hello pierre,


--- 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.

i like the rs120 a lot. it can be very twangy, yes :-)

> >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...

ok, from your description there are better options than the
rs500e for you. the a106 and a102 will suit your needs better,
also the filthy filter is one you'll probably love.

best wishes

ingo