Re: important vactrols availability doepfer news.
2005-08-29 by selfoscillate
hello dieter, will the new vactrols have a different timing (i.e. different release time)? afaik the current vactrols have a release time of approximately 200 ms, right? best wishes ingo --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Bakis Sirros <synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:
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> dieter says: > "at the moment we have still a lot of A-101-2 and > A-101-3 left. I'd expect > they will last at least until end of this year. Then > we will have to decide > if we make a redesign with other vactrols or if we are > able to persuade the > manufacturer to produce the old version once again for > us as custom-made > article. > The main problem is the A-101-1 as our stock will > probably last only until > October, may be November. We wanted to start a new > production series of this > module for October/November orders when we got to know > that the vactrols > used are no longer in production. I fear that there > will be a gap in the > A-101-1 supply as we will not be able to do a redesign > until November (new > pc board design, pc board prototype, assembly and test > of the prototype, > ordering parts for the series production ....). > Samples of the new vactrols > are on the way. As soon as they arrive we will see if > they can be used > without schematics and pcb redesign or if a redesign > will be necessary. Even > if the new vactrols can be used without pcb redesign I > cannot say if the new > vactrols will cause a different sound or control > behaviour of the vactrol > modules. In any case the A-101-9 will be adapted at > once for the new > vactrols." > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bakis Siros > Parallel Worlds / Polariton > Athens-Greece > [Doepfer_a100] group owner > http://www.shimarecords.co.uk > http://www.ward12.com > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs