Doepfer

Timothy, I'm nitpicking, but you forgot to include the price of a 
pair of A138s to mix down the 8 VCA outputs.

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Bakis Sirros 
<synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:
> hi tim,
> they are STILL TOO expensive,(the buchla modules), as,
> for $1130 ,you get a doepfer a191(midi-cv plus shepard
> gen.)and 8 vca's and 8 a110's with a million more
> inputs, outputs and knobs!doepfer told me that the 80%
> of a module's price goes to the knobs and jacks and
> potentiometers.so,for a doepfer "barberpole effect",
> you pay 1130$ for all these circuits
> AND,mainly,physical components.for the buchla
> barberpole,where do your $1500 go?to the circuits,that
> are the cheapest parts of a module???...please,don't
> tell me that they use goldplated knobs and jacks ;-)
> bakis.
> 
> 
> --- Tim Stinchcombe
> <timothy@t...> wrote:
> > > has anybody recognised that module 297 (infinite
> > phase shifter) and 
> > 260 
> > > (duophonic pitch class generator) will be
> > available from Buchla 
> > soon?
> > > There will be only a limited number. Price is
> > $1500 for the 297 and 
> > > $1250 for the 260. Expensive.... :-(
> > 
> > Yeah, saw them myself a while back, and also thought
> > "Crikey, 
> > expensive!". On the other hand, to generate a
> > Shepard tone with 
> > Doepfer modules takes an A-191 and 8 VCOs and VCAs,
> > which with 110s 
> > and 132s comes to grand total of around $1130!
> > 
> > The little LED 'barber pole' display looks like a
> > fun gimmick though, 
> > and I bet that greatly adds to the cost, as it looks
> > like it's made 
> > of discrete LEDs, which therefore must take a lot of
> > component 
> > placement and soldering time, presumably by hand =
> > costly! All in 
> > all, very difficult to judge just how much bang one
> > gets for one's 
> > buck!
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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