2015-09-01 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> Anybody ever had this problem with the A-107. > The module just arrived today fro Thomann but it seems to malfunction.Most of the time there is no sound at all when the > frequency knob is under 40-50%, and if sounds come through it sounds very distorted and gives horrible tick
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2015-09-01 by syndromeda@telenet.be
Anybody ever had this problem with the A-107. The module just arrived today fro Thomann but it seems to malfunction.Most of the time there is no sound at all when the frequency knob is under 40-50%, and if sounds come through it sounds very distorted and gives horrible ticks. The
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2015-08-27 by marco.zambardi@gmail.com
fun that Zimmer has becomed room in a couple of point :-)) btw, great interview!
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2015-08-26 by Nicholas Keller
Klangverbieger? On Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 'John V. Talbert' jvtalbert@gmail.com [Doepfer_a100] Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > wrote: This is an absolutely excellent interview. Thanks for posting the translation. lenni23. I've been into the A100 and other eurorack for 10+ yea
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2015-08-26 by John V. Talbert
This is an absolutely excellent interview. Thanks for posting the translation. lenni23. I've been into the A100 and other eurorack for 10+ years now and I never imagined it would take off in the mainstream the way that it has. It's a little astounding. Congrats, Dieter! John On W
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2015-08-24 by yahoo@doepfer.de
You find my answers written inline. Best wishes Dieter Doepfer > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 21. August 2015 18:42 > An: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > Betreff: [Doepfer_a100] A-1
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2015-08-22 by Bakis Sirros
DiN48, Parallel Worlds and Self Oscillate - 'World Adapter' cd album out on 15th of Septem ber: (big doepfer modular used in all of the tracks!) soundcloud demo file of all tracks: https://soundcloud.com/ianboddy/world-adapter-demo-song info: http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/501
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2015-08-21 by XCVII
Ready to conclude this very arduous modification and have attached 3-conductor shielded wire to the A-128 terminals both with (orange) and without (yellow) attenuators. This way it will be possible to choose the desired output if something changes later. Before soldering all this
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2015-08-21 by Dr. Roland Schregle
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:46:05 +0200, yahoo@doepfer.de [Doepfer_a100] wrote: > I'm sorry about your problems with the A-110. Please contact our A-110 > specialist directly: Matthias Marass (keyboards@doepfer.de). > He has tested more than 10000 A-110 over the last 20 years and is >
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2015-08-21 by yahoo@doepfer.de
I'm sorry about your problems with the A-110. Please contact our A-110 specialist directly: Matthias Marass (keyboards@doepfer.de). He has tested more than 10000 A-110 over the last 20 years and is responsible for the service of the A-110. Maybe the internal transistor heaters ar
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2015-08-21 by roland.schregle@gmail.com
Hi all, hi Dieter (if you're listening :^), I'm new to modular synthesis and got my hands on a used Doepfer A-100 base system which worked fine until this year's scorching summer, or at least I didn't notice any issues before; not sure if there's a connection with the high temper
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2015-08-20 by a11@live.nl
Yes, I succeeded to change the A-140 C2 today. And I'm satisfied with it, for I have two A-140's, but now they differ in short attack behavior, for I only change one of them, hihihi ..... I think, that I leave the A-119 C6 like it is. Thanks again, Dieter, for assistance.
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2015-08-20 by yahoo@doepfer.de
You find my answers written inline Best wishes Dieter Doepfer > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. August 2015 03:04 > An: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > Betreff: [Doepfer_a100] T
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2015-08-20 by a11@live.nl
Hi to you all, Who knows, if the attack will become shorter too, when decreasing C2 of A-140 ADSR. I have a 47nF capacitor to do that; would that be okay for that? "A-140: Timing capacitor (short range): C2 Standard value: 100nF = 0.1uF (foil/mylar) Polarity: none" I also wonderi
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2015-08-18 by Bakis Sirros
DiN48 - Parallel Worlds & Self Oscillate - World Adapter http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/501 Ingo Zobel (Self Oscillate) and Bakis Sirros (Parallel Worlds) first started collaborating via the internet in 2004. Their first album, “Current Flow”, under the project name “Interconnect
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2015-08-16 by acgenerator@att.net
Thanks - that explanation makes sense to me. Believe it or not: I have a 40+ modules but this is my first VCO module. I've been using other sound sources (external / speech chip/ noise) with lots of filtering/shaping/processing and letting my stand-alone synths do the standard wa
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2015-08-15 by soup
It's perceived as more quiet due to less harmonics. There's nothing wrong. Take care, soup On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 7:03 PM, acgenerator@att.net [Doepfer_a100] Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > wrote: Are the Square and Saw\Slope supposed to be louder than the Tri and Sine. Picked up
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2015-08-14 by acgenerator@att.net
Are the Square and Saw\Slope supposed to be louder than the Tri and Sine. Picked up one used and there is a noticeable difference in output to me when testing. (same patch just moving cable from out to out) if not, any recommendation on adjusting/repairing?
