Re: A-100 owners advise, please!

From EMIS
Sent Thu, Jun 25th 1998, 18:45

>> 2*A140 - A145 - A147 - A148 (ADSR/LFO/S&H)
>
>Here is the glaring omission only one LFO. Now maybe you can get some
>action off a MIDI to CV converter. But still you really shouldn't get
>just a single A145. The A145 is a truly dissapointing module, the only
>thing it does is free run and retrigger. Get a couple A147s or something
>from RS. A voltage controlled LFO is something a MIDI to CV box can't do
>anyway.
>

HANG ON - an A-147 Voltage Controlled LFO was specified here!
There are more times than not, that a simple LFO is used - for vibrato for
example, a typical use of an LFO, you set the speed and waveform (triangle
probably) and that is that. Maybe the LFO through a VCA (A-132 will do)
controlled by an envelope (A-140) may be an idea to delay the onslaught of
the LFO a bit. Although a Voltage Controlled LFO sounds like a good idea (as
does a voltage controlled envelope), in practice you will find yourself not
using it that much in a system the size that has been mentioned.

>
>> A150 (VC Switch)
>
>what are you going to do with it? I can think of many more useful
>modules (like a slew limiter, something you don't have). I mean the VC
>switch is something worth having and it's a good module, but I don't
>exactly use it very often, especially not 2 of them. More useful on big
>systems. Might as well get a voltage inverter if you need something 4HP
>wide
>

WHO mentioned 2 of these modules then?  A good module to use, especially if
you use two outputs of the multi-mode filter and gate the trigger.

>
>> A185 (Bus access)
>
>
>Actually while I'm expressing my opinion, I'm so frusterated that
>Doepfer went and made 10 and 14 HP wide modules. If everything was in
>units of 4 it would so much more simple. It turns the unit into such a
>puzzle. For those who dont understand what I'm talking about. A rack is
>84 units wide (=21 4 unit wide modules). Most of the modules are 4, 8,
>12 or even 20 units wide, but a few aren't. So you wind up with a half a
>module hole.
>
>---nick
>
What your saying then is that Doepfer should have made the A-110 12HP
instead of 10HP? Well, that would mean to fit 2 VCO's you would then lose
4HP (a complete module). I cannot see your logic in this, why make something
bigger than it needs to be - you could always buy the 2HP blanking panel if
you wanted the module to take up more space than it needs.

Back to the original thread here. I do think that an A-170 slew limiter
would be a good inclusion, as would the inverter A-175. Lots of other things
would be nice - but I am sure the cost is the main governing factor.

Andy Horrell