Since I've really appreciated it how you guys have helped me
out finding the right module set, I thought I'd let you know
what happened in the meanwhile, I've got my new A-100M now.
I actually picked it up myself by car from the Doepfer headquarters
near Munich, I got it right from the production line...

This thing is without words. I'm totally thrilled.

Tested it last night with two of my friends in our studio.
We couldn't stop before 6 am in the morning patching this thing.

I'm like this non-professional hobby-type music guy. This doesn't
mean I don't take it serious, it's just that I earn my money with
something else (web software).

So being a software guy, this thing rocks even just because of the
user interface. With only the 10 standard modules the levels
of freedom patching this thing are amazing. And nearly every
combination works too. I find it to be a real intuitive UI, and this
paradox because this device *looks* to other people who are not
involved like the most complex thing on earth.

The sound is just so awesome. I was surprised that this thing does
much more than I'd expected, I thought you could only play the lead
on this, but it is also (or even in the first place) is ideal for
creating really cool rhythms (thru LFO, etc...) you can key off from.
So we're essentially using this thing as a drum machine now, and
playing bass and other synthesizers on top of it.

I'd love to spend more time finding out more about patches on
the web. I have only found: http://www.modular-planet.de so
far. Unfortunately the patches are not grouped by module set. So it is
hard to indentify patches that I can do with just the A-100 M
set. This would be a great use case for a XML-based web app:
I'd create a markup language, similar to HTML, for patches, say
PatchML, and we'd share patches thru PatchML web pages. I could
search those pages and sort them by category, e.g. check for
<modules-in-use>A100M</modules-in-use>. I might actually
do this if people think its worth the time...

I'll definitely get more modules later, but I feel like I have so
much to explore with those 10 modules that I'm happy to wait
until I feel I've fully taken advantage of all the possibilities with
just those modules... So it was definitely the right decision.

Keep in touch,

- Sebastian

















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