Hi Harry,
I'll re-order your questions:
> Finally, could someone tell me where I can purchase one from? I'm
in
> Nottingham, England.
The UK distributor is EMIS in Bristol:
http://www.emismusic.com/
If you email them, address here,
http://www.emismusic.com/doepfer.htm
you can get a printed catalogue.
A-100 prices are here:
http://www.emismusic.com/doepfera100.htm
The last column, 'D.O.C.', are special prices for his 'Doepfer Owners
Club', which doesn't mean much other than for a one-off payment of
about £15, you get 10% off all Doepfer prices thereafter (you
generally re-coup the £15 on your first purchase...)
> Hey list, I've been meaning to get a modular synth for some time
now and I'm
> looking at either an A100 or a Wiard. Just a couple of questions.
Firstly
> I've got no idea how much I should expect to pay for one of these.
If I gave
> a brief list of the kind of setup I was after, someone could give
me a rough
> idea of how much I should be looking paying, in GBP?
How much have you got?! But more seriously, you can put together a
very basic system for around £700 maybe, but you very quickly
convince yourself that you _need_ more modules, so be prepared to
spend much more! It is very addictive! EMIS do a few complete systems
(right at top of EMIS price list page), but I would suggest you look
at the specs of these to get a rough idea of the sort of mix of
modules, and then put your own set together.
> Right, the kind of system I'd be after would ideally be a 2 VCO
unit with a
> single -24db/oct LPF and perhaps a -18db/oct LPF (I'm told these
can do good
> 303-isms, am I right?), and a VCA, with an ADSR for each. Also I'd
like
> either a CV keyboard controller (if such a thing exists), or if
not, a
> CV-MIDI interface. I'd also be after a decent ringmod, and maybe a
delay
> unit (although I could always buy this seperately.)
> An LFO would be also be handy for making some mad filter sweeps....
> Obviously I'd also need all power supplies, rack adapters etc...
> Oh, and patch cords obviously ;)
Once you look at either the EMIS or Doepfer websites you can price
these up yourself. Doepfer do loads of filters (at least 11 at a
quick count) so much, much choice. The basic MIDI-CV interface is the
A-190. Planning the thing provides a lot of fun in itself.
> Any ideas? Sorry if I've overlooked anything drastically important,
rememebr
> you were a knowledgeless goon once ;)
...and your assuming I'm not any more? ;-)
Have fun,
Tim