Re: Doepfer Sampler Module

From James Husted
Sent Fri, Jul 10th 1998, 16:42

This thing sounds alot like a mirage sampler without the 8voices and
filters. A used Mirage rack cost about US$250. It of course isn't voltage
controlled but still works great (I have 3 of them!)
-james

>The Doepfer A-112 Sampler module is a basic 8-bit sampler with 128K of RAM,
>sample rates are from 2KHz to 79KHz (typically 4 seconds at 32KHz), and it
>plays back over a 5 octave range. The memory is divided into 2 banks. In
>Wavetable mode each block is divided into 256 blocks of 256 byte samples,
>then the wavetable start block can be swept by a CV. The only snag is, you
>cannot really create the wavetables on the A-112, you need to do this on a
>PC and the A-112 comes with the relevant download software to do this with
>(DOS program).
>The A-112 also doubles up as a pitch shifter and a digital delay unit,
>though I haven't worked this out yet (only a German manual at the moment!).
>
>Andy Horrell

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