Fwd:new info from doepfer about many modules!(and a new chaos module???)
2002-12-23 by bakis Sirros
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dieter Doepfer > To: bakis sirros > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 2:11 PM > Subject: AW: merry christmas!!! > > > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: bakis sirros [mailto:syrros@ath.forthnet.gr] > Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2002 23:33 > An: dieter doepfer > Betreff: merry christmas!!! > > hello dieter, > merry christmas and a happy new year! > > also,i saw the new face of the a154... > i would prefer the LARGER BUTTONS for the > start,stop,reset,step controls!!!!!like the ones > used in the a113! > DOEPFER:This will increase the price of the A-154 as another > pc board would have to be added. At the moment the 4 > buttons and the 4 jack sockets are mounted on one > small common board. If the A-113 type buttons have > to be used 2 separate boards for the sockets and the > buttons are necessary and the button board will need > additional mounting. > BAKIS:please,this would make their operation much easier > and the looks of the a154 much better,too!!! > DOEPFER:If the customers are willing to pay more - no > problem. > BAKIS:also,please,notify me when the a102,a109,a107 and > the a154 will be available! > DOEPFER:The first A-102 and A-109 are already on their way > (we received them on Wednesday from the factory) but > we have no manuals so far available - neither German > nor English. The man who writes the manuals will > finish the German manuals not before January 2003 > and then they have to be translated into English. > But A-100 specialists will have no problems to use > the A-102 and A-109. > > Dates for A-154 and A-107 are not yet fixed (this > will even depend if new features have to be added, > e.g. the new sync suggestions in the group are not > possible with the existing hardware and would > require a complete re-design. The addresses for all > A-155 connected to the A-154 are the same (only one > connector that has to be equipped with the suitable > ribbon cable for one or two or ... A.-155) ! There > is no separate address hardware for different A-155. > > BAKIS: also, i don't mind for the new filter module(with > ssm chip),it's welcome,but if it had some new > features it would be more desirable for all the a100 > users... > DOEPFER:The features are limited to what is possible with > the SSM2044 - and that is not so much. But we do not > expect that all A-100 users have identical opinions. > We have about 25 customers who want to have a > SSM2044 filter because of the sound of the SSM2044 > but not because of additional features - that would > not be possible with the SSM2044 (e.g. no variable > slope, this will have the A-107 or the A-108 with > A-135 and A-144). > > BAKIS: BUT,I THINK,AFTER THE EXCELLENT NEW > MODULES(A107,A154,TKS)THAT YOU SHOULD DEVELOPE MORE > MODULES OF THIS TYPE!(ESOTERIC/EXOTIC)!!! > SO,PLEASE,A CHAOS GENERATOR NEXT!!!!OR SOMETHING > WEIRD LIKE THE BLACET MODULES,PLEASE! > DOEPFER:We already have a very preliminary chaos generator > prototype (similar to Buchlas module of uncertainty) > but we have to go one step after the other. Before > we continue this development the A-154, A-107 and > TKB have to be finished. The SSM filter is no > problem as it is a standard design (no challence for > a hardware designer). > Dieter BAKIS:SO, ALL YOU A100 USERS...HAVE YOUR SAY!!!!! ===== synthfreak(parallel worlds) athens-greece [Doepfer_a100] group owner-moderator __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com