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2015-08-14 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> I have my A-128 apart right now, presently wiring into terminals for single outputs. Have noticed that these are TL064, > could I try something cleaner like 074 or 084? Was the TL064 chosen for current consumption? Would I have to multiply the > current consumption for each chi
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2015-08-13 by XCVII
I have my A-128 apart right now, presently wiring into terminals for single outputs. Have noticed that these are TL064, could I try something cleaner like 074 or 084? Was the TL064 chosen for current consumption? Would I have to multiply the current consumption for each chip I ad
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2015-08-12 by ienni23@yahoo.com
ok, not too bad considering... better than some of those hilarious re-re-translated versions of "Let It Go" on youtube! and i had to leave in where google translated the band name as "power plant"... we all know who they're talking about! ^_^ ..... The Munich Dieter Döpfer built
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2015-08-12 by christian ienni
does the site have an english option (can't seem to find it but i'm not awake yet -_- ), or should i just copy/paste the text into google translate (which will probably turn it into a kind of surrealist poetry...) ? regardless, my congrats to Dieter also!!! :-D From: "achtung_999
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2015-08-12 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> Thanks for the explanation of the trimming potentiometer. It doesn't sound like that's the problem then, as it's both > the position and pressure that are giving false positives. Unless it somehow affects both? That's really strange and I cannot remember that we ever had this i
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2015-08-12 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> dear Dieter, > > congratulations to a great half page article/interview in the German paper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" (to all foreigners: the > German equivalent to the New York Times or the Guardian) in the Economy pages...! > > (don't know if they'll put that part online -- there
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2015-08-12 by Zoë Blade
Yay, congrats! ^.^
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2015-08-12 by achtung_999
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/interview-wir-verkaufen-in-einem-unglaublichen-tempo-1.2603803 On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Kai Niggemann logiclist@kainiggemann.com [Doepfer_a100] Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > wrote: dear Dieter, congratulations to a great half page a
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2015-08-12 by Kai Niggemann
dear Dieter, congratulations to a great half page article/interview in the German paper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" (to all foreigners: the German equivalent to the New York Times or the Guardian) in the Economy pages...! (don't know if they'll put that part online -- there is also ano
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2015-08-12 by mark@umcorps.com
Anyway, don't let that put anyone off. This is a fantastic, totally underrated module. (Like the vocoder modules.) As far as controllers go, this talks to the synth on its own terms, in its own native language, in a way that polyphonic-looking, non-portamento-enabled, strict-semi
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2015-08-11 by christian ienni
hey hey! :-) >Hi hi!>> the fact that it works fine when it's home safe in your studio but only misbehaves out in the world... maybe it just has a touch of social anxiety? >Heh, I fear it might have gotten a bit too excited on the journey to the university for the synth patching w
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2015-08-11 by Zoë Blade
Hi hi! Doepfer wrote: > Did you use the position gate or the pressure gate? > > For the pressure gate there is a trimming potentiometer for the lower threshold of the threshold control. That's the only trimming > potentiometer. > > From the thoery the module may also pick up nois
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2015-08-11 by christian ienni
YES, wholeheartedly seconded! i have both the 198 for the a100 and an R2M for the midi rig and they are both fantastically amazing superduper awesomeness wrapped in exponentiated stupendousness..... or all the relevant technical reasons Zoë gives below.... ;-) btw the R2M in comb
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2015-08-11 by syndromeda@telenet.be
Thanks anyway Dieter. You may reserve me a panel for the future...;-) Have a nice time. ------------------------------------------------------ Danny Budts info@syndromeda.be www.syndromeda.be https://www.facebook.com/Syndromeda https://syndromeda.bandcamp.com/ https://www.faceboo
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2015-08-11 by yahoo@doepfer.de
Did you use the position gate or the pressure gate? For the pressure gate there is a trimming potentiometer for the lower threshold of the threshold control. That's the only trimming potentiometer. From the thoery the module may also pick up noise via the cable leading from the m
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2015-08-11 by yahoo@doepfer.de
I have asked. I'm sorry they have no panels left. But we will probably manufacture a few panels more with the next production series. But I'm not sure when this will happen. Best wishes Dieter Doepfer > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com [mailto
