hi roel,
i agree with you on the a120(i love it's sound),as for
the mini-jacks i only had minor problems,nothing
more...all of my cables are from doepfer and they work
fine...and of course i, too, beleive that the doepfer
is a system that can give us the ability to built a
big system because of the right price.
by the way,do you know anything about the "macula
transfer" album i told you about
synthfreak



--- Roel Steverink < roel.steverink@... > wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I want to say something in defence of this mighty
> system!
>
> As you all could read I began with basic system 2
> (with A 190). Modular synthesis was new to me. I was
> always used to the fixed and prefixed ways from the
> manufacturer in analog synths. Getting in a position
> where you actually can penetrate into the heart of
> the system by cv was totally new.
> As I'm not a technician of some sort, it took me
> quit a time to get into it.
> I think others here on the list know what I'm
> talking about.
> I surfed the internet for tutorials and advice,
> looked in books and so on.
> But from the start I seem to had golden fingers,
> cause I couldn't believe me ears what sounds came
> out of it, just by trying. All sorts of sounds I got
> out of it, even bouncing sounds.
>
> Allen Strange's book as really opened up this new
> world and I began to understand who thinks worked.
>
> When it comes to sound, it's arbitary, it's one's
> taste. I have several old analogs around me and I
> very well know the sounds of roland, moog, korg and
> teisco f.e. To my ears the a 110 standard VCO
> delivers the goods, all four of the waveforms, just
> becombine sine and triangle and a great bass sound
> emerges out of you speakers! The A 120 LPF is also
> warm and full of character. O yes, some users had
> strange reactions with waveforms on this filter.
> This happens with a sine and triangle. If you tweak
> the filter after 5, then the sound goes away, pops
> up again and stays in the background at position 10,
> same goes for the triangle. I read in the Stranges'
> book that this normal, due to the frequency of the
> sine and triangle waves!
> The A 121 Multimode is a very strong one looking at
> it's possibilities. I made a patch where I used a A
> 148 and triggered the frequency, also several
> waveforms from the LFO, all of sudden, I was amazed
> when I turned the frequency knob of multimode and
> discovered that along the whole scale the sound
> changed drastically!!! Every milimeter I shifted the
> know a new sound popped up. The variety was
> incredible: from deep drops, sizzling noise to metal
> like and even bird twittering. This filter self
> resonates with true power!
> A 115 Audio Divider plug in the cv of the filter and
> in no time you have the brightest and deepest
> sparklings.
>
> Just wondered: you only can input square waves which
> are divided into four. How can you extent the range
> in sounds Maby putting it through the multi mode!
>
> Really difficult ones are the Wavefrom processor and
> Distortion/waveshaper. I patched the A 116 many
> results, but the expected drastic changes do not
> appear. Same goes for the A 136, Doepfer promises in
> the manual that you even get constantly changes
> waveforms. Any one know how to do it
>
> The only drawback for me are some of the cables. The
> grey ones. I have three cables which won't make
> proper contact with the CV of the A 110. I noticed
> that other users have the same problem. I have so
> far no problems with the red and blue ones (O, I
> love these colours!!!). By the wya red are 80 cm
> and the blue 1.20 cm.
>
> No other problems did I encounter and I'm very happy
> with my system, now building up row four! I think I
> have room for meaby 8 rows. That the benefit if you
> have little space left, this system fits in nicely.
> Believe me I wanted a big modular, but I haven't got
> the space for it.
>
> I'm on a tight budget too and I'm glad the prices
> are so low, so I can afford them. For me it's a
> dream come true and I thank Doepfer for giving a lot
> of people this opportunity to own and use a real
> modular!!!
>
> Happy sound hunting,
>
> Roel.
>
> PS Yes, let it rain with the A 100.
>
>
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>
>

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