Doepfer

Hi Pierre
If you like, I can email you some RS500e MP3s
I am somewhat reluctant to post them here, since it's a little OT

Regards
Joost



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Pierre Zeeman" <pierrezee@h...> 
wrote:
> Ingo (and anyone else interested in such things),
> 
> >i have both the rs120 comb filter and the rs500e ems filter.
> >the comb filter cannot be compared with lowpass filters really,
> >because it is a bbd-based design and works more like a flanger.
> 
> I wasn't thinking of it as a straight replacement, it's just that I 
have one 
> potential slot on my AS (where the moog lpf is now) and I was just 
thinking 
> about another possibility for this slot.  I like comb filters - I 
use plugin 
> combs a lot - and I don't have an analogue one, so that's why I 
thought of 
> the AS comb...  Given that it's a bbd device it should really 
twang, though 
> :)  Paul Nagle in SOS once described it in loving terms and while 
his words 
> have faded from my mind his sentiment has not.
> 
> >the ems diode filters sound
> >quite different compared to the moog ladder filters
> 
> This post was sort of overtaken by events.  Yesterday I finally 
made the 
> order (barring an a106 and a planB which are still to come) which 
will fill 
> up my case.  Since I had some cash over I also started a Blacet 
system (a 
> miniwave and a time machine).  While I was at John's site I checked 
out the 
> clips for the final and filthy filters and was well impressed.  I 
will 
> *definitely* be getting both at some time in the future.  This 
means that I 
> will have a lot of filters to choose from :)
> 
> As should be clear from my earlier posts about the a106 and a107 I 
like 
> filters with balls and I suspect that the synthi filter is a burbly 
bubbly 
> filter but not a roaring monster (although I liked your a102 clips 
quite a 
> lot).  The SOS review also described it as "polite".  This is more 
of an 
> indictment on me than anything else but the music I make is pretty 
dense and 
> subtle differences in filter types generallly get lost in the mix.  
> Qualities like tightness and presence are thus more useful to me.
> 
> Given all of this info (and you have those Blacet filters too 
IIRC), would 
> you still still think the ems is a worthwhile option?  I will 
probably not 
> get another rack of AS but I will definitely get another 6U of 
doepfer as 
> soon as I can afford it so I could always get the a102 at a later 
stage 
> anyway...
> 
> thanks and regards
> 
> Pierre
> 
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