Doepfer

sorry cuari,
 but ,as i don't have a large income,i prefer the
doepfer modules to be cheap,(by that ,i mean i don't
care if the modules are build like a tank,i am not
gonna use them as battle weapons,i prefer to pay less
money even if i don't have the best quality knobs or
metal frontplates....).
that's my opinion....
synthfreak


--- cuari7 <medejd@ttuhsc.edu> wrote:
> --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., Florian Anwander
> <Florian.Anwander@c...> 
> wrote:
> > Sorry guys, 
> > 
> > but this is an ugly reply to the demands of many
> people here:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Doepfer offers and sells modules with dedicated
> features announced. 
> These 
> > features are forfilled. There were only very very
> few real 
> technical bugs,
> > which reduced the announced features; as far as I
> know the owners 
> of the
> > corresponing modules were informed personally and
> the repair was 
> initiated
> > by Doepfer. This is more than the usual of the
> standard behaviour 
> of other
> > producers.
> > 
> > 
> >        What you all expect is the fix of (to your
> opinion 
> >                   annoying) lack of features.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > To stay in the car comparison: You bought a
> Volkswagen, now you 
> find, that
> > it does not include air conditioning and its
> instruments panel is 
> made from
> > simple plastic instead of maple wood. So you
> expect Volkswagen AG 
> to make a
> > Mercedes out of your beetle.
> > 
> > Now you want Doepfer to make a MOTM-Standard out
> of the A-100 
> modules. What
> > do you think Doepfer is? A social station?  A
> Doepfer module 
> usually costs
> > less than the half of a MOTM module (I just
> compared the MOTM price 
> list
> > with Doepfers prices: often only 25% to 35% of
> MOTM !!!). So i 
> think you
> > can be DAMNED LUCKY that it provides 90 percent of
> the technical 
> features
> > and three quarter of the mechanical quality.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > A Mercedes is a nice car. Nothing to say against
> it, but please stop
> > complaining about the fact that you were so stingy
> to afford only a
> > Volkswagen. IF YOU WANT A MERCEDES, THEN PAY FOR
> IT.
> > 
> > If you don't have the money, then shut up!
> > 
> > Florian
> 
> 
> Strong words. But guess what? Some of us DO have the
> money. My 
> personal decision to go with Doepfer was due to it
> being the main new 
> modular company available at the time (1998).
> Currently I own also 
> Serge, MOTM, Synthesizers.com, Analogue Systems and
> Blacet. Why do I 
> keep my Doepfer? Because there's something very
> distinctive about its 
> sound that I love, and which I don't get from any of
> the other 
> systems. Do this: do a comparison test between the
> Serge oscillators 
> and the Doepfer ones. The Doeph just sizzle!! You
> get way more bright 
> side frequencies from them. And what about those
> wonderful EG's 
> (especially the A-141)? Individual pots for CV of
> each stage. Wow. 
> And, in my opinion, the A-127 is THE BEST resonator
> in any modular 
> currently available. Period. And so I think: this
> thing is sooo close 
> to being perfect!! I wish the jacks were better. And
> I would PAY FOR 
> THE IMPROVEMENT, OF COURSE!! I have no issues with
> the sequencers. My 
> musical tastes span only stuff that is played with
> fingers, on a 
> keyboard (the MAQ 16/3 is a nifty little toy that I
> use mostly to 
> play drum loops from a Clavia Nord rack, to humor my
> teenage 
> children. Honest.....). Frankly, I would not mind if
> the mighty 
> Doepfer were more expensive, as long as the
> perpetually-mentioned 
> MALFUNCTIONS (NOT MISSING FEATURES, MIND YOU!! TO
> ME, THE DOEPFER HAS 
> MORE FEATURES PER MODULE THAN ANY OTHER BRAND, AND
> THE SOUND IS 
> SUPERB!!!!)were eliminated. Yes, it would be a
> logistic problem: How 
> to solve it in a financially-reasonable way (we do
> not want the 
> company to go broke!!). Offer upgrades for those who
> already own 
> systems. CHARGE MONEY FOR THEM. We are cool about
> it. Yes, we bought 
> a VW, but if we want to hotrod it to a Mercedes,
> give us the option! 
> And then, prospectively, implement the improvements
> on all future 
> batches of modules, and CHARGE MORE FOR THEM!!
> Whoever has a serious, 
> sensible interest in modular synthesis, with a
> discriminating taste, 
> will realize that the Doeph is the way to go! This
> will also help 
> maintain a certain standard of quality among the
> different brands, 
> which will ultimately benefit the consumer. Let's
> not allow a 
> degradation in the quality of these instruments to
> take place, for 
> then they will truly become a passing fad.
> cuari
> 
> 


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synthfreak(parallel worlds)
athens-greece
[Doepfer_a100] group owner-moderator

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