Hey Nick,

I've been using the moniker grandpoohbah for years. When the Detroit Grand Pu Bahs
dropped their album, I was like Hey!!!, That's my name..... I got it from the Flintsotnes--
the Fraternal Order of the Water Buffalo... what ever, it's not the name I use professionally.

My friend had the Original Octave Cat. I briefly owned an SRMII, but it needed some work
and I never got around to fixing it, so it was sold for parts. It didn't sound as good as the
Original Cat.

Not familar with the A-1000 you're refering to. Is that the type of filter used or is the
2040 the filter The unstability was the best part. Not so great if the tuning needed to be
dead on, but, man could that thing Scream like a Banshee.

So I'd love to buy an Original Cat Filter for my Doepfer system!!


Cya,

Andrew

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "n keller" <nirokesan@h...> wrote:
>
> grand poohbah, eh........ he was pretty good. Ever hear that Brand New
> Heavies album he was on
>
> Anyway, I LOVE the Octave Cat. I've only ever owned the SRM models, never
> an A-1000 or SRMII. So what version did your boy have Important to know
> since......
>
> The original Cat (A-1000) had discrete VCOs and VCF, unstable but hot sound.
> " The first revision SRM (series revision model) employed a SSM2040 (REV-1
> Prophet5) filter chip, but this was then later replaced with the SSM2044
> (Polysix). Thankfully the discrete VCO's were still retained. The final
> revision (SRM-II) had both Curtis 3340 VCO's and SSM 2044 filters"
>
> So obviously my point is that Doepfer already has one "CAT" filter in the
> A-105/SSM2044 VCF!! Actually the SRMII had the same VCO chips found in the
> A-111 too.
>
> I'd like to see a filter built around a 2040 chip but with switchable
> stages, i.e. first two poles and the last two poles are switchable between
> LP in series and HP in series. This would allow for 24dB LP, 24dB HP, or
> 12dB BP. Right
>
> later,
> nick
>
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