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