--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "Pierre Zeeman"
<pierrezee@h...> wrote:

> er, perhaps I am being thick here but how will you get the

oscillators out

> Hasn't the Ion only got two stereo outs At most, then, with hard

panning

> you could get four oscillators. Or am I missing something

The Ion actually has four outs. It is four part multi-timbral so you
can send each of the 4 parts to it's own out. For each part you can
send just the of 1, 2, or all 3 oscillators. The mix amount is also
a modulation destination.

> You will need a few A119s as well then. AFAIK, line level signals

are too

> weak to go directly into any of the doepfer modules. OTOH, the

You're right. I will need at least one A-119 to get started.

> Also, note that using the A190 you will only get one controller CV

out of

> the Ion to use on the modules. The mcv4 (or the mcv24 if you want

to plan

> for the future) might be more useful and it will free up room for

more

> modules :)

Thanks for pointing that out. I will probably start with the mcv4.

> Doesn't the Ion supposedly have an ob filter model :)

The Ion OB filters are SEM copycats, not Matrix 12 which I thought
the Doepfer is modeled after.

> AFAIK, the only overlap between doepfer filters and the pro5s is

the A122

> because the Rev 3.3 used the CEM3320 (as did the synthex, the OB8,

Some others have also pointed that out. For a Pro5 type filter I
will be looking for something with the earlier 2040 chip.