Doepfer

> The VCOs going away seem to be the major concern on this list but for
> me the removal of the VCF and VCA related modules is of concern more
> for me. I tend to use my rig more for sound modification than
> generation. I will miss the Multi-mode filter (whose demise was
> already announce before) and the VC-panner  and Mixer modules. I
> really wanted to get the VC mixer (with a quadrature VCO) and love the
> Multimode filter. I see the A-109 has the VC panning features and is
> not on the list to be removed so guess that circuit could be put in a
> stand-alone module. I have a few of the A-134 but wanted to add
> another for my 3rd cabinet (I use them as the last module in the path
> out of the modular).
>
> Will there be alternative modules made for the A-123, A-134, and !-135?
>
> -James

I have to point out that we still have stock of the CEM circuits and all
modules with CEM3320, CEM3340 and CEM3381/PA381 are still available!  I'd
assume that we are able to supply all modules that contain these circuits at
least until end of this year (probably longer). In the A-106-6, A-107,
A-109, A-111-2 and A-122 other CEM circuits are used. We have still have
sufficient stock of these circuits. There will be no substitute for the
A-123. The discontinuation of the A-123 has been announced long time before
the CEM problems occured because of the extremely poor sales of this module
(only ~ 2-3 per month).

For the modules that contain the VCA circuit CEM3381/PA381 we think about a
redesign with other VCAs (THAT or SSM2164 or ???) because VCA circuits are
still available. But there is also some chance that the PA381 is available
in the future from Onchip. In the meantime I got an answer from Onchip: the
CEM3320 and CEM3340 are definitely no longer available but they think about
a new production of the CEM3381/PA381 - provided that we order a sufficient
quantity.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer