2002-03-19 by phaedra@t-online.de
Hi Florian, I was there and got my experiences with the prototypes of the sensor-keyboard and the ribbon controller, both very useful modules. The ribbon controller works great. The sensor keyboard was a first prototype with some ideas implemented, but it seems to me. that this k
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2002-03-19 by Florian Anwander
Hi, was anyone here at the Frankfurt Music Fair? What was presented at Doepfer and others? Did anyone play the new controllers? Florian -- Florian Anwander |ConSol* HP-Support Tel. +49.89.45841-133 |Consulting&Solutions Software GmbH Fax +49.89.45841-139 |Franziskanerstr. 38, D-8
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2002-03-18 by Paul Schulz
>If you wouldn't mind, model and specs of your Siemens scope? >Joe Sorry for the late answer, but I´ve been offline for a few days. It´s a "Oszillarzet 10" by Siemens, built in the 70ies, I suppose. Unfortunately it comes without any specs or a manual, but perhaps this halps you:
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2002-03-18 by bakis Sirros
hi joe, a118???you mean an a180...,right? bakis. --- buechlerjoe wrote: > It was wet and dreary, so I spent the weekend with a > new PH16 phaser > patched to the A100. I had a simple A155 sequence > running, and > discovered that toggling the A156 between "All" and > "Major" crea
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2002-03-18 by bakis Sirros
hi list, after playing with my new ems vcs3(mk1-1969) synthi, i realised for the first time how a spring reverb sounds...very good!!!these lo-fi dreamy sounds of the 70's that i heard in all the early TD and klaus shculze albums must have been created with the help of the spring
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2002-03-18 by buechlerjoe
Hi bakis > a118???you mean an a180...,right? Woops! Right you are. Joe
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2002-03-18 by buechlerjoe
It was wet and dreary, so I spent the weekend with a new PH16 phaser patched to the A100. I had a simple A155 sequence running, and discovered that toggling the A156 between "All" and "Major" created a I-V cadence. (The A155 CVs happened to be making notes from the "I" chord at t
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2002-03-15 by Andreas Lindholm
Exactly... the problem with the usablitity of the unit is more a question of software, memory and such than new hardware. These oversights pop up just about everywhere you look, there are tons of buttons which is a good thing, but without functionality to motivate them all. If th
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2002-03-14 by buechlerjoe
It's interesting, because the User's Manual for the current Regelwerk discusses the concept of motorized faders, and then dismisses the concept as being too expensive to implement. Instead, the user has to manually move a fader until a blinking LED stops blinking, indicating that
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2002-03-14 by Andreas Lindholm
For the sake of god... Dieter, please do not spend time on this. To me this sounds like repainting a bicycle with flat tires. Sure it makes it a bit nicer but still it is a bumpy ride until you fix the flat. All analogies intented with all lines of xxxwerk machines. /Andreas ----
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2002-03-14 by duffnuff
saw this on em411.com..(from jan '02) http://www.em411.com/interview-show.php?interview_id=21 one interesting note is mention of a new motorized regelwork for future release. -duff
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2002-03-13 by buechlerjoe
Paul, If you wouldn't mind, model and specs of your Siemens scope? Joe --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., Paul Schulz wrote: > A100.> > > Thank you Joe, nice to read that somebody likes the mini-modular-photo ;-) > > To Bakis: I was the one who requested the pic of your blue LED-fitted A-
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2002-03-13 by Rhen, Kris
Bought a slew of Doepfer modules from Jesus over the last couple months. Straight up guy who deals fairly and packs verrry well! Would recommend any day. Thank you Jesus (always get a little tickle when I type that :-) - or HAY-ZOOS to be phonetically correct :-) I'd love to see
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2002-03-13 by Florian Anwander
Hi Tim > It > is caused by the transistor (Q5) which is used to 'switch' between the > decay and sustain phases: basically it doesn't switch off completely, > allowing a very small current to pass through, thus causing the > sustain level to drift downwards over time (I measured
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2002-03-13 by stinchcombe_t
I have had a look back through some of Joe's posts on the A-136 (#307), and can add a little more detail: in order to prevent *any* hard clipping, the input signal needs to be less than about +/- 2V. The level knobs 'L+' and 'L-' don't quite tie in with what is suggested by the m
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2002-03-13 by stinchcombe_t
> Another workaround would be to insert any module between the 140 and the > VCO, that does buffering. A simpe Buffer module might solve this. Unfortunately there is no workaround solution by using another module to buffer the ADSR output - I tried (in turn) through a 138, 175 (i
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2002-03-13 by Andreas Lindholm
Well, I am not so sure about buying something second-hand when I am not even sure how as to how it should work. Besides I am not really looking for a scope right now, I merely wanted to check out how much it will cost and figured out around 400 for a new 20 Mhz analog which is to
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2002-03-13 by unknown freak
