"Ship me the modules and let me keep them and I will do the videos"

Ha ha me too.. but I really enjoyed Dieter's demo. After watching video after video of sales
and marketing types over-hype and hawk their NAMM products, it was very refreshing to
watch someone present their cool new products without all that obnoxious BS.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , James Husted <the_ersatz_planet@...> wrote:
>
> Dieter-
> I planned at one time to make a matrix with !/4" switchcraft High
> density stereo jacks (I worked at a company that used them and I could
> get them cheap - and I had a bunch of SEM modules). The plan was to
> run the output lines on the tip's and the input lines on the Rings -
> ground as ground. That way you could put trimmers in the plugs and use
> them to have different levels at different patch points. This setup
> also allowed any crosspoint to be used as insert jack to other
> external equipment when a stereo plug "Y-cord" was used. This way you
> could insert a VCA at a crosspoint for instance - very handy. if a
> mono plug is inserted all the way it would work as a patch out (but
> would short that row input - not a bad thing for a SEM) but if only
> inserted half way would act as a input on that buss. I would also
> suggest bringing the rows/columns out to a multi-pin header in the pcb
> so that multiple matrixes could be chained together. Can't wait to see
> this module. How wide a panel is planned
>
> BTW loved the NAMM video. A short video on each just-released module
> would be a great selling tool. No expensive production needed - the
> camera aimed at the module and a hand and voice added. Ship me the
> modules and let me keep them and I will do the videos for free! (like
> everyone on this list with a camera would do also!).
>
> -James
>
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 12:52 AM, hardware@... wrote:
>
> > I just wanted to inform you that we are working on a 8x8 matrix made
> > with
> > 3.5 mm jack sockets. The reason is that we found a manufacturer that
> > produces a horizontal version of the 3.5 mm sockets at a much better
> > price
> > compared to the vertical Cliff sockets used so far. Some of you may
> > have
> > noticed these sockets in new modules (e.g. the Manual Gate A-164-1,
> > Switched
> > Multiples A-182-1, A-186-1 Gate/Trigger combiner and the new version
> > of
> > A-180 Multiples I). With these sockets it should be possible to
> > built a 8x8
> > matrix at affordable costs. We are still looking for a manufacturer of
> > shortening 3.5 mm jack plugs (or with diodes or resistors).
> >
> > I hope the matrix will be in the Euro 100-120 range but I still have
> > to wait
> > for the quotations of our front panel manufacturer and our assembly
> > company.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Dieter Doepfer
> >
> >
> >> I have one Doepfer portable rack configured with AS and Doepfer
> >> modules that are similar to the AKSs layout. I don't have all of the
> >> modules in a AKS of course - no meter or KS keyboard or fixed output
> >> filters for instance. I also haven't bought the trapezoid clones or
> >> EMS filter so it is not a real close clone - close enough for me to
> >> re-create the patches I commonly made on the Synthi A. I'm at work
> >> now so I can't give you the exact module list but mainly it is mostly
> >> Doepfer with 2 AS VCOs (the no longer made RS90 - it had the wave-
> >> shaping I wanted) and the AS joystick (modified to be mounted upside
> >> down - cables get in the way otherwise) and a custom made dual manual
> >> gate panel. The things it has that are different than the Synthi are
> >> dual Ring modulator, VC envelope generator, MIDI, mixer and VC
> >> panner, and some more. I have re-arranged it a few times and there is
> >> allot you can fit in that case. The main thing for me is to find or
> >> make a joystick module that feels and acts like you want. It is the
> >> main interface to play on the rig for me. A inverter module and lots
> >> of multiples are needed too. Having a inverter is great - the way you
> >> had to do inversion on the Synthi was a drag - I often have the
> >> joystick's axis used in both regular and inverted at the same time.
> >> The EMS matrix will spoil you totally and you will need to make or
> >> buy lots of mults. If I ever find a source for the jacks used in the
> >> Doepfer/AS modules in the US - I would love to make a matrix patcher
> >> - lots of jacks needed though! To make one cheaply you would have to
> >> hardwire it to the modules and there goes the flexibility of a
> >> modular placement. At that point you might as well make a large
> >> custom panel, take the panels off AS and D modules and mount them to
> >> it - hardwired to the matrix. I always wanted to make a SEM-like
> >> voice module that way with AS and Doepfer modules packed closely in
> >> one panel and normalized to a standard patch. Oh well - now I'm
> >> rambling - slow day here today.
> >> -James
> >
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