There's a lot of truth to that. I suspect the other part of the
problem is historical baggage. The A191 was originally conceived as a
Shepard function generator. While it was being developed, it morphed
into an A190 expander, but kept the Shepard generator as an ancillary
function.

Unfortunately, it's still mostly described by Doepfer, and thought of
by the user community, as a Shepard function generator: an expensive
and highly specialized module of limited utility. It wasn't until I
read the details carefully that it finally occurred to me what the
A191 was really for. Then the price made more sense.

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "Andreas Lindholm" <andreas.k.lindholm@t...>
wrote:

> > Midi, of course, creates all sorts of possibilities for musical
> > expressiveness. That's why I was suprised Dieter's message said

that

> > the A191 wasn't selling well. To me, more than any other module,

it's

> > the one that allow for the most musical expression (unless, of

course,

> > you have an MCV24 or Encore Expressionist instead).
> >
> > Joe
>
> I think one simple answer to sales it price. The 191 is expensive

compared

> to lfo's and envs... I think the same goes for pitchshifter and

stuff, we

> like to have them but paying 500 euro for a bode (Analog systems) is

mostly

> a nono.
>
> /Andy