sorry cuari,
but ,as i don't have a large income,i prefer the
doepfer modules to be cheap,(by that ,i mean i don't
care if the modules are build like a tank,i am not
gonna use them as battle weapons,i prefer to pay less
money even if i don't have the best quality knobs or
metal frontplates....).
that's my opinion....
synthfreak


--- cuari7 < medejd@... > wrote:

> --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., Florian Anwander
> <Florian.Anwander@c...>
> wrote:
> > Sorry guys,
> >
> > but this is an ugly reply to the demands of many
> people here:
> >
> >
> >
> > Doepfer offers and sells modules with dedicated
> features announced.
> These
> > features are forfilled. There were only very very
> few real
> technical bugs,
> > which reduced the announced features; as far as I
> know the owners
> of the
> > corresponing modules were informed personally and
> the repair was
> initiated
> > by Doepfer. This is more than the usual of the
> standard behaviour
> of other
> > producers.
> >
> >
> > What you all expect is the fix of (to your
> opinion
> > annoying) lack of features.
> >
> >
> >
> > To stay in the car comparison: You bought a
> Volkswagen, now you
> find, that
> > it does not include air conditioning and its
> instruments panel is
> made from
> > simple plastic instead of maple wood. So you
> expect Volkswagen AG
> to make a
> > Mercedes out of your beetle.
> >
> > Now you want Doepfer to make a MOTM-Standard out
> of the A-100
> modules. What
> > do you think Doepfer is A social station A
> Doepfer module
> usually costs
> > less than the half of a MOTM module (I just
> compared the MOTM price
> list
> > with Doepfers prices: often only 25% to 35% of
> MOTM !!!). So i
> think you
> > can be DAMNED LUCKY that it provides 90 percent of
> the technical
> features
> > and three quarter of the mechanical quality.
> >
> >
> >
> > A Mercedes is a nice car. Nothing to say against
> it, but please stop
> > complaining about the fact that you were so stingy
> to afford only a
> > Volkswagen. IF YOU WANT A MERCEDES, THEN PAY FOR
> IT.
> >
> > If you don't have the money, then shut up!
> >
> > Florian
>
>
> Strong words. But guess what Some of us DO have the
> money. My
> personal decision to go with Doepfer was due to it
> being the main new
> modular company available at the time (1998).
> Currently I own also
> Serge, MOTM, Synthesizers.com, Analogue Systems and
> Blacet. Why do I
> keep my Doepfer Because there's something very
> distinctive about its
> sound that I love, and which I don't get from any of
> the other
> systems. Do this: do a comparison test between the
> Serge oscillators
> and the Doepfer ones. The Doeph just sizzle!! You
> get way more bright
> side frequencies from them. And what about those
> wonderful EG's
> (especially the A-141) Individual pots for CV of
> each stage. Wow.
> And, in my opinion, the A-127 is THE BEST resonator
> in any modular
> currently available. Period. And so I think: this
> thing is sooo close
> to being perfect!! I wish the jacks were better. And
> I would PAY FOR
> THE IMPROVEMENT, OF COURSE!! I have no issues with
> the sequencers. My
> musical tastes span only stuff that is played with
> fingers, on a
> keyboard (the MAQ 16/3 is a nifty little toy that I
> use mostly to
> play drum loops from a Clavia Nord rack, to humor my
> teenage
> children. Honest.....). Frankly, I would not mind if
> the mighty
> Doepfer were more expensive, as long as the
> perpetually-mentioned
> MALFUNCTIONS (NOT MISSING FEATURES, MIND YOU!! TO
> ME, THE DOEPFER HAS
> MORE FEATURES PER MODULE THAN ANY OTHER BRAND, AND
> THE SOUND IS
> SUPERB!!!!)were eliminated. Yes, it would be a
> logistic problem: How
> to solve it in a financially-reasonable way (we do
> not want the
> company to go broke!!). Offer upgrades for those who
> already own
> systems. CHARGE MONEY FOR THEM. We are cool about
> it. Yes, we bought
> a VW, but if we want to hotrod it to a Mercedes,
> give us the option!
> And then, prospectively, implement the improvements
> on all future
> batches of modules, and CHARGE MORE FOR THEM!!
> Whoever has a serious,
> sensible interest in modular synthesis, with a
> discriminating taste,
> will realize that the Doeph is the way to go! This
> will also help
> maintain a certain standard of quality among the
> different brands,
> which will ultimately benefit the consumer. Let's
> not allow a
> degradation in the quality of these instruments to
> take place, for
> then they will truly become a passing fad.
> cuari
>
>

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