Doepfer

I assume you're talking about the French Connection.

I had one, but had to sell it.  I loved it.

It had a bunch of really interesting controller possibilities.  The ring slider was great and it had small indentations on under the ring so you could easily slide to a given note.

One of it's most fun features was the button controller with attenuation.  It doesn't sound that interesting, but when routed to a filter or oscillator, the button was a blast.

It also featured a joystick.

It was also really solidly constructed: the keys felt substantial and it even had red felt above the keys.

If I had a spare $2.2 grand sitting around, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one.

Hope this helps,

Bryan

>>> "Maxime" <francois.maxime@gmail.com> 10/10/07 3:29 PM >>>
Speaking about controllers, does anyone in list owns an AS frenchtouch
controller ? If someone does, are you satisfied with it and do you
think it's worth its price ? 
I'm working on a "Martenot like" ribbon CV controller prototype for
very musical and expressive applications. I met J.L. Martenot
yesterday (son of the inventor and inventor himself)and that was very
instructive. He's not in modular stuff at all but we spoke a lot about
music, electronics and controllers and we both agree that there's a
big lack of musicality and expressive possibilities in nowadays
electronic musical instruments. 

Do you guys feel the same and have you ever wanted a controller that
would allow you to play synth like one would play cello, with real
musical possibilities ? 
And by the way, have someone already experimented with DIY controllers
and CV sources ?

Maybe it's a bit offtopic but I think it's an interesting subject.
Cheers,
Max.