hello bruce,

in contemporary electronic music a lot of plugins are being
used to degrade or destroy a sound. things like bitcrushers
are very popular nowadays. the a188/ can create similar
sounding effects, just because of the absence of these filters.
after all it is a simple task to add an external filter
if you need one. ok, the extra space is a good point,
but an external filter is much more versatile, because you can
individually adjust the filter to your taste. also you have to
take into account that the a188/ would probably need a bigger
faceplate for the additional filter controls, so in the end you
would save 4 te of space or so. i have lots of bbd-stuff and on
all bbd's with built-in filters you have a strong "dulling"
effect because these filters are not adjustable.
with an external filter you have a lot more control
over the high frequency content of the sound.

best wishes

ingo



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , bruce thedekaa <brztdk@...>
wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I don't understand why you are glad that there isn't a
> dedicated filter inside the module. For me at the
> moment i won't buy it cause then i need another filter
> and extra space in my rack.
> But maybe there's a good reason so i'd like to know.
>
> Greets Bruce
>
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