Doepfer

I've been using an AKAI Headrush and am really pleased with it. It's 
supposed to be a digital replica of something like a space echo/
echoplex deal. You have 4 different outs for each of the "heads" and 
can change the timing gap between them all. Really nifty. Plus, it
has 
a loop record mode, or you can use it as a standard 24 second delay 
line! I also have an old Digitech 1900 delay that has a CV in.
Haven't 
tried using the cv yet (it's ancient and grungy as heck), but I'll
give 
it a try and let y'all know the results.

-andrew bunny

The reason that I think it would be nice to have a Doepfer delay is 
laziness.  Really!  I am so damn lazy!  Say that I want to send a sound from 
the Doepfer into a simple delay, then back in to the Doepfer for more 
processing.  I don't want to have to futz with a rack delay, or perhaps plug 
in a Line 6 which hasn't been used for a few days, etc.  I like my Time 
Machine because I get instant gratification.  It doesn't pause my creative 
flow.

The fallback of the Time Machine is that the longer delay "pings" are 
filtered so dramatically that only shorter delays sound good.  Longer delays 
get 'muffled' quickly.  If you listen to the Modcan samples, it seems that 
they got over that problem.  I might eventually have to buy a Modcan rack.

Perhaps a solution would be to hook up a normal delay to a clever patchbay, 
where there are 1/4 inch inputs and outputs in the back, but 1/8 inch 
inputs/outputs in the front.  Has anyone used a setup like this?  
Unfortunately, if I went in this direction, I'd probably get that TC D-Two 
delay that was mentioned earlier.  It's a little expensive for what I'd use 
it for ($700).

Thanks everyone!
- Bret

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> Perhaps a solution would be to hook up a normal delay to a clever 
> patchbay, where there are 1/4 inch inputs and outputs in the back,
> but 1/8 inch inputs/outputs in the front.  Has anyone used a setup 
> like this?

Originally, I wanted to do something like that, but the 1/8" patchbay 
just doesn't exist.

One of the earliest, and easily the best, thing I've learned from this 
group, was to use a standard 1/8" audio patchbay with the A100 for 
outboard gear. What a whole world that opened up! All the stuff in my 
effects rack are just more A100 modules as far as I'm concerned, and 
don't take up any room in the Doepfer frames either.

Joe