hi roel, i agree with you on the a120(i love it's sound),as for the mini-jacks i only had minor problems,nothing more...all of my cables are from doepfer and they work fine...and of course i, too, beleive that the doepfer is a system that can give us the ability to built a big system because of the right price. by the way,do you know anything about the "macula transfer" album i told you about?? synthfreak --- Roel Steverink <roel.steverink@12move.nl> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to say something in defence of this mighty > system! > > As you all could read I began with basic system 2 > (with A 190). Modular synthesis was new to me. I was > always used to the fixed and prefixed ways from the > manufacturer in analog synths. Getting in a position > where you actually can penetrate into the heart of > the system by cv was totally new. > As I'm not a technician of some sort, it took me > quit a time to get into it. > I think others here on the list know what I'm > talking about. > I surfed the internet for tutorials and advice, > looked in books and so on. > But from the start I seem to had golden fingers, > cause I couldn't believe me ears what sounds came > out of it, just by trying. All sorts of sounds I got > out of it, even bouncing sounds. > > Allen Strange's book as really opened up this new > world and I began to understand who thinks worked. > > When it comes to sound, it's arbitary, it's one's > taste. I have several old analogs around me and I > very well know the sounds of roland, moog, korg and > teisco f.e. To my ears the a 110 standard VCO > delivers the goods, all four of the waveforms, just > becombine sine and triangle and a great bass sound > emerges out of you speakers! The A 120 LPF is also > warm and full of character. O yes, some users had > strange reactions with waveforms on this filter. > This happens with a sine and triangle. If you tweak > the filter after 5, then the sound goes away, pops > up again and stays in the background at position 10, > same goes for the triangle. I read in the Stranges' > book that this normal, due to the frequency of the > sine and triangle waves! > The A 121 Multimode is a very strong one looking at > it's possibilities. I made a patch where I used a A > 148 and triggered the frequency, also several > waveforms from the LFO, all of sudden, I was amazed > when I turned the frequency knob of multimode and > discovered that along the whole scale the sound > changed drastically!!! Every milimeter I shifted the > know a new sound popped up. The variety was > incredible: from deep drops, sizzling noise to metal > like and even bird twittering. This filter self > resonates with true power! > A 115 Audio Divider plug in the cv of the filter and > in no time you have the brightest and deepest > sparklings. > > Just wondered: you only can input square waves which > are divided into four. How can you extent the range > in sounds? Maby putting it through the multi mode! > > Really difficult ones are the Wavefrom processor and > Distortion/waveshaper. I patched the A 116 many > results, but the expected drastic changes do not > appear. Same goes for the A 136, Doepfer promises in > the manual that you even get constantly changes > waveforms. Any one know how to do it??? > > The only drawback for me are some of the cables. The > grey ones. I have three cables which won't make > proper contact with the CV of the A 110. I noticed > that other users have the same problem. I have so > far no problems with the red and blue ones (O, I > love these colours!!!). By the wya red are 80 cm > and the blue 1.20 cm. > > No other problems did I encounter and I'm very happy > with my system, now building up row four! I think I > have room for meaby 8 rows. That the benefit if you > have little space left, this system fits in nicely. > Believe me I wanted a big modular, but I haven't got > the space for it. > > I'm on a tight budget too and I'm glad the prices > are so low, so I can afford them. For me it's a > dream come true and I thank Doepfer for giving a lot > of people this opportunity to own and use a real > modular!!! > > Happy sound hunting, > > Roel. > > PS Yes, let it rain with the A 100. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ===== synthfreak(parallel worlds) athens-greece [Doepfer_a100] group owner-moderator __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com
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Re: [Doepfer_a100] Something in defence of the A 100
2002-02-26 by bakis Sirros
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