Doepfer

Indeed welcome, tnx for your joyful entry. 
Reminds me of the fun, financial planning and headaches the modular world gives me. 😄

Jacco Ville 
The Netherlands 

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> Op 25 mrt. 2017 om 13:55 heeft Bakis Sirros synth_freak_2000@yahoo.com [Doepfer_a100] <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com> het volgende geschreven:
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> Welcome aboard Tim! i hope you'll find this group helpful in your modular-music quest.
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> best regards,
> Bakis.
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> Bakis Sirros - Parallel Worlds | [Doepfer_a100] group owner | www. parallel - worlds - music. com | www. facebook. com/ parallelworldsmusic |  www. DiN. org. uk
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> From: "'Tim Burgess' tim@raisedbar.net [Doepfer_a100]" <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com>
> To: doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 1:52 PM
> Subject: [Doepfer_a100] New member introduction
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> Hi,
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> I’m UK-based and been using synths since the early 80s. I got my first LC9 case about a year ago and added a G6 a couple of months back.
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> I got some good advice right at the start and decided that I wanted to design my modular in 2 phases:
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> 1 – I wanted a compositional tool that didn’t require a computer, but could take advantage of my DAW for production of anything I managed to create that would be worth polishing;
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> 2 – A tool to allow me to learn more about sound design above and beyond what I can achieve with my existing keyboards.
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> I’m pretty much at the end of phase 1 – I only need to address the beginner’s mistake of not buying enough mults. I have an Arturia BeatStep Pro that acts as the master clock. This controls an Atlantis, a Mother-32 and a Little Drummer Boy 2 via its CV/gate/trigger outputs. It also provides MIDI clock to my Kurzweil K2600, which provides polyphonic sequencing for my MIDI-equipped keys. I also pass the clock along to an A-155 Trigger Sequencer and a Turing Machine MkII to provide extra sequencing. The rest of my A-100 rig is:
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> A-101.3 Vactral Phaser
> A-106.5 SEM Filter
> A-110.1 Standard VCO
> A-114 Dual Ring Modulator
> A-119 Envelope follower
> A-131 Voltage-Controlled Amplifier
> A-138B Audio Mixer
> 2 x A-138D Cross-fader/FX Insert
> A-156 Dual Quantizer
> A-160.2 Clock Divider 2
> A-166 Dual Logic module
> A-180.2 Multi-Jack (2HP)
> A-188.1D 4096-stage Bucket Brigade Delay
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> The oscillator, filter and VCA were my first modules, along with the effects modules (just because I fancied them). I’ve only recently acquired the quantizer and clocck dividers that have made the whole rig come alive. I’ve also got a 4MS rotating clock divider and its break-out module, a Pittsburgh Modular Outs for headphone use, an Expert Sleeppers FH-1 for USB MIDI input and the Expert Sleepers ES-3/ES-6 combination for DAW I/O (though I have an audio clicking problem with the ES-6 at the moment).
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> It might be worth me pointing out that I ad another set of requirements, based on accessibility. I’m totally blind and have progressive arthritis in my hands, so I needed to pick things carefully in order to ensure that I could take full advantage of each module. For example, I picked the FH-1 because it had direct support for my LinnStrument (which is kinder to my hands than my traditional keyboards) and because it can be configured by writing a script file, placing it on a USB drive then powering up the module with the drive inserted. I’m a software developer in my day job, so doing this doesn’t frighten me.
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> I’ve had wonderful support from Mr. Doepfer, who has provided text descriptions of panel layouts and from everybody I’ve talked/mailed/forumed with in the modular community, which has given me (almost) as much pleasure as interacting with the synth itself.
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> Anyway, if you got this far, apologies for rambling on and I hope that this was of some little interest.
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> Best wishes.
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> Tim Burgess
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