Doepfer

Hello fellow A-100 owners,

I'm thinking about getting the A-174 Joystick.
It says in the manual that you can cut the springs so that the stick 
will not return to it's center position.
If I remove the springs, will the stick stay in the position I leave 
it in? (for example pointing upwards in a normal doepfer suitcase 
standing up?) In this case could I use it as a substitute for the A-
176 man. cv source?

/gustaf

hello gustaf,

can't tell you something about the springs in the a174 joystick,
but in any case you can use the a174 as a substitute for
the a176 manual cv source. even without removing the springs,
you can adjust the a174 outputs to deliver a voltage between
-3.5 and +3.5 volts by adjusting the front panel knobs.

best wishes

ingo




--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "gargar1974" <gustaf@p...> wrote:
> 
> Hello fellow A-100 owners,
> 
> I'm thinking about getting the A-174 Joystick.
> It says in the manual that you can cut the springs so that the 
stick 
> will not return to it's center position.
> If I remove the springs, will the stick stay in the position I 
leave 

> it in? (for example pointing upwards in a normal doepfer suitcase 
> standing up?) In this case could I use it as a substitute for the A-
> 176 man. cv source?
> 
> /gustaf

So will the joystick stick to its position after removing the springs? Or will it just hang 
loose, fall to a side, or downwards?



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "gargar1974" <gustaf@...> wrote:

>
> 
> Hello fellow A-100 owners,
> 
> I'm thinking about getting the A-174 Joystick.
> It says in the manual that you can cut the springs so that the stick 
> will not return to it's center position.
> If I remove the springs, will the stick stay in the position I leave 
> it in? (for example pointing upwards in a normal doepfer suitcase 
> standing up?) In this case could I use it as a substitute for the A-
> 176 man. cv source?
> 
> /gustaf
>

> So will the joystick stick to its position after removing the springs? Or will it just hang 
> loose, fall to a side, or downwards?

stays in position, not that loose at all

I took the spring off first when I got the module and now I put them back in fact, which is 
possible to do... but not maybe more than once or twice... 


Best,

Alexandre

Yes, thanks I did it allready before I got the answer, I like it much better like this.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "bellenger_a" <bellenger_a@...> wrote:

>
> 
> > So will the joystick stick to its position after removing the springs? Or will it just hang 
> > loose, fall to a side, or downwards?
> 
> stays in position, not that loose at all
> 
> I took the spring off first when I got the module and now I put them back in fact, which is 
> possible to do... but not maybe more than once or twice... 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Alexandre
>