Cool, hope you enjoy it.
I'm over in Australia and never get to try modules before buying, so
generally find that I have to take a leap of faith. So far all
modules I've bought have been useful/enjoyable in one way or
another. The more modules I get, the more uses I find for my older
modules. :0)

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Ross Goniakowski <carfull@...>
wrote:

>
> i'm going to find out for myself in a few days, i ordered

one...the way you describe using it is pretty much what i had in
mind ;)

>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: vcovcfvca <vcovcfvca@...>
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, January 7, 2008 3:39:02 PM
> Subject: 1 Re: A-125 phase shifter impressions
>
> Even later response!
> I just recieved the A-125 yesterday, so haven't had a chance to

give

> it a really good run yet, but on first listen it has given my

modular

> a nice additional sound shaping tool. Its sufficiently swooshy and
> swirly when required, as all good phasers should be. Jet and wind
> sounds are a "breeze"! Plus, I'm enjoying trying all of those

wacky

> modulated phase shifts that I could never do on an effect pedal.

The

> manual phase shift knob in conjunction with the CV amount knob

allows

> you to kind of dial in a frequency band within which your phase

shift

> occurs. Again, something that goes beyond the average pedal.
> Modulating it with audio frequency CVs at high resonance yielded

some

> interesting results. Its not a module to use in every patch (eg: a
> guitarist probably wouldn't play every note through a phaser

pedal),

> but a nice expansion module to experiment with. Soundwise,

although I

> quite like the resonant tone from the A-125, I would say its not
> as "watery or coloured" (don't you love subjective sound
> descriptions! ! ) as the EH Small Stone (which I own). Its

perhaps

> closer to the Boss PH-1 (which I used to own). This would kind of

make

> sense from Mr. Doepfer's description of the circuit. I'm guessing

this

> also means that its likely to be close to the Sytsem 100 phase

shifter

> (which I've not used). I belive the EH Small Stone uses
> transconductance op amps which yield a different resonant tone.
>
> On a final note: for me the A-125 was the right combination of

price,

> straight forward features and size (I like the fact that it only

uses

> 8HP in my rack).
>
> Hope this helps you and others.
>
> Regards,
> Adam
>
> --- In Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com, Florian Anwander
> <Florian.Anwander@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ross
> >
> > > i can't find any audio examples on the net..the only analog

phase

> shifters i've heard are the EH Small Stone and the MXR Phase 90,

i'm

> interested in at least as good quality ...i'm covered on the

digital

> end, but i want the ability to patch in to my Doepfer system, and
> there are some used mods available atm...
> > Late jump in: The A-125 can sound very similar to the EH small

stone.

> >
> > Florian
> >
>
>
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