Doepfer

Hi

 >> I have been using a BEL BD80 for years and
 >> the ability to capture sections of sounds that you have just
 >> synthesized and then use them immediately is incredibly useful.
 > Dunno what that BEL thang is, but I guess it's a sampler ?
Nope, it is a Delay with sampling capabilities and (as far as I know) CV 
control. It is a rare item, and if sold ever, you will have to pay a 
high price. Imagine it as the vestafire DIG420, but with a much better 
sound.

 > Sure, samplers are useful in live situations.
I do not think, that an A-112-x would or should replace an sampler. If 
you are in a live set and want to use a sample as standin, then get a 
computer and Ableton Live or get some looper (the Boss RC-50 is great 
for usage in a tempo synced setup).
An Doepfer 112 never should concur with those pieces.


I think an forthcoming digital signal recorder will have main 
advantages, which cannot achieved with conventional samplers

1.) very experimental audio processing, like audio scanning, sequenced 
and realtime changable play conditions
2.) very cool cv processing; imagine a Roland CSQ600 or MC4 with the 
abilities of the A-154
3.) transfer from audio to cv and vice versa (like an audio wave as LFO, 
or a looped complex envelope from the A-143-1 as audio waveform)



And to all who think, that this will be comparable to any todays 
sampler: audio sample handling from a Doepfer Module will sound rough 
trashy and dirty. If we hear today a "sampler" we hear also 20 years of 
intricate algorithm development for crossfades, zerodetection, dc 
offsetting, noisereduction, autoleveling and what ever. All this will 
NOT be available in some A-112-x. You will hear clicks, whoomps, and noise.
If you want crosfading, you will have to achive it on the analogue 
domain with external modules. It will be interesting, but not easy.

Florian