Doepfer

Dave

I'm sorry, I thought that I was the one being contrarian - a 
general personality trait of mine.

I certainly didn't intend to insult anyone's modular system. These are 
very personal biases on all of our parts. I was stating an opinion, 
realizing that others will disagree with it. When I was posting, I 
specifically thought about your system, But, you know, if I remember 
correctly, it was the only photo of mixed modules in a single frame, 
which is why I worded the statement that I did. You have a very cool 
module configuration.

The issue of different overall system "design" is indeed very subtle, 
perhaps it only exists in my mind. I wouldn't go so far as to 
characterize it as "incompatibility". I was thinking along the lines 
of certain A100 modules which seem to be lacking a jack or a knob or a 
function, but that's because Doepfer tends to leave things out under 
the assumption that you'll fill in the gap with a utility module. So 
the A100 is more "distributed" than some other modulars, you need  
things like lots of linear mixers and a CV source and a voltage 
inverter in your frame to make it go. Somer people find this 
frustrating, I consider it the "A100 way". Maybe it's a stretch to 
suggest that this would affect a mixed module system significantly, 
but it might.

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., davevosh@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/22/2002 8:30:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> buechlerjoe@t... writes:
> 
> 
> > If you look through the photos area of this group, you won't see 
many 
> > mixed module setups. It always seems like a good idea, but think 
twice 
> > about it.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> joe,
> hello ! sorry to be the contrarian here but..........in my doepfer 
g6 frames, 
> i have modules from an. sys. and an. sol. - respectively, the comb 
filter and 
> the 8x1 sequencer.  granted, the loss of 1hp on each side of the an. 
sys. 
> module is a bummer - in my case, resulted in losing a total of 4hp ( 
ie: an 
> a-180 ) in that row - but it was something i elected to "live with" 
because i 
> wanted that module and there was no doepfer equivelent.  an. sol. 
seq. 
> required a +5vdc adaptor but there was one on the buss it plugged 
into 
> anyway, so no big deal for me but something to be aware of. the 
finish of the 
> faceplates is different but i wouldn`t go so far to say as "ugly" in 
terms of 
> match. then again, this is a deeply personal aesthetics issue so 
everyone 
> will have a different viewpoint.  as to any subtle differences in 
systems 
> philosophy, with only one module each from the a.s.`s, i haven`t 
seen any 
> incompatibilities but certainly, i`m no expert. isn`t there someone 
- david 
> salter - ? - who has a sizable mixed system ?  beyond the 2 a. s.`s, 
i have a 
> motm 410, encore u.e.g., blacet/wiard miniwave and blacet time 
machine ( all 
> literally screwed into a board and sitting on a doepfer frame ) that 
i use 
> with my core doepfer system. these all seem to work well with the 
doepfer, 
> too. me, i like the weird, chaotic look and take the zen approach of 
> accepting each module for what it is and not worrying about 
appearance.
> best,
> dave
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