Doepfer

hi andreas,
i am dreaming of something like the multiple arbitrary
function generator from buchla....
i have tested the a155 in audio freqs.it works!!!but i
haven't tested to hear what the sound it's producing
is like...i mean i haven't pass it thru a filter to
make it a DC signal...
bakis.


--- Andreas Lindholm <andreas.k.lindholm@telia.com>
wrote:
> It is interesting that too hear that the A155 could
> make a graphic VCO with
> the standard VCO. Now I find the A155 a bit pricey
> and I don't really have a
> good feeling for "in theory but not tested" so it
> would be nice to hear if
> anybody indeed does pull it off. Anyway I always
> dreamed of having a graphic
> VCO(thus I draw waves on the computer and loop them,
> if the sampler module
> was a bit better I would buy that, but 8 bit is too
> low for me). I not sure
> what kind of graphic LFO Dieter designed, but I sure
> would like to see the
> specs for it.
> 
> On the other hand it might have been something
> totally different from what I
> have thought about. As I have pictures it there
> should be an oscilloscope in
> it or even better as a separate module(that can be
> used with everything in
> the A100). Then I have thought about something like
> 8segments with a
> knob/slider and a switch an two jacks for each. The
> switch and one jack for
> selecting the slope (Log/lin/square) the other to
> set the the value of the
> segment end point (the start for the first and the
> end for the rest). The
> jacks of course for cv-control from other modules.
> 8segments seems more than
> sufficent for me, perhaps even 4 could be enough.
> 
> What have you guys been dreaming up when thinking
> "graphic VCO"?
> 
> Of course still I think there are other more high on
> the agenda task that
> doepfer should do first.
> 
> /Andreas
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bakis Sirros" <synth_freak_2000@yahoo.com>
> To: <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 10:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] wish 4 a offset
> generator
> 
> > o...,i remember...dieter told me that the graphic
> vco,
> > will possibly not being released as it would be
> > nothing more than a fader version of the a155.(he
> told
> > me that, because,if you clock the a155 from an
> > a110(and have the a110 track the keyboard from cv1
> > input) you then have a graphic vco,but you have to
> > pass the a155 cv from a filter or from  the older
> > version a130/131 in order to become an AC signal.i
> > haven't tried it,though.he,also,told me that they
> have
> > not tested that function ,but he beleives that the
> > a155 will work fine up to 10 khz...i tried to
> clock
> > the a155 with the a111 but after a while the a155
> > stopped running(that's possibly because the pulse
> from
> > the a111 isn't perfect???)the a155 needs a perfect
> > pulse signal to recognise as a clock source,but
> the
> > new a155's have a small modification that lets
> them
> > recognise as clock signals even triangle
> > wave(!!)signals...i tried to clock the new a155 of
> > mine,but this mod. prevents the a155 from running
> at
> > high/audio speed so i desolder this mod.(it's a
> > cap+resistor that connects two of the pins of one
> of
> > the two chips in the a155 control board(board
> > 4).please,don't try  to change that mod., before
> you
> > ask roland mayer for more details( don't destroy a
> 230
> > euros module by accident,right??)...
> > in other words, a graphic vco would be an a155
> with a
> > vco together in one module...
> > but,i know that the multiple arbitrary function
> > generator(buchla)must have other functions,too...
> > it's up to doepfer to decide...(he told me that in
> the
> > past he had released a graphic vco ,but,because of
> the
> > high price it didn't sell well,that is quite
> possibly
> > the reason...),so...?
> > as for the osciloscope module,we will see,i know
> > nothing,yet,but to tell you the truth i don't
> think
> > that it will be released either,as it will be an
> > expensive module,too...doepfer decides,as
> always...
> >
> >
> > bakis.
> >
> > --- Andreas Lindholm
> <andreas.k.lindholm@telia.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I agree with Florian, we have to many immature
> > > polls. That is polls that
> > > would have been more precise if we had narrowed
> it
> > > down by some debate
> > > first. Now to the offset generator. I may be a
> > > little wrong here, but I
> > > don't see much that the vocoder module three
> can't
> > > do. Further more the
> > > vocoder/3 does five separate channels and I
> think it
> > > is invaluable and
> > > actually justifies the high price. You don't get
> > > that from me too often, do
> > > you? I first thought it was overpriced for the
> > > vocoder bit, but now listen
> > > up her Bakis.
> > >
> > > I use my A129/3 increase to low gate signals
> from
> > > other gear such as my
> > > Sh101 and Syntechno TeeBee. It is also useful if
> say
> > > I have an lfo that I
> > > want to make a positive lfo going from say +0,2
> to
> > > +0,6 volts rather that +4
> > > and -4. Then you can have another cv from say an
> > > envelope and make that go
> > > from negative to positive... OR whatever you
> like.
> > > This module adds
> > > tremendous control over all kinds of signals in
> my
> > > opionion and if I hadn't
> > > filled up my 6U I would like to have another...
> > > Perhaps I should expand with
> > > one in a future system upgrade, but that of
> course
> > > comes way after I have
> > > solved my sequencing setup.
> > >
> > > As usual I don't see that a new module is
> justified
> > > here, and if I do want a
> > > new module a graphic VCO or oscilloscope would
> be
> > > much higher on my wish
> > > list. Gotten any response on those from Doepfer
> > > Bakis?
> > >
> > > /Andreas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Florian Anwander"
> > > <Florian.Anwander@consol.de>
> > > To: <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 4:25 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] wish 4 a offset
> > > generator
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Bakis
> > > >
> > > > > very interesting...that means another
> poll...
> > > > Please don't always do a poll immediately. I
> think
> > > we should discuss here
> > > > wether something is making sense or not. When
> we
> > > have reduced the
> > > > discussion to two or three possible choices,
> then
> > > we should start a poll.
> > > >
> > > > Only in Italy they do a new election each time
> a
> > > new possible candidate
> > > > appears on the screen ;))
> > > >
> > > > Florian
> > > > --
> > > > Florian Anwander                  |ConSol*
> 
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