Right, but I don't think it is two cents you have written, more like two
grand. Wordy as always RM ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "ringmod45" < ringmod45@... >
To: < Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com >
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:24 PM
Subject: 1 a100 controllers


>
> Hi everyone, a modular can be broken down into basically into 4
> groups.
>
> #1) Audio Sources ( Oscillators, Filters, and Outside Audio)
>
> #2) Audio Processors ( Filters, Equalizers, Frequency and Phase
> Shifters, Waveshapers, Wave Multipliers
> and Delays etc.)
>
> #3) Control Processors (Mixers, Panners, Scaling Processors, Scaling
> Buffers, Detectors and Amplifiers etc.
>
> #4) Control Voltage Generators & Modifiers
> ( Comparators, Schmitt Triggers,Logic modules, Pulse
> Dividers,Transient Generators, Lfo's, Random and Noise
> Sources, Quantizers, Switches, Keyboards and Sequencers etc.
>
> What are the Regelwerk and the Schaltwerk They are Computer
> Controlled Voltage Generators. This falls into group # 4.
> simple and plain. They are Computer Controlled Voltage Generators
> which create sequences of Control Voltages and Gates to control other
> modules in a Modular Synthesizer specifically designed with the A100
> in mind. If not it would someone else's name tag on it.
>
> They don't fit in the A100 Case, but none the less, they have the
> same Voltage ranges as the A100. They match the livery of the A100.
> They are made by Doepfer, makers of the A100. They could not fit into
> an A100 case, so they made them rackmountable just like the A100.
> Look into the files section at the "Big Doepfer Rig".
>
> Now how can anyone tell me the MAQ and the Schaltwerk were ment for
> other Systems but the A100. The Schaltwerk existed before any of
> these new filters and other modules. It must have had some Importance
> to Doepfer to have released it in the first place. You don't release
> something for Good Times' sake. You release something so it has a
> function, which is in this case the generation of Control Voltages
> for Voltage Controllable Systems, i.e the A100 among other machines
> out there in the world. So if it's missing a few Key functions and a
> couple of bugs that paid customers want to have Fixed and
> Implemented, good business suggests that you take heed to your
> customers wishes.
>
> The problem is not with the outside of the box , but the inside. Sure
> they might want to forget about it and do new filters but the fact is
> it needs a little revamp and upgrade to bring it to its logical
> conclusion. By doing so you will be helping Doepfer regain a new
> found Positive PR Image and a bunch of happy customers who can go on
> using there machines more creatively.
>
> The preceding statements are pretty self- explanatory, the subject of
> the Schaltwerk Is On Topic with the A100 Modular Synthesizer. I agree
> that Schaltwerk requests should go to the Schaltwerk Group, BUT DON'T
> EVER THINK IT IS NOT AN EXTENSION OF THE A1OO. To do so would be like
> wearing blinders. I hope people see the benefits of a well
> functioning would do their Analog Modular Set Ups.
>
> My 2c. on the matter,
> RM
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