great!


--- hardware@... wrote:

> I just wanted to inform you that we are working on a
> 8x8 matrix made with
> 3.5 mm jack sockets. The reason is that we found a
> manufacturer that
> produces a horizontal version of the 3.5 mm sockets
> at a much better price
> compared to the vertical Cliff sockets used so far.
> Some of you may have
> noticed these sockets in new modules (e.g. the
> Manual Gate A-164-1, Switched
> Multiples A-182-1, A-186-1 Gate/Trigger combiner and
> the new version of
> A-180 Multiples I). With these sockets it should be
> possible to built a 8x8
> matrix at affordable costs. We are still looking for
> a manufacturer of
> shortening 3.5 mm jack plugs (or with diodes or
> resistors).
>
> I hope the matrix will be in the Euro 100-120 range
> but I still have to wait
> for the quotations of our front panel manufacturer
> and our assembly company.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
>
> > I have one Doepfer portable rack configured with
> AS and Doepfer
> > modules that are similar to the AKSs layout. I
> don't have all of the
> > modules in a AKS of course - no meter or KS
> keyboard or fixed output
> > filters for instance. I also haven't bought the
> trapezoid clones or
> > EMS filter so it is not a real close clone - close
> enough for me to
> > re-create the patches I commonly made on the
> Synthi A. I'm at work
> > now so I can't give you the exact module list but
> mainly it is mostly
> > Doepfer with 2 AS VCOs (the no longer made RS90 -
> it had the wave-
> > shaping I wanted) and the AS joystick (modified to
> be mounted upside
> > down - cables get in the way otherwise) and a
> custom made dual manual
> > gate panel. The things it has that are different
> than the Synthi are
> > dual Ring modulator, VC envelope generator, MIDI,
> mixer and VC
> > panner, and some more. I have re-arranged it a few
> times and there is
> > allot you can fit in that case. The main thing for
> me is to find or
> > make a joystick module that feels and acts like
> you want. It is the
> > main interface to play on the rig for me. A
> inverter module and lots
> > of multiples are needed too. Having a inverter is
> great - the way you
> > had to do inversion on the Synthi was a drag - I
> often have the
> > joystick's axis used in both regular and inverted
> at the same time.
> > The EMS matrix will spoil you totally and you will
> need to make or
> > buy lots of mults. If I ever find a source for the
> jacks used in the
> > Doepfer/AS modules in the US - I would love to
> make a matrix patcher
> > - lots of jacks needed though! To make one cheaply
> you would have to
> > hardwire it to the modules and there goes the
> flexibility of a
> > modular placement. At that point you might as well
> make a large
> > custom panel, take the panels off AS and D modules
> and mount them to
> > it - hardwired to the matrix. I always wanted to
> make a SEM-like
> > voice module that way with AS and Doepfer modules
> packed closely in
> > one panel and normalized to a standard patch. Oh
> well - now I'm
> > rambling - slow day here today.
> > -James
>
>

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