Oh I'm not disappointed in Doepfer modules! I have very many of them. I'm disappointed that hardly any of them use the CV/Gate bus. From the Doepfer website:
-
some modules can pick-up the
CV
signal (e.g.
A-110
,
A-111-1
,
A-111-5
,
A-143-4
) from the bus depending on the jumper setting on the module
-
some modules can pick-up the
Gate
signal (e.g.
A-140
,
A-111-5
) from the bus depending on the jumper setting on the module
-
but most of the A-100 modules have no access to the
CV
or
Gate
signal of the bus
-
other modules may work as transmitter for the
CV
signal to the bus (e.g.
A-190-1
,
A-190-2
,
A-190-3
,
A-185-1
,
A-185-2
) depending on the jumper setting on the module
-
other modules may work as transmitter for the
Gate
signal to the bus (e.g.
A-190-1
,
A-190-2
,
A-190-3
,
A-185-1
,
A-164-1
) depending on the jumper setting on the module
As you can see there only the A-140 and the A-111-5 "see" the gate. I have modifies my A-143-2 so far (pretty easy to do) but haven't done my A-143-1 yet. I would love to see more modules that get CV and Gates from the bus. I don't need any that write to the bus, just more that read from it. All the ones that read from the bus are normalized so they ignore it if you plug into the associated jack.
-James