i think the reason is that Dark Energy has a special filter design (with linear fm of the filter frequency) and that was a reason to be available as an A100 module, plus the fact that, as Dieter told me, the A111-5 module was developed before the Dark energy!

the Dark Matter, apart from saving space and money, will have nothing special that is not already available in the A100 module range.

as for the Dark time: i do not know if it will save any space compared to an a155, and the price i guess would be very similar to the A155...

ok, the Dark Time may have a few features of the a154 too, so then, the dark time will save some money and space compared to the A154 & A155 combi, but still, i do not know if it would justify its existence as a new a100 module....


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this is indeed a strange reason not to produce modular versions. dark energy is also a condensed collection of already available modules.



i think especially dark time would be a valuable addition to the range. the a155 is too big for most first-and-foremost- a-synth racks, but could be a lot handier than the a180/181/mixer/ gate mixer combination that i tend to prefer (tha 1555's are in a rack of their own, but don't get taken to most gigs).



as for dark matter, well the reason i decided against basing a polysnth around four of the dark energy modules was the lack of a multimode filter, so important for poly sounds. one of the main problems in taking a modular poly on stage is the sheer number of cables, and i'm still toying with the idea of four energy modules. the addition of dark matter modules would be of great interest to me.



has the dark energy module perhaps not sold as well as hoped



i'm sure dieter knows what he's doing, but it seems a shame :)



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