Hi Pierre
If you like, I can email you some RS500e MP3s
I am somewhat reluctant to post them here, since it's a little OT

Regards
Joost



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

> Ingo (and anyone else interested in such things),
>
> >i have both the rs120 comb filter and the rs500e ems filter.
> >the comb filter cannot be compared with lowpass filters really,
> >because it is a bbd-based design and works more like a flanger.
>
> I wasn't thinking of it as a straight replacement, it's just that I

have one

> potential slot on my AS (where the moog lpf is now) and I was just

thinking

> about another possibility for this slot. I like comb filters - I

use plugin

> combs a lot - and I don't have an analogue one, so that's why I

thought of

> the AS comb... Given that it's a bbd device it should really

twang, though

> :) Paul Nagle in SOS once described it in loving terms and while

his words

> have faded from my mind his sentiment has not.
>
> >the ems diode filters sound
> >quite different compared to the moog ladder filters
>
> This post was sort of overtaken by events. Yesterday I finally

made the

> order (barring an a106 and a planB which are still to come) which

will fill

> up my case. Since I had some cash over I also started a Blacet

system (a

> miniwave and a time machine). While I was at John's site I checked

out the

> clips for the final and filthy filters and was well impressed. I

will

> *definitely* be getting both at some time in the future. This

means that I

> will have a lot of filters to choose from :)
>
> As should be clear from my earlier posts about the a106 and a107 I

like

> filters with balls and I suspect that the synthi filter is a burbly

bubbly

> filter but not a roaring monster (although I liked your a102 clips

quite a

> lot). The SOS review also described it as "polite". This is more

of an

> indictment on me than anything else but the music I make is pretty

dense and

> subtle differences in filter types generallly get lost in the mix.
> Qualities like tightness and presence are thus more useful to me.
>
> Given all of this info (and you have those Blacet filters too

IIRC), would

> you still still think the ems is a worthwhile option I will

probably not

> get another rack of AS but I will definitely get another 6U of

doepfer as

> soon as I can afford it so I could always get the a102 at a later

stage

> anyway...
>
> thanks and regards
>
> Pierre
>
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