Definitely a nice and musical little feature, as is the continuously variable VC wave from triangle to narrow rectangular. duffnuff wrote: > > btw, has anyone seen the cv controlled octave selector on his > new vco? great idea!! > duff
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2002-03-13 by duffnuff
unknown freak wrote: > Interesting -- Blacet's site says they're "temporarily sold out". They > also say the module offered "captures most of the versatility" of the > original. What part of the versatility is missing? i think blacet is referring to the original time machine he m
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2002-03-13 by davevosh@aol.com
In a message dated 3/12/2002 11:12:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, ospengler@rcn.com writes: > Blacet's site says they're "temporarily sold out". They > also say the module offered "captures most of the versatility" of the > original. hello ! if you check the store page, they are li
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2002-03-13 by unknown freak
Interesting -- Blacet's site says they're "temporarily sold out". They also say the module offered "captures most of the versatility" of the original. What part of the versatility is missing? The new VCA/Mixer looks nice. So does the VCO. (I can vouch for the Final Filtre, Mixer-
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2002-03-13 by davevosh@aol.com
In a message dated 3/12/2002 11:32:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, buechlerjoe@toadmail.com writes: > Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com > to all, we were talking about analog delays here a while back and the subject of the blacet "tm" no longer being available came up. well, they are bac
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2002-03-13 by Paul Schulz
Thank you Joe, nice to read that somebody likes the mini-modular-photo ;-) To Bakis: I was the one who requested the pic of your blue LED-fitted A-129/1... wow!! Thanks for adding it to the Photos section. It looks sooooo amazing!!! To Andreas: If you still are looking for an osc
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2002-03-12 by Andreas Lindholm
Yeah, like "the lurking great old loop beast" ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "buechlerjoe" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:14 PM Subject: [Doepfer_a100] Re: New Frankensynth pics > Hi Kris > > Actually I'm a big fan of anything Lovecraft :-) > > Then you ought to drop
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2002-03-12 by cuari7
--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "Rhen, Kris" wrote: > > Hi Kris > > > Actually I'm a big fan of anything Lovecraft :-) > > > > Then you ought to drop the Frankensynth name for K'thulu or something. > > Frankensynth was given its name by a friend, and its stuck for lack of a > better on
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2002-03-12 by buechlerjoe
> "... who gnaws hungrily in > inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time amidst the muffled, > maddening beating of vile drums and the thin, monotonous whine of > accursed flutes; to which detestable pounding and piping dance > slowly, awkwardly, and absurdly > the gigantic u
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2002-03-12 by Rhen, Kris
> Hi Kris > > Actually I'm a big fan of anything Lovecraft :-) > > Then you ought to drop the Frankensynth name for K'thulu or something. Frankensynth was given its name by a friend, and its stuck for lack of a better one so far. I thought about Azathoth - "...that last amorphous
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2002-03-12 by Rhen, Kris
Actually I'm a big fan of anything Lovecraft :-) ...and its not huge enough!!! :-) KRIS > -----Original Message----- > hi kris, > awesome!!!you must be a big fan of the film > reanimator...;-) > if this isn't a huge modular i don't know what is... > bakis. [Non-text portions of t
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2002-03-12 by buechlerjoe
Hi Kris > Actually I'm a big fan of anything Lovecraft :-) Then you ought to drop the Frankensynth name for K'thulu or something. Joe
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2002-03-12 by Florian Anwander
Hi > If you use the A-140 to "pitch shift" the oscillators there will be a > drop when the sustain level is reached. you won´t notice if you use > the eg for other things but it is rather dominant when used with > pitch. (The 141 doesn´t do this -Dieter says). The work-around is
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2002-03-12 by studio1dk
Addition: If you use the A-140 to "pitch shift" the oscillators there will be a drop when the sustain level is reached. you won´t notice if you use the eg for other things but it is rather dominant when used with pitch. (The 141 doesn´t do this -Dieter says). The work-around is t
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2002-03-12 by Andreas Lindholm
The brirdlike sound got irritating right from the start but I loved the lead. Frankly a bit too cheesy for my taste all in all. I am more of a hard edge person And One, KMFDM and such... ----- Original Message ----- From: "ethanzer0" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:34 AM Subj
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2002-03-12 by ethanzer0
I was bored tonight, so I downloaded a beatles midi file off the 'net and send each track to my A100BS via a roland mpu-101. I recorded each track in Cakewalk Sonar. no effects, no nuthin' but A100. it is kinda cheesey, but, i thought someone might like it. The mp3 is in the file
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2002-03-12 by Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Doepfer_a100 group. File : /srgt_p.mp3 Uploaded by : ethanzer0 Description : Srgt.Peppers reprise in A100 BS You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.
