Tops idea. Eurorack is shy a quad vca something fierce. Please do
the blacet thing and break off one of them for use alone, if possible!

On Dec 18, 2006, at 7:51 AM, hardware@... wrote:

> > i see your point, but in this particular case a common attenuator,
> > voltage controlled if possible, acting on all outputs simultaneously
> > would be great; there are a lot of possible applications i can
> imagine
> > where one would want to have identical modulation intensities at all
> > destinations, just phase-shifted in relation to each other.
> making all
> > those modulation amounts voltage controlled at the destinations by
> > inserting VCA's would be a LOT of work in comparison to just
> modulating
> > overall output level on the source.
>
> We discussed the additional VCA option for the A-143-9 and have
> another suggestion:
>
> How about a separate quad VCA module with one common control
> (manual + ext. CV) for all VCAs. This module could be used even for
> other applications than only for the sine/cosine outputs of the
> A-143-9. E.g. for the other four-fold modulation modules of the
> A-143-x series like the quad AD, quad ADSR or quad LFO. A separate
> quad VCA module would not be very much more expensive than four
> VCAs integrated into the A-143-9 (4 additional sockets plus a
> separate front panel). After all the quad VCA section of the
> A-143-9 would be also a separate pc board containing the four VCAs.
> If we add four input sockets and make a separate front panel we
> would have a separate quad VCA module which is from my point of
> view more flexible than four VCAs only for the A-143-9.
>
> Tell me what you think.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
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