Hi Thomas,
this is my favourite subject: filters! And even better: I will not hide what
I liked about four filters I owned from Doepfer! So, let's start my
completely subjective comment.
First: mighty A-108. Description: fat, but not Moog warm. It reminds me on
Roland System 100 model 101 filter when making bass sounds (I owned Model
101, and compared it directly to A-108. I even have a bass sample done with
both. They sound very close in that sample.) When cutoff is more open, it
has even a glimpse of legendary SH-101 - the most sinister filter ever if
you ask me (notice I did not use the word "best"). Also, A-108 is very
punchy - I started the thread on AH about how to get punchy VCA (after
hearing Arp 2600), just to discover that explosiveness on A-108. This filter
might take over "filter techno crown" that resides somewhere in Roland
family, probably with SH-101 :-)
Second: WASP from Doepfer. You said: cheap sound, and that's exactly how I
felt when I returned it. But it would be great for big loop sweeps in your
average house club. Dirty energy.
Third: A-102. Pleasant, mild character. Kind of EMS. No bite. But... Chaos
starts when self oscillating it, and FM-ing. Unbelievable range of ringing
wierdness, not likable all the time. One of those things that I felt were
90% there, but "no cigar", because something is constantly missing (or
rather say - too much is there). Just like FM NovaMod I did on my SH-101 -
if only I could remove 10% of the sound, it would be pure gold. Big miss on
A-102 - lack of resonance control by CV . Why making filter with wacky
resonance behaviour, and not being able to control it If A-102 had that
input, I would have kept it (instead of CV3 input). I guess it's not late
for version 2 - I promise publicly to buy that one.
Fourth: A-109. Sweet! But it's Curtis, so I will not talk too much about it.
Pleasant, polite, not too fat. I will probably sell it in the future, when I
get...
My next filter buy: Quad Lowpass Gate (I checked samples on Cynthia's web
site, and I can only say: where have you been all my life - filter, of
course:-)
So, again: this is completely subjective comment! ("One man's stream is
another man's poison" - or at least something like that, verse from Giant
Sand)
Regards
Zoran
>From: "thomasborax" <
thomasborax@...
>
>Reply-To:
Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
>To:
Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: 1 q's
>Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:19:05 -0000
>
>hi folks. my questions in the past have all been answered in a
>helpful mannner, thank you to all on this list.
>here's today's queries:
>
>the a108 filter. this seems like a good one for me. however, i
>currently have the Asol sy01 w/ moog ladder 24db lpf. i must say it
>is dull, boring and filters too much of the signal out. it's so dull
>it almost seems like a volume nob. i had a frostwave ms20 clone, and
>(never A/Bed it with an ms20, couldn't tell you if it was in fact
>ms20-like) i thought that, by contrast, was a very good filter
>sound. i like greasy, slimy flatulent filters. i have a wasp
>a124. it's cool, but perhaps has TOO much charactor. a very cheap
>sound, which is good for me, though not all the time. i've
>understood that the a108 can be overdriven to make dirty sounds.
>please comment, for those who have experience with the filter. my
>first thought is that i don't care for the typical moog lpf, but it
>seems that this is more versatile and has a great range. i think
>using the 12 and 6db outputs would be more appropriate to my type of
>sound.
>
>also a i wonder about the spring reverb unit. is this worth looking
>into i've heard some units with very short springs, and they
>didn't sound so cool. do any of you feel that this has been a good
>unit for depth, spashy verb and other effects
>
>thanks to those who reply-
>yours((000
>tom
>
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