Hello everybody!
I guess you´ve had a lot of posts like this one and maybe it isn´t
too amusing... But I really have to ask for help somewhere because I
have nowhere else to go at this point.
I´m Martin, age 27, from Sweden. My interest in making e-music
started with software, mainly the NI Reaktor application, which is
fun and very educating, but sound sucks, which is why I very
recently was guided to the Doepfer-catalogue. (((passed ideas of
Akai MFC-42, and the Radikal Techs new "Spectralis" groovebox with 2
Analogue fltrs, and mutronics Mutator. I left the first (Akaifilter)
because I realized it´s far from the best, the second (spectralis)
because it´s partly more than I need and quite expensive, and the
third idea (Mutator) simply because I can´t find it))))
Ok, I´ve been trying to find out what modules that should be
included in my first rack-investment. (one rack is enough for this
time around, due to economic and space-concerns)
I will try to explain here what I want the system to do, at least.
I have 2 main goals.

1 Amplitude modulation
2 Filters modulation. (2 fltrs in mind: Multimode & Extreme

Well, this seems to be very easy to fulfill, but looking closer at
my needs makes things quite confusing: It¨s about creating the
curves/envelopes to trigger the VCA. I need them to be "rythmic" and
complex. To describe it easily, I want to tell you about a function
included in my old EMU-Morpheus synth. (The function is VERY
common...) I let LFO1 trigger LFO2 depth (each LFO has different
rate), and then send the "sum" to the Amplitude mod. You probably
realize the result; a "rythmic tremelo" effect, not just a
basic "chopper". But the possibilities to make the "pattern"/"curve"
more complex than this usually end here. So. What I want my A-100-
system to consist of is the possibility to, lets say "chain" more
than 2 envelopes (maybe 4 or even more) in a serial connection where
they trigger eachother. The main difference inbetween will be that
they have different BUT PROPORTIONAL and CONSTANT rates/freqs. What
will probably do a lot of the job is simply a clock divider. Sadly
it seems the module only has 2,4,8,16 as N-factors, and I really
need 3 and 6, to create 3/4 or triplets sounding curves. A CV-mixer
is also in my planning and maybe it could be a good idea to put
several VCA:s, (anyone tried to serial-connect these )
I don´t know if I should go for the Quad ADSR or the Quad LFO
modules, or maybe both ( )
What is quite obvious (D. Doepfer confirmed this earlier today) is
that the module VCLFO will NOT help me because it doesn´t modify the
depth of the envelope, it modifies frequency which isn´t what I
need. Maybe the clock sequencer is a useful tool (My planning does
NOT include the big seq. module, because to me it appears to
be "overkill" regarding my "rythmic-tremolator" goal. ( )
Ok. To summarize a little I will take make qustion to a wider level:
What is the most efficient way to create very individually designed
rythmic and complex lfo:s/envelopes

Concerning the no 2 of my goals; filters mod, I aim to do it thru
midi in "realtime" / "live". (Obviously, I´ll have to add the midi-
CV module for this). I suppose there isn´t much more to say about
this, although the filters are the absolute "top" reason that took
me to the Doepfer in the first place.

Ok. Thanks for your time, reading this far!

Regards
Martin