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Re: Flipping some modules around...

2008-03-16 by ilanode

Yes, the perform. wheels look way cool! Ingo


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, James Husted
<the_ersatz_planet@...> wrote:
>
> They do stock them as used items, which is what I bought. I wish they  
> did stock them too though, just because I have dealt with them before  
> and their site is a little easier to brows on for me. I probable will  
> be buying some new AS modules from them soon for sure - I have my eyes  
> on the performance wheels module (a bit pricy though).
> -James
> On Mar 16, 2008, at 7:08 AM, ilanode wrote:
> 
> > 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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