Doepfer

> Is there a site that documents this
> modular?  I am curious about the 
> modules and the construction of the
> cabinet.  
Yes...go here:

http://www.allegrobikes.com/synth.html

the second section talks about a mp3 of a piece of music I've 
just completed called Electrolux.  The soundfile will not be 
loaded for about 3 hours.  It's a big one (9 megs).   

But you can see a blow by blow description of the machine 
although at the time, I did not yet have my Doepfer Frequency 
shifter or pulse divider or the Analogue Systems' mixer, so there 
are some differences from what's shown in the picture.  I have 
removed my Analogue Solutions Unity gain mixer and the two 
mults (those three are going to be installed on the strip on top) 
and I have put the A-192 into it's own little chassis because it's 
not going to get the use as it once was and I figure I can pull it 
out when needed.

The chassic was home built.  Obviously, I modeled it after the 
Buchla 200.  I did this because I always liked the ergonomics 
that afforded me - everything is within reach.  It's made of 3/4 
inch MDF.  I made a scaledrawing in Illustrator and had a scale 
printout of the side panels made which I used as a cutting 
template. I had the finished box painted by a local midi rack 
manufacturer.

The modules themselves are screwed into four 16 gage sheet 
metal boxes which are in turn bolted to the inside of the cabinet.  
I used 16 gage because i needed enough meat for the threads 
to bite.  I used sheet metal over alloy because I had a connection 
to get them free.  The upside, it's so freaking heavy I should 
never have to worry about theft!  The downside:  it's FREAKING 
HEAVY.  Easily 75 pounds or something like that.  Next time, I 
think I'll make the expense to have alloy boxes made, although 
that is expensive, about $500.  Being able to get them free in 
sheet metal was too much of a temptation for me.

Out of view, behind the modlues there is a space for the three 
power supplies (two Doepfer's and one Lambda +/-15 for the 
Blacet stuff).  Yes, there are ten Blacet moldues in there which I 
made custom photo sensitive alluminum faceplates for! 

All of the modules onthe top row (from right of the second Blacet 
Processor are all home built and designed:  2 channel voltage 
processor, AND/NAND gate, a positive biased voltage inverter, 
noise source, Moog Lowpass filter/envelope follower clone, a 
programmable pulse generator with LFO and the 8x2 
sequencer. 

The future expansion panel (blank one next to the MAQ 16/3) is 
probably going to have a touch plate trigger source I'm working 
on, a flanger and the MIDI to CV output jacks.

hope this helps.

P



--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "ethanzer0" <ethanzer0@y...> wrote:
> Hi Ho,
> 
> Is there a site that documents this
> modular?  I am curious about the 
> modules and the construction of the
> cabinet.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ethan