Doepfer

hello pierre,


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Pierre Zeeman" <pierrezee@h...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Hahaha - I had a sneaky feeling that you guys would respond like 
this :)


:-)  hehehe



> >maybe i should also do some more a107 examples to make
> >you buy both?  ;-)
> 
> That would be great.  But see below ;)
> 
> >beautiful filter with lots of capabilities. you can
> >create a million sounds with it.
> >buy two a106's AND the a107!
> 
> I would expect this from a man with 200+ modules ;)  I have 
precisely one g6 
> and it's about 60% full.  I live in South Africa and it costs a lot 
of money 
> to get a new g6 shipped here, which, at the best of times, I don't 
have.  
> Plus, doepfer don't accept credit cards and getting a bank draft 
for import 
> purposes is quite a business in this country, involving a *lot* of 
red tape 
> for even small amounts.  So I have to pick my modules carefully and 
then buy 
> them as a block.
> 
> I like filters that don't just remove frequencies but add character 
while 
> they're doing it.  With the a107 examples, there was a politeness 
and, more 
> importantly, a lack of weight to the sound that made me question 
whether I'd 
> actually use it. So if anyone wants to make some clips, I'd be most 
> interested in hearing what the standard filters can do - i.e. LPF, 
HPF, BPF 
> modes - because I don't have the luxury to buy a module that I only 
end up 
> using for special effects.  I want one where I'll use it for meat 
and 
> potatoes as well :)


i'd say that the basic sound of the a107 in standard lowpass,
highpass and bandpass mode is very similar to the a121, a122 and
a123 filters, with the exception that the input can be overdriven
on the a107. maybe you have one of those already and know their
sound. those cem-based filters have a smooth quality, but
comparison with the a106 is not easy. almost every filter will
sound a bit tame, when compared with the a106, so you probably
won't find the a107 very thrilling in the standard modes.
the really interesting things about the a107 in my opinion are
the asymetric filters and the modes with two peaks.
also morphing can create very harsh sounds with lots of character.
the thing which i really love on the a106 is the sound of the
resonance, which simply kicks ass. the a107 resonance is more of
the "usual" type and sounds a lot cleaner.

so if you want exciting sounding examples from the a107,
then i'd do some more elaborated patches with the non-standard
modes. if you want, i can of course record examples with the
standard modes, but i don't think that you will find them
as exciting as on the a106.
the advantage of the a107 against the a106 is that you have
filter modes which can create really clean sounds, even when
resonance is applied. the a106 will always sound like a punk
with resonance up ;-)
for me the a107 and the a106 are not really comparable, except for
that they are both filters. the design is simply too different.

lets see, i should have some time during this weekend
to do some recordings. to make comparison easier, i'll use
the same drumloop as in my a106 examples.
i'll post the links here, as usual :-)

best wishes

ingo