Doepfer

Even later response! 
I just recieved the A-125 yesterday, so haven't had a chance to give 
it a really good run yet, but on first listen it has given my modular 
a nice additional sound shaping tool. Its sufficiently swooshy and 
swirly when required, as all good phasers should be. Jet and wind 
sounds are a "breeze"! Plus, I'm enjoying trying all of those wacky 
modulated phase shifts that I could never do on an effect pedal. The 
manual phase shift knob in conjunction with the CV amount knob allows 
you to kind of dial in a frequency band within which your phase shift 
occurs. Again, something that goes beyond the average pedal. 
Modulating it with audio frequency CVs at high resonance yielded some 
interesting results. Its not a module to use in every patch (eg: a 
guitarist probably wouldn't play every note through a phaser pedal), 
but a nice expansion module to experiment with. Soundwise, although I 
quite like the resonant tone from the A-125, I would say its not 
as "watery or coloured" (don't you love subjective sound 
descriptions!!??) as the EH Small Stone (which I own). Its perhaps 
closer to the Boss PH-1 (which I used to own). This would kind of make 
sense from Mr. Doepfer's description of the circuit. I'm guessing this 
also means that its likely to be close to the Sytsem 100 phase shifter 
(which I've not used). I belive the EH Small Stone uses 
transconductance op amps which yield a different resonant tone. 

On a final note: for me the A-125 was the right combination of price, 
straight forward features and size (I like the fact that it only uses 
8HP in my rack). 

Hope this helps you and others. 

Regards, 
Adam

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander 
<Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Ross
> 
> > i can't find any audio examples on the net..the only analog phase 
shifters i've heard are the EH Small Stone and the MXR Phase 90, i'm 
interested in at least as good quality ...i'm covered on the digital 
end, but i want the ability to patch in to my Doepfer system, and 
there are some used mods available atm...
> Late jump in: The A-125 can sound very similar to the EH small stone.
> 
> Florian
>