totally agree with the LCD discplay on the A190-3 module.
i think it would be essential for easy navigation and use.

as the A190 wasn't exactly very easy to use...

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Subject: AW: 1 Re: polyphonic modulars
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 10:55 AM






 





> dieter's new baby got moved to the end of the year, so that it

> could grow a display and a hole for a computer and get bigger

> (why why why, the original idea was so elegant ).



Many customer suggested ro add a display and USB because of some reasons:



- With the rotary switch one is limited to 6 modes and there is no chance to

add more modes. With the display and up/down buttons more modes (even in the

future) will be possible and the display shows the selected mode.



- Without display there is no change to see the currently selected Midi

channel and reference note



- from our experience USB becomes more and more important because the user

do not want to add an additional USB-to-Midi box



We agree to these improvements and that's why the A-190-3 will be

redesigned.



> dieter, since the original a190-3 was a modified mcv 16, couldn't

> you offer that as a diy module displays and usb connections will

> ruin my image :)



We could offer the MTV16 board with the existing firmware "as it is". But

there will be no updates or bug fixes as I think that most user will prefer

the module with the display and USB interface.



> - quad adsr with separate inputs and outputs but with adsr pots

> common to all four envelpoes. four vc-adsr's gets a tad expensive.

> - ditto for a quad filter, although it's easy enough to control,

> say four multimode filters from one cv source. but again, very

> expensive and very big, although i suppose big is pretty

> inevitable if we're talking about a polyphonic modular.

> - and a quad slew limiter, with whatever buffers are needed to

> make it usable :)



that all reminds me a bit to my PMS (polyphonic modular system) that was

available in the eighties. The system was based on quad modules (quad VCO,

quad VCF, quad VCA, quad VCADSR and so on).



We will offer some more quad modules in the future. The next modules will be

the quad VCLFO and a low cost quad VCA. We also think about a quad slew VC

limiter with separate controls for rise and fall time. And even a quad

VCADSR is on our to-do list.



Best wishes

Dieter Doepfer































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