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2015-08-11 by syndromeda@telenet.be
Hi Dieter, Already some news about the panels? Have a nice day, ------------------------------------------------------ Danny Budts info@syndromeda.be www.syndromeda.be https://www.facebook.com/Syndromeda https://syndromeda.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Syndromeda/1
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2015-08-11 by Zoë Blade
Hi all! So, first off, I bought one of these recently and wow, it's fantastic! It turns the synth into such an expressive performance instrument! Even just this, an oscillator and a VCA sounds lovely, never mind once you add a filter, divider, etc... :) I led a small workshop on
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2015-08-06 by christian ienni
yeah, what is up with those "brokers" anyway? twice within the last year i've shipped gear by ups from the us to the uk (modules to a fellow group member, and a 727 as a xmas present for Ceephax) and both times we got stung both by extra (and supposedly unnecessary) fees as well
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2015-08-06 by David Kellett
In the UK there is no difference if you are ordering as a company or an individual (though a VAT registered company may be entitled to a refund of VAT). We can only import a very low value without duty / VAT being payable. Within Europe we pay VAT at the point of origin but no du
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2015-08-06 by acgenerator@att.net
The biggest factors for most goods is whether it is personal or commercial, class of goods, how you import it and what the dollar amount is. As a flight passenger, you get $800 per month of tax-exempt goods for personal use. Many countries including Germany refund VAT at the airp
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2015-08-06 by David Kellett
Isn't there some kind of import tax though? If I buy from the U.S. I get stung for about 2-3% duty then 20% VAT when it gets to the UK. Oddly most U.S. Manufactured modules are cheaper for me to buy from Australia!!!! I have no idea why that is. With the falling Euro the UK distr
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2015-08-06 by acgenerator@att.net
US dealers are charging $110 USD for the Wasp Filter which is ~101 euros. (Analogue Haven, Perfect Circuit, Detroit Modular, etc) A few even charge shipping and/or tax on top of that if your order isn't of a certain amount. from Schneidersladen it' s €96.43 SHIPPED! (NO VAT for n
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2015-08-05 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> Not even sure which US distributors will even sell them, but I don't see the point in paying extra mark-up because the > dealers here have their prices locked at last year's much higher exchange rates. I'm sorry but the parts cannot be ordered from us directly. During the last
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2015-08-04 by acgenerator@att.net
Not even sure which US distributors will even sell them, but I don't see the point in paying extra mark-up because the dealers here have their prices locked at last year's much higher exchange rates.
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2015-08-04 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> at the Gräfelfing facility are there any pieces of mu-metal within easy reach to simply check if a few millimeters of > this substance will be sufficient to reject EM interference being emitted by run-of-the-mill 120V Doepfer power supply 2, > toroidal transformer, 1200mA insid
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2015-08-03 by XCVII
at the Gräfelfing facility are there any pieces of mu-metal within easy reach to simply check if a few millimeters of this substance will be sufficient to reject EM interference being emitted by run-of-the-mill 120V Doepfer power supply 2, toroidal transformer, 1200mA inside a-10
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2015-08-03 by thomas_escure@yahoo.fr
Thank you again Dieter. Best regards, Thomas
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2015-08-03 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> One more question : > > > If I ever use shielded wire, should I connect one end of the shield to the A-176 PCB, for grounding ? Yes, and you may use it at the same time for the GND of the potentiometer. I.e. you need a shielded cable with only two wires + shield. Best wishes Di
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2015-08-03 by thomas_escure@yahoo.fr
One more question : If I ever use shielded wire, should I connect one end of the shield to the A-176 PCB, for grounding ?
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2015-08-03 by thomas_escure@yahoo.fr
Hello Dieter, Thank you very much for your answer. I think I won't need the wires to exceed 50 cm, but I'll investigate further about shielded wires, just in case. That"s o ne of the aspects that I deeply appreciate with modular systems : the more you spend time using it, the mor
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2015-08-03 by yahoo@doepfer.de
> Hello, > > I'd really like to change the ergonomics of the A-176 so that it would better suit my needs. > I'm thinking of moving the potentiometers away from the faceplate and PCB and attaching them to another, separated faceplate. > Could someone suggest a maximum wire length
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