Hi Florian,

Ok, I see... that's where the envelope follower comes in! Indeed a
good idea to try that with my existing A-100 set-up.

Thanks and best regards,
Wim

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Florian Anwander
<Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Wim
>
> > Yes I have that same feeling. The thing is quite expensive also.

I

> > think Moog tries to attract customers by advertising it as "a

real Moog

> > VCO" but I really don't think it sounds like a vintage Moog VCO

after

> > all. Anyway, I'm quite pleased with the A-110 and A-111. I'm

still

> > thinking of purchasing a Moog ring modulator (MF-102) which seems

to

> > give value for money.
>
> The A110 _is_ a Moog VCO its quite the same circuit, which was used

in

> the late seventies, early eighties for all Moog synths.
>
> I don't think that the VCO itself is the interesting part of this

MF. It

> is the envelope follower and the idea to create a pulse wave out of

the

> input signal and to use this for hard-syncing the VCO

(crossmodulation

> with external audio is more common). This sounds really great and

is

> definitely a patch, you should try with a modular synth.
>
> It requires a decent preparing of the input signal, and I think

heres

> the spot where the engineers of Moog did a good job.
>
> Florian
>