Doepfer has a whole slew of modules available that other
manufacturers produce - and just as much as every other maker
has! They are in the synth business afterall and because of this
I would not find it wise for them to omit products from their
offering because other people are doing it. I would actually
recommend they do it because of this, else be touted as a
novelty module manufacturer as Blacet has been.

This issue recently came up in the Analog Heaven mail list and
one of its members, who owns the largest modular company in
the US pointed out that the vanilla modules that everyone else
makes as well are what keeps him in business while most of
his his more unique ones sell in very small numbers (some only
about two per year).

I bet you ONLY reason Doepfer has not produced an analog VC
delay is the main part needed to do so, the bucket brigade chip,
is now obsolete and in very short supply worldwide.

If however they were able to do this, I hope to heck it can run fast
enough so that it could be used as a flanger as well!

best,

Peter Grenader




--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "mdimmm@h..." <mdimmm@h...>
wrote:

> Maybe they (or us) could come up with some VC parameters

(speed, direction,

> length, feedback (I'm making these things up as I go along))

that would

> make the module unique from other delay modules currently

on the market

> Besides, although some modules from other manufacturers

might be compatible

> in terms of hardware, it seems that most of us stick to one

brand, making it

> perfectly acceptable (to me at least) to build something that's

also being

> offered by other companies.
> Are these other modules true analog delays
>
> MD
>
>
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:57:09 +0200
> > From: Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@c...>
> > Subject: Re: Re: Request for Advice
> >
> > Hi ethan
> >
> >> Will Doepfer ever produce a VC Delay
> > As far as I know: No. I know that he does not like to establish

a product,

> > which is aleady available by an other manufacturer. There is

no sense for

> > him.
> >
> > And I have to say, that I can use nearly every digital delay from

the 90ies

> > for this (I have a Korg SDD1200 and a VestaKaza Delay):

There is a CV in

> > for the delaytime and an insert in the Feedbackloop in which I

put a VCA.

> >
> > Florian