A. Haven is not stocking ASystems, guess you ment www.bigcitymusic.com
Anyhow: Yes, I second that it does make much more sense to have the
controller below the sockets.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , James Husted
<the_ersatz_planet@...> wrote:

>
> I recently got a used A-144 Morf Controller and my second AS RS-220
> Joystick from Analogue Haven and was glad to see the joystick was as
> pictured on the Analogue Haven site. This newer one is flipped 180
> degrees from the other one I have which I had to mount upside down and
> rewired to work the way I want. The picture on the AS site is still
> the older one (except for the one shown on only one of their keyboard
> rigs - the french connection). The reason I had to turn it upside down
> is that my Doepfer rig is currently a dual portable rack setup (soon
> to be three) and I almost always play it with the cabinets either on
> their backs or leaning at an angle. Like the Doepfer joystick the
> older design RS-220 had all the patch cords at the bottom of the
> module, right where your hands want to lay while playing it at a
> angle. I have brought this up before but with the introduction of the
> Monster Base Frame which has a horizontal surface for mounting modules
> this bubbled to the surface of my mind again. I will soon be buying a
> pair of A-164-1 to lay next to my joysticks and will have to mount
> them upside down too for the same reasons. I know it cost to have
> multiple versions of modules but is it possible for the current and
> future "performance" oriented modules come in 2 versions - one 180
> degree rotated from the other Currently the only Doepfer modules that
> I think would benefit from this treatment are the A-161-a and the
> A-174 but this should be considered in future modules of this type
> (like mod wheel modules etc.).
> -jh
>