Doepfer

I would go with G6 cases. First two I would put in a slanted tabletop
rack, next two in another rack, and if I were to get any more after
that I would build, or have somebody build me, two racks with a
slanted front for the lower 12 units and a vertical front for the
upper 6 units, then mount three G6 cases in each. This would be
portable, but more geared towards studio use.

A word on ergonomics: I personally find slanted surfaces nicer to work
with, except when I get above shoulder hight where vertical is nicer.
Ideally, I wouldn't want to go above four or five rows (two G6 and
possibly a G3) in hight, but if I ever extend my synth to a large
enough size it might be necessary - I would probably put stuff that I
didn't need to tweak a lot near the top - say, a standard patch with
two-three VCO's, mixer, VCF, VCA and of course a couple of envelopes
and LFO's - I would probably leave this patched up nearly all the time
and only do minor stuff like changing LFO rates, VCF frequency and
envelope settings.

Another word on ergonomics: You don't want patch cable clutter in
front of modules that you tweak all the time. I work a lot with a
sequencer, and for that reason it is placed on the top row. So is my
manual CV source and an LFO - all easily accessible. Modules along the
rightmost edge are also easy to tweak as jacks are generally to the
left on most modules, another point worth considering. However, don't
forget that short patch cords make less clutter, so putting mixers
between VCO's and filters, VCA's on the other side of the filters and
EG's and LFO's where you need them most often also makes a lot of
sense. Experiment with your layout and don't be afraid to move modules
around.

/Silas

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Florian Anwander
<Florian.Anwander@consol.de> wrote:
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> Hi Jose,
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>  if you want to transport the system to stage or other venues, you
>  shouldn't take anything else but the portable suitcase. The Monsterrack
>  is not very comfortable, if you have to transport it on your own.
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>  If you want to use it only in the studio I'd suggest something like the
>  standard racks in a self built frame or something completely DIY'ed like
>  those: http://www.doepfer.de/A100_custom.htm
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>  I have two standard racks built in a simple cabinet-like wood rack for
>  my studio (http://fa.utfs.org/img/rack_A100_blitz.jpg), one Doepfer
>  portable rack for live, and finally I use a single rack as real portable
>  system http://fa.utfs.org/diy/a100/index.html (or
>  http://weltklang-music.de/html/body_langenacht2004.html)
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>  Florian
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>  José Sogo Flores wrote:
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>  > Hi,
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>  > The time is come to start thinking about expanding my Doepfer system. Now
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>  > have 4 options: monster case, standard rack case, portable case and
> low-cost
>  > case. Considering money is not an issue and you are thinking in terms of
>  > having at the end about 4-6 times the number of modules in a standard
> case,
>  > wich pros and cons do you find for every option? I don't need the Doepfer
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>  > be rackmounted.
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>  > Thanks for your opinions in advance.
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>  > Best regards
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>  > Jose
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