Dave

I'm sorry, I thought that I was the one being contrarian - a
general personality trait of mine.

I certainly didn't intend to insult anyone's modular system. These are
very personal biases on all of our parts. I was stating an opinion,
realizing that others will disagree with it. When I was posting, I
specifically thought about your system, But, you know, if I remember
correctly, it was the only photo of mixed modules in a single frame,
which is why I worded the statement that I did. You have a very cool
module configuration.

The issue of different overall system "design" is indeed very subtle,
perhaps it only exists in my mind. I wouldn't go so far as to
characterize it as "incompatibility". I was thinking along the lines
of certain A100 modules which seem to be lacking a jack or a knob or a
function, but that's because Doepfer tends to leave things out under
the assumption that you'll fill in the gap with a utility module. So
the A100 is more "distributed" than some other modulars, you need
things like lots of linear mixers and a CV source and a voltage
inverter in your frame to make it go. Somer people find this
frustrating, I consider it the "A100 way". Maybe it's a stretch to
suggest that this would affect a mixed module system significantly,
but it might.

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., davevosh@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/22/2002 8:30:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> buechlerjoe@t... writes:
>
>
> > If you look through the photos area of this group, you won't see
many
> > mixed module setups. It always seems like a good idea, but think
twice
> > about it.
> >
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> joe,
> hello ! sorry to be the contrarian here but..........in my doepfer
g6 frames,
> i have modules from an. sys. and an. sol. - respectively, the comb
filter and
> the 8x1 sequencer. granted, the loss of 1hp on each side of the an.
sys.
> module is a bummer - in my case, resulted in losing a total of 4hp (
ie: an
> a-180 ) in that row - but it was something i elected to "live with"
because i
> wanted that module and there was no doepfer equivelent. an. sol.
seq.
> required a +5vdc adaptor but there was one on the buss it plugged
into
> anyway, so no big deal for me but something to be aware of. the
finish of the
> faceplates is different but i wouldn`t go so far to say as "ugly" in
terms of
> match. then again, this is a deeply personal aesthetics issue so
everyone
> will have a different viewpoint. as to any subtle differences in
systems
> philosophy, with only one module each from the a.s.`s, i haven`t
seen any
> incompatibilities but certainly, i`m no expert. isn`t there someone
- david
> salter - - who has a sizable mixed system beyond the 2 a. s.`s,
i have a
> motm 410, encore u.e.g., blacet/wiard miniwave and blacet time
machine ( all
> literally screwed into a board and sitting on a doepfer frame ) that
i use
> with my core doepfer system. these all seem to work well with the
doepfer,
> too. me, i like the weird, chaotic look and take the zen approach of
> accepting each module for what it is and not worrying about
appearance.
> best,
> dave
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