--- Dieter Doepfer < hardware@... > wrote:

> From: "Dieter Doepfer" < hardware@... >
> To: "Bakis Sirros" < synth_freak_2000@... >
> Subject: A-100 News
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:40:57 +0200
>
> Hello Bakis,
>
> here the latest news:
>
> The modules A-101-3, A-137, A-149-2, A-154 and A-197
> are now available (I
> think I already mentioned this). But the manuals
> will still take some times.
> But I think experienced A-100 users will have no
> problems to use the modules
> even without the manuals (in combination with the
> information on our web
> site).
>
> Due to the response at the Musikmesse we decided to
> manufacture the A-143-1
> Complex Envelope Generator/Quad AD with all features
> we mentioned. The web
> site for the A-143-1 has been updated today. Same is
> valid for the A-143-2
> Quad ADSR. All digital outputs (EOA, EOD and EOR), a
> retrigger input and a
> range switch will be available. I think no
> additional poll is necessary. For
> the A-143-3 Quad LFO, the A-101-2 Lowpass Gate and
> the A-152 Voltage
> Addresses S&H/Switch there are no changes and there
> were no additional
> suggestions in the meantime.
> For the A-101-1 Steiner Multitype Filter there is a
> small modification. It
> will be equipped with two audio outputs as described
> on the revised A-101-1
> page. The first is the normal output of the Steiner
> circuit. The second
> output compensates the level increase at higher
> resonance settings. We found
> that the Res/Level control that was available in the
> second prototype is not
> very useful. So we omitted this control.
>
> The next production batch of A-100 modules will
> probably include these
> modules: A-101-1, A-101-2, A-133c, A-143-1, A-143-2,
> A-143-3 and A-152. The
> modules of this series will be available probably
> June 2004.
>
> For the Manual Gate module (A-164) we had only very
> very poor inquiries so
> far. We made a link to our suggestion of the module
> to find out, if there is
> sufficient need for such a module (I know that we
> have a few customers that
> beg for such a module, but I hope the A-100 users
> will understand that less
> than 10 modules are not sifficient for us to start
> the production).
>
> The next modules we will continue or start to design
> are the CV/Gate
> keyboard (here I will ask for a poll concerning the
> desired features), the
> universal modifier module (incl. Bit Cruncher, Bit
> mixer and some other
> features), clocked delay and maybe we will also
> finish the pitch-to-CV
> converter as the inquiries became a bit more for
> this modules in the last
> few weeks.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer

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Bakis Siros
Parallel Worlds / Polariton
Athens-Greece
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