Doepfer

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> and this is my question. I know analogue solutions make the filter and
> trapezoid and i know some kind of pin matrix is coming soon, but I
> wonder if anyone has found doepfer or other modules which replicate the
> ways the VCS3 mixers and gain stages overdrive and saturate... it seems
> to me that is a big part of what brings about the signature sound of the
> EMS.... more so than the filter for example. I am using moogerfoogers a
> lot these days and this has showed me that very good quality gain stages
> and mixers which create a beautiful controllable timbre are a huge part
> of what is missing from modern synth designs. 

There are definitely too many quirks in the design  as a whole  entity
to easily replicate from parts of the whole.

I agree that a very often overlooked area is how different analog
circuits deal with and react to different gain levels. I get the
feeling  a lot of  synthesists just patch in whatever they have and
decide that something sounds warm or cold or like something or don't
like something when they haven't tested it out at different levels

 Clearly though Bob Moog definitely had a deep understanding of the
topic and it shows in his designs.

Off memory I think the Germanium diodes are in the noise source.

Analogue Systems said in their literature that their Ring Mod was
similar to the Synthi. I don't have it though I do have an AKS and a
bunch of other Analogue Systems modules.