean. I meant that the A-126 
seems to self-oscillate, all the time, and add this signal to the 
output, more than I'd like it to.

Dimm M.
> 
> Tim
> 
> [The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and 
do not
> represent the views, policy or understanding of any other 
person or
> official body.]