Doepfer

Hi,

>It is a marvel of modern science

Agreed - I love it: it's probably my overall favourite module (at the moment 
:)).  It can produce a wide range of interesting and useful sounds.  As ever 
with synthesised tones these are difficult to describe, but it is generating 
sidebands so the sounds can have the bold and forward qualities you usually 
get from fm or oscillator sync, but seem more stable somehow (perhaps the 
increased range of parameters on offer make it easier to shape the sound and 
thus reduce the artifacts usually associated with those two forms of 
modulation).  It's also a capable distortion unit and can add quite a bit of 
weight and presence to a sound.  All the controls really add something - 
quite often with modules of this sort there is one control whose effect on 
the final sound seems to be somewhat negligible unless all the other knobs 
are in sympathetic alignment, but that's not the case here.

I think the reason for the lack of discussion is because when you get one of 
these your need for it becomes immediately evident and there is no need to 
discuss it further.  If you're at all interested in transforming sounds you 
can't go wrong this module (and it words very well with its immediate 
predecessor, the a136, too).

HTH

Pierre

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