Doepfer

while florians idea is good, i still like the
rotary octave switch better.

best wishes

ingo



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander
<Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dieter
> 
> I bought the Roland System 100 from Bakis some month ago, which has a 
> VCO without octave switch, but a wide range potentiometer and a fine 
> tune. I really appreciate this feature for a lot of sounds and find it 
> extremely more useful than a 5- or 6-octave switch. Nevertheless I 
> sometimes miss the possibility to switch one ocate up or down. So my 
> suggestion is:
> - wide range pot 10 octaves
> - fine tune 10 semitones
> - on-off-on toggle switch with one octave up, normal, one octave down.
> 
> 
> Florian
> 
> hardware@... wrote:
> 
> >>Hmm... considering that module was mentioned;
> >>
> >>How far away if the A-111-2 Dynamic VCO prototype from release?
> > 
> > 
> > There are still some additions/changes to be made. For me the most
important
> > thing is the missing rotary octave switch. In the prototype we
have a wide
> > range tuning knob and a fine tune knob available. From my point of
view it's
> > too complicated to use the tuning knob to adjust the frequency to
another
> > octave. Maybe I'm a bit spoiled by the A-110 and A-111-1 in this
regard but
> > for me it's a must have. Unfortunately this addition affects all
pc boards
> > of the module and the front panel layout and requires a total
redesign.
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > Dieter Doepfer
>