Doepfer

<jmaddocks1975@y...> wrote:
> Also the Subharmonic Osc. sounds very interesting, anyone 
used one?

i'll take a minute to comment on the a113..

it's an interesting module in that it allows you to play 'chords' of 
just about any musical or dissonant context, all from a single 
square wave Osc signal, and allows you to store 'mixturs' in 
banks which can be recalled on the fly using footswitches or 
other gate signals for changing 'chords' as you play.  this is 
described in detail on the doepfer site and it works as expected 
in this capacity, many rich tones are to be had.  if you're looking 
for subharmonics in a 'dope bass' sorta way, this won't do it, (the 
a113 only processes square waves and in turn outputs sawtooth 
waves) so for the super deep 'subharmonic' bass you're better 
off w a self oscillating LP filter or sine wave Osc.

and for those of you who remember my moaning about the lack 
of an odd-factor clock divider a while back...

i have to say the most note-worthy dicovery i've made recently is 
using the a113 as a clock divider.  this is very cool for dividing a 
clock pulse by odd factors of 3, 5, 6, 7, etc...even better when 
different divisions are mixed via 138.  try this w dynamic mixing 
within the 138 for bringing polyrhythmic elements in and out.  
as you may know,  most conventional clock dividers only divide 
by factors of 2, 4, 8, 16, etc., so what makes the a113 extra 
special in this regard is not only the odd division capability but 
the fact that there are 4 of them available simultaneously w an 
indiv output per divider.  as you can imagine, this can pull some 
downright naughty rhythms out of the a155. (and we all know 
what sawtooths do to the a155)  but if you prefer less 
randomness step-wise, run the a113's sawtooth output through 
a signal modifier such as a160 seq or a162 trig delay (both 
settings at zero) and it straightens it back into a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 
trig signal, giving you an honest, odd but ordered division rather 
than having the a155 jump steps all over the place ( but in time) 
from the sawtooth.  try it both ways!  

so overall i'd say the a113 a very unique module w many 
interesting applications that would require very complicated 
patching otherwise..conventional? no.  fun?  yes.  i think it's 
great.

-duff