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2002-03-11 by bakis Sirros
hi kris, awesome!!!you must be a big fan of the film reanimator...;-) if this isn't a huge modular i don't know what is... bakis. --- "Rhen, Kris" wrote: > Here're some more recent (this weekend) pics of > Frankensynth WITH the > Wogglebug and RS240 Bode Freq shifter: > > http://
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2002-03-11 by tiefenrausch67
I used to have a cable to synchronise my Roland TR 606 to my Doepfer A100. I lost it :-( !!! It was an Y-cable.On one side was a Dyn/Sync to put into the 606. The other two ends were normal A100 patch cables to put into the modular system.Now my questions:Which pins of the Dyn/Sy
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2002-03-11 by Rhen, Kris
Here're some more recent (this weekend) pics of Frankensynth WITH the Wogglebug and RS240 Bode Freq shifter: http://www.stucki.com/krhen/downloads/frankensynth (unfortunately in no apparent order :-) Also in there are pics of my very first pure DIY module, a super-rectifier with
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2002-03-11 by david.salter@reuters.com
Tim, Great post. If nothing else I'll update my paper copies. Many thanks David stinchcombe_t cc: Subject: [Doepfer_a100] Manual 11/03/2002 22:12 inconsistencies/omissions/errors Please respond Header: Internal Use Only to Doepfer_a100 Hi all, As promised, here is my modest list
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2002-03-11 by stinchcombe_t
Hi all, As promised, here is my modest list of mistakes that I have spotted in the manual. My major gripes seem to have been covered elsewhere, i.e. A-136 knobs all wrong; A-118 noise colour knobs affecting random output; and A-141 not gated from bus. A-131: p4, IN2 is actually m
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2002-03-11 by Andreas Lindholm
The thing that irritates me with kenton is that they insist on putting the outputs on the back and it get hopeless in the rack. Anyway my options are as I stated, buy a new 3u with doepfer midi module or with AS midi-module. As far as the multislope filter, it is something that I
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2002-03-10 by bakis Sirros
hey andreas, you can go for the kenton pro-2000!i have it ,it has two channels of midi-cv plus 6 aux outputs that can act as 3 more midi-cv channels(5 total!!!)as far as i know it costs about 350 euros...(but if you think of it,the doepfer mcv 24 gives you more for the money...bu
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2002-03-10 by bakis Sirros
hi andreas, i though that you wanted to spend at least 150 euros because you mentioned the multislope filter(the a108...)that's why... bakis. --- Andreas Lindholm wrote: > Please don't comment in public about that song. It > is way old, but still I > like the simple Doepfer lead
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2002-03-10 by synth_freak_2000
hi list, i don't remember who,but someone asked me to take a photo of the a100 a129/3 analysis module in action...(to see the 15 blue leds)so here it is... synthfreak
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2002-03-10 by Andreas Lindholm
Never heard of the expressionist before, nice unit. Sold out, but anyway a bit too much for me. I need one or perhaps three channels of midi-cv at most. What I meant by "filling my 6u" up was simply that since the case itself is costly I initially didn't want to put in midi-cv mo
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2002-03-10 by unknown freak
The A-129/3 vocoder 5-channel attenuator/offset comes in handy for these kinds of uses. > Cheapest dual attenuator would be an A132 controlled by an A176, which > gives you fine adjustment into the bargain! > > Joe
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2002-03-10 by unknown freak
Regarding MIDI/CV, have you thought about incorporating an Encore Expressionist into your setup? http://www.midiwall.com/gear/pro4-exp.html http://www.encoreelectronics.com/ Not sure what you mean by "filling up the box with MIDI/CVs". Andreas Lindholm wrote: > > Regarding starti
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2002-03-10 by Andreas Lindholm
Please don't comment in public about that song. It is way old, but still I like the simple Doepfer lead line. 150 euros won't go far... btw where did you come up with that figure? As it is now I am considering whether to spend 500 some to get Midi-cv of some sorts or just sack my
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2002-03-10 by bakis Sirros
HI ANDREAS, IF I HAD 150 EUROS TO SPEND ON MODULAR GEAR ,i would go for the A127 triple vc resonance filter(i love it!)or the A108 6...48db filter.if you want many possibilities and strange sounds go for the A108!if you want ever-evolving soundscapes,in an ambient style, go for t
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2002-03-10 by buechlerjoe
> > There's also the limitation that the preset threshold voltage of the > > A150 is 3.6V, so nothing south of 3.6V would throw the switch > > without a boost > > Another job for the A136! Hope you realize that was facetious. You don't really need a boost, just an offset voltage.
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2002-03-10 by Andreas Lindholm
Regarding starting out on Doepfer. I started with an empty 6u frame a110 a filter and the noice, VCA and an LFO. I wanted to process external sounds. Then I have folloewed that path with vocoder and external env input. Then I didn't want to fill up the box with midi-cvs and went
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