Doepfer

I'm looking for a small 1 or 2 octave keyboard with the above outputs
to patner my suitcase> Any ideas??

You've seen this page? - http://www.doepfer.de/A100CGK.htm - scroll  
to the bottom and you will see exactly what you want. I doubt you  
will find a solution cheaper than the proposed price of the OEM kit.  
The only other solution is a cheap MIDI controller (I got a roland  
one built for PCs for $25 used) and a MIDI>CV converter (the modular  
Doepfer A-190 or an external one) and come in cheaper. Not a cool  
looking as the one shown under the suitcase.

Dieter - How about a road case version of the 3-octave one shown  
under the P-cases? Since the P-cases are meant to be portable, why  
not the keyboard too (I know, it's the cost).

-James

On Jun 19, 2008, at 12:10 PM, johnppp2 wrote:

> I'm looking for a small 1 or 2 octave keyboard with the above outputs
> to patner my suitcase> Any ideas??
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Alternatively seek out an cheap old synth with CV gate output.
 
I know that even a Roland SH101 or SH09 can be expensive when view as
just a keyboard but you also get the synth as well.
 
Lesser desirable makers are worth checking out like Teisco as they fall
under the collectors radar.
 
Rgds
 
David
 
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I'm looking for a small 1 or 2 octave keyboard with the above outputs
to patner my suitcase> Any ideas??



 


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> Dieter - How about a road case version of the 3-octave one shown
> under the P-cases? Since the P-cases are meant to be portable, why
> not the keyboard too (I know, it's the cost).
>
> -James

I can ask our case manufacturer to built a P-case for any of the OEM
versions. But the cases will be very expensive as they have to be made as
custom single-unit production. I don't think that we will sell many of these
cases. But as a special design we could offer it.

At the moment we try to find a solution to built the A-100CGK (probably the
5 octaves version, maybe together the A-198 ribbon controller) into the top
cover of the A-100 monster base. But I can not yet confirm that it will
work.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

I had imagined that it would cost a bunch. I have a couple of Anvil  
Case briefcases laying around (they used to sell them as promo items)  
and I could try to build a keyboard into one of them. I used to go to  
pawn shops and look for old instrument cases and build electronics  
into them. Sometimes you can find a old wooden instrument case that  
is just the right dimensions to do the job. I had good success with  
old clarinet and tenor saxophone cases - just the right size for  
small projects after you ripped out the insides.
-James

On Jun 20, 2008, at 2:35 AM, hardware@doepfer.de wrote:

>> Dieter - How about a road case version of the 3-octave one shown
>> under the P-cases? Since the P-cases are meant to be portable, why
>> not the keyboard too (I know, it's the cost).
>>
>> -James
>
> I can ask our case manufacturer to built a P-case for any of the OEM
> versions. But the cases will be very expensive as they have to be  
> made as
> custom single-unit production. I don't think that we will sell many  
> of these
> cases. But as a special design we could offer it.
>
> At the moment we try to find a solution to built the A-100CGK  
> (probably the
> 5 octaves version, maybe together the A-198 ribbon controller) into  
> the top
> cover of the A-100 monster base. But I can not yet confirm that it  
> will
> work.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

after you ripped out that pesky woodwind... hehe...

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:02 AM, James Husted <the_ersatz_planet@mac.com>
wrote:

>   I had imagined that it would cost a bunch. I have a couple of Anvil
> Case briefcases laying around (they used to sell them as promo items)
> and I could try to build a keyboard into one of them. I used to go to
> pawn shops and look for old instrument cases and build electronics
> into them. Sometimes you can find a old wooden instrument case that
> is just the right dimensions to do the job. I had good success with
> old clarinet and tenor saxophone cases - just the right size for
> small projects after you ripped out the insides.
> -James
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2008, at 2:35 AM, hardware@doepfer.de <hardware%40doepfer.de>wrote:
>
> >> Dieter - How about a road case version of the 3-octave one shown
> >> under the P-cases? Since the P-cases are meant to be portable, why
> >> not the keyboard too (I know, it's the cost).
> >>
> >> -James
> >
> > I can ask our case manufacturer to built a P-case for any of the OEM
> > versions. But the cases will be very expensive as they have to be
> > made as
> > custom single-unit production. I don't think that we will sell many
> > of these
> > cases. But as a special design we could offer it.
> >
> > At the moment we try to find a solution to built the A-100CGK
> > (probably the
> > 5 octaves version, maybe together the A-198 ribbon controller) into
> > the top
> > cover of the A-100 monster base. But I can not yet confirm that it
> > will
> > work.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Dieter Doepfer
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>  
>


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I just had another idea that may offer a more elegant solution. You  
could look into a variation of the P-cases with a deeper lid with the  
keyboard built in already, or just sell a Keyboard Lid as a separate  
piece. It could be designed so that the  P-case could sit on top of  
the back half - I'm at work now so can't measure it to see how small  
the space left for the keys would be - maybe it could work. It make  
the P-case like a Synthi AKS, especially if a Touch Keyboard was used  
(which would probably fit in the current lids without much  
redesign).  just an Idea.
-James

On Jun 20, 2008, at 2:35 AM, hardware@doepfer.de wrote:

>> Dieter - How about a road case version of the 3-octave one shown
>> under the P-cases? Since the P-cases are meant to be portable, why
>> not the keyboard too (I know, it's the cost).
>>
>> -James
>
> I can ask our case manufacturer to built a P-case for any of the OEM
> versions. But the cases will be very expensive as they have to be  
> made as
> custom single-unit production. I don't think that we will sell many  
> of these
> cases. But as a special design we could offer it.
>
> At the moment we try to find a solution to built the A-100CGK  
> (probably the
> 5 octaves version, maybe together the A-198 ribbon controller) into  
> the top
> cover of the A-100 monster base. But I can not yet confirm that it  
> will
> work.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>