Doepfer

Thank's to all of you for your replies...
Gan't get enough opinions and tips on that subject at this stage...

I hope I won't gettin myself unpopular on this forum too much from the verry 
start, joe,  if so please tell me... ;-) 

I realize that this is a forum emphasized on doepfer a100, still it is the only one 
I found where the matter of modular synths are discussed, and since theres 
been a lot of replys posted, i can see that theres people here that are willing 
and happy to give advice... thank's again, it helps so much to get that BEFORE 
you invest soul, time and money without having experience in that field.
Btw, good to see that people from doepfer are participating but not are 
moderating in a dominant way as in so many other forums . . . 

A vs. VA:
It has to be in the analogue environment tho, because analogue is the most 
direct way to interfear with sound structures and physics. 
I do effect preset design for EVENTIDE inc. foor their DSP machines which 
are fully modular as well - you can patch and define everything from single 
knobs as interface to math modules that process your audio signals - almost 
everything is possible in a more basic way than even the nord mod. (their 
keyboards are one of the best I've ever tried). The problem with VA is that the 
subtle colours in sound are quasi nonexistent since every signal is going thru 
the same D/A section. I consider this as 'the' major drawback on sound if you 
want ot create and not 'just' process or conserve.

Doepfer, ASol., etc....
I'm sure I will end up getting some of the doepfers VCO's at some stage since 
they have their own sound, it's just not the sound that I go for at the moment, 
but what a great advantage to get a module for ca. 100 euros that will give it to 
me when I feel I need it...
In a few weeks I hope I can start of with a basic configuration and I will keep 
you guys informed and I hope to get some interesting patches to share since 
at the end of the day a LFO is an LFO and can do the same no matter which 
brand it is...

To Andreas:
A136 will be added to my list - if it givesonly half of the results that I can 
imagine it being capable of just from reading the manual it's gonna be verry i 
n t e r e s t i g ... :)
MIDI-CV...
I spoke to Tom Carpenter from A/Sol. and he pointed out that the main focus 
of their CV-MIDI converter is on sequencing (e.g. no pitch bend)... That's why 
for me it's no option since I want to use it live and having aces to as many 
MIDI controllers as possible. Why do you think it's better than the 191?

To Kris:
Thank's for the practical tip on the spacing,  if you could supply me with some 
wiring diagrams that would be awesome... you can do this off list if noone else 
needs them ..

thanx to all of you, you gave me a good start...

-klaus