Doepfer

Hi Stu

> but i'm surprised that there is no dedicated offset module - 
> something like 4HE with an input, output and a +/- knob that could regulate a constant 
> output when nothing is connected to the input.
> i'm new to the analogue world, but i use algorithms like that all the time when i'm 
> designing software bits and pieces. i'm aware that the needs and priorities of analogue 
> audio are sometimes very different, but does nobody miss such a "utility" module ?
Its quite simple: It would require additional cabling[*]. Since one 
clearly needs the offset up to 99% at a point in the patch where mixing 
of several CVs is usually done, it the closest thought is to include the 
function in a mixer.


Florian

[*]And cabling does not mean only: one additional cable. Third combined 
Buchla/Moog/Murphey-law says that this additional offset module will be 
on the most distant corner of your modular system, the cables will hide 
the most sensitive modulation amout knob of the whole patch and while 
cabling the offset module you will unintentionally loosen another two 
cables... ;-)