Doepfer

A. Haven is not stocking ASystems, guess you ment www.bigcitymusic.com
? Anyhow: Yes, I second that it does make much more sense to have the
controller below the sockets.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, James Husted
<the_ersatz_planet@...> wrote:
>
> I recently got a used  A-144 Morf Controller and my second AS RS-220  
> Joystick from Analogue Haven and was glad to see the joystick was as  
> pictured on the Analogue Haven site. This newer one is flipped 180  
> degrees from the other one I have which I had to mount upside down and  
> rewired to work the way I want. The picture on the AS site is still  
> the older one (except for the one shown on only one of their keyboard  
> rigs - the french connection). The reason I had to turn it upside down  
> is that my Doepfer rig is currently a dual portable rack setup (soon  
> to be three) and I almost always play it with the cabinets either on  
> their backs or leaning at an angle. Like the Doepfer joystick the  
> older design RS-220 had all the patch cords at the bottom of the  
> module, right where your hands want to lay while playing it at a  
> angle. I have brought this up before but with the introduction of the  
> Monster Base Frame which has a horizontal surface for mounting modules  
> this bubbled to the surface of my mind again. I will soon be buying a  
> pair of A-164-1 to lay next to my joysticks and will have to mount  
> them upside down too for the same reasons. I know it cost to have  
> multiple versions of modules but is it possible for the current and  
> future "performance" oriented modules come in 2 versions - one 180  
> degree rotated from the other? Currently the only Doepfer modules that  
> I think would benefit from this treatment are the A-161-a and the  
> A-174 but this should be considered in future modules of this type  
> (like mod wheel modules etc.).
> -jh
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