If I remember correctly, the A135 has linear VCAs so that it will work
correctly with the CV from the A144 Morphing Controller.
The VC mixer strikes me as an extremely desireable module, probably
the first thing I'd buy if only I had any space left in my A100
frames!
I already have two log VCAs, so that I can do layering, stereo
panning, and AM, while keeping the A130 and A132 available for
controlling modulation intensity and envelope intensity.
I love the A132, and use it constantly. In addition to CV control, its
fine for splicing an attack sound, such as breath noise, a pick or
pluck sound, or a metallic hit, onto the front of a patch (all made
with A100 modules, of course). It's also excellent for general
switching and boolean logic. I frequently use it as an AND gate in
conjunction with the A160 Clock Divider, and use it as an ON/OFF
switch for all sorts of things (no sense wasting the A150 VC Switch
for simple ON/OFF control, and the A132 doesn't have the
bleed-through problems that the A150 has).
Joe
--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "ilanode" <techmeier@w...> wrote:
> Hi, I know you don't like to discuss the same topic over and over
> again but I couldn't find any comment on what's of interst to me:
>
> There's the A-135 VC Mixer made up by 4 linear VCAs and which is
> designed according to Doepfer to deal with audio signals. BUT
> shouldn't they be EXPOTENTIAL VCAs Does it make sense to route 4
> audio signals through linear VCAs or should I rather go for 2
> logarhythmic A-131 VCAs having 4 audio inputs but can controll them
> only with two CVs (two per A-131 adding up for one) and realizing
> the desired single output on my hifi
>
> The PAIA homepage was adding to my confusion: "Many artists prefer
> linear dynamic response when building percussion sounds because they
> have much more "punch" than the technically correct exponential
> response." (By the way has one of you experience with the PAIA
> modules )
>
> If the answer wether log or lin depends on the sounds routed through
> the VCAs: I intend to use a wide range from percussion to voice or
> even bits of a record coming from a loop sampler in the future.
> Please, let me know what you think.
>
> On the subject of VCA. I can't share the disliking of the A-132. It
> doesn't react on the A-140 like the A-130 but however dispite of
> it's rather strange behaviour it's a usefull tool to add more
> controll over CV.
>
> Finally: The A-197 sounds great. For me not using a keyboard it
> seems to be a great controll device. You should get a N64 easily 2nd
> hand in the future even if it's production gets closed down since
> the kids are stepping ahead to the latest gear. Mind you but it's
> not top on my list for reasons of money since there so many modules
> I see more need for at this time.