Doepfer

Good stuff, duff :-)

Makes me want to get one!

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "duffnuff" <duffnuff@h...> wrote:
> <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