Doepfer

Hi Florian,

Ok, I see... that's where the envelope follower comes in! Indeed a 
good idea to try that with my existing A-100 set-up. 

Thanks and best regards,
Wim

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander 
<Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Wim
> 
> > Yes I have that same feeling. The thing is quite expensive also. 
I 
> > think Moog tries to attract customers by advertising it as "a 
real Moog 
> > VCO" but I really don't think it sounds like a vintage Moog VCO 
after 
> > all. Anyway, I'm quite pleased with the A-110 and A-111. I'm 
still 
> > thinking of purchasing a Moog ring modulator (MF-102) which seems 
to 
> > give value for money. 
> 
> The A110 _is_ a Moog VCO its quite the same circuit, which was used 
in 
> the late seventies, early eighties for all Moog synths.
> 
> I don't think that the VCO itself is the interesting part of this 
MF. It 
> is the envelope follower and the idea to create a pulse wave out of 
the 
> input signal and to use this for hard-syncing the VCO 
(crossmodulation 
> with external audio is more common). This sounds really great and 
is 
> definitely a patch, you should try with a modular synth.
> 
> It requires a decent preparing of the input signal, and I think 
heres 
> the spot where the engineers of Moog did a good job.
> 
> Florian
>