Doepfer

> hello
> I do not want to be critical to much but instead of few option of expanding mixers from 138 family
> one stereo with more inputs and pan cv would be just top and I think sell okay, theres so many people performing on A100
> and neets something portable and small.
I completely agree!  I've been wanting a module of this sort for years
without having to spend almost $800US for a Cwejman.  Something like
this in a compact module would be very useful, almost a necessity if
you consider that a performing musician wants to take as little
equipment as possible with the most capability. As a matter of fact, I
still wish there was a bit more consideration of performance modules
and interfaces at this point over expanding a module class that
already has plenty of options (filters, for example).  In my mind,
there are many areas where there is room for useful expansion: stereo
(or quad/surround) mixer, patch matrix, arpeggiator, multi-touch
performance surfaces (keyboard or not), digital oscillator, X/Y pad, a
smaller and more affordable version of something like a Continuum
(complete with it's own mountable multi CV out interface).


> > . If one manufactures 100 units
> > but has only 30 orders it will be a loss (and we had indeed some such
> > losses in the past, e.g. the A-100CGK, A-138x, A-164-1 or A-186).
I have one of the A-100 CGKs and I think it is a fantastic keyboard
both in feel and build quality.  But in truth, for a performing
keyboardist, it lacks two very common controls: modulation and pitch
bend.  Surprising that this was overlooked when even the cheapest of
MIDI controllers have this?  Not only that, but the octave transpose
is limited to only 1 octave (???)  I'd like to see a Rev. 2 of the
A100CGK with more capability and where the seldom used options on the
left hand panel were moved to the back (or changed via a computer
editor) and replaced with performance controllers: X/Y Pad, pitch,
modulation, et al.

Kindest regards,
John