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From: yahoo@doepfer.de <yahoo@doepfer.de>
Subject: AW: [Doepfer_a100] comments on the mini-schaltwerk module?
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 11:26 AM











    
            
            


      
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> Von: Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com

> [mailto:Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com]Im Auftrag von John V. Talbert

> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. April 2009 01:52

> An: Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com

> Betreff: Re: [Doepfer_a100] comments on the mini-schaltwerk module?

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> > maybe there is not any info int he doepfer site, but you can

> see it running in the musikmesse a100 video here:

> >

> http://www.sonicsta te.com/news/ 2009/04/06/ messe09-doepfer- modular-

> synth-video- action/

> >

> > that's why i am asking for comments from people who attended

> the musikmesse.

> Is it the module with the columns of moving red lights in the lower

> right hand corner or the rightmost case?  If so, it looks great!  And

> I've always wished for something like a mini-Schaltwerk and I'd buy

> one right now if it were available.  Why has Dieter been so quiet

> about it?   Or did I just miss the discussion?

>

> John



It's a very early prototype of the planned module named "honey I shrunk the

schaltwerk" ;-)



We finished the two prototypes at the weekend before the Musikmesse. As it

was not sure if we could make it there was no time for an announcement. And

the two prototypes have only very limited functions so far:



prototype 1: matrix of 8 rows with 8 buttons and LEDs each (the final

version will probably have 16 buttons and LEDs per row), 8 trigger outputs

(during the Musikmesse used to trigger MFB drum modules), clock and reset

input, no additional functions like different first/last step,

presets/memories and so on



pototype 2 (not complete): 8x8 LED matrix with only one set of 8 buttons,

the buttons have to be assigned to one row, the final version will have

probably 16x8 (or 32x8) LEDs with one set 16 (or 32) buttons. This would

allow a very compact 16x8 (or 32x8) step trigger sequencer with a small

required space.



I added a picture of the two versions to our website:

www.doepfer. de/A100_pictures /A100_Schaltwerk .jpg. On the right side you see

version 1, on the left side version two (so far only the LED matrix that

displays the same as the version 1 but rotated by 90 degrees). The single

button row for version 2 has not been finished in time. Only the LED matrix

unit was finished. We think also about other applications of the LED matrix

(e.g. 8-fold level meter, X/Y position display, miniature

oscilloscope/ correlation meter and some more).



Everything is in a very early prototype state and we are not sure if both

versions (separate button for each step or only one set of buttons) will be

manufactured. In any case it will be a simple trigger sequencer with reduced

functions compared to Schaltwerk (not the same huge functions as the

Schaltwerk). Probably two (normalled) clock inputs for the rows 1-4 and 5-8

will be available to allow different tempos for the rows 1-4/5-8 (e.g. by

means of a trigger divider or two totally independent clocks). And some

presets/memories will be available, but probably not the extended functions

of Schaltwerk.



Before we continue with this module a lot of other stuff has to be finished

(Dark Energy, A-111-5, DSP-Module A-187-1, Matrix Mixer A-138m, Dual

Attenuator A-183-1, Offset/Polarizer A-183-2, Amplifier A-183-3, polyphonic

Midi/CV interface A-190-3, modulation wheel module A-174-2, foot controller

module A-177-2, CV/Gate-to-Midi interface, and some more ...)



Best wishes

Dieter Doepfer




 

      

    
    
	
	 
	
	








	


	
	


      

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