--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , <yahoo@...> wrote:

>
> > if you really want to exactly recreate the dark energy sound and
> > feel.... go for the A111-5....
> >
> >
> > Bakis
>
> Exactly. Especially because of the linear filter FM. There is no A-100 VCF
> available that offers this feature. And even the VCO and VCA are unique. The
> VCO is close to the A-111-1, but there is no A-100 VCA module available with
> the combined linear/exponential response of the Dark Energy/A-111-5 VCA.
>
> Though it has strictly speaking nothing to do with the A-100: The Dark Energy
> will be discontinued as the CEM3394 is no longer available and the negotiations
> with the manufacturer (OnChip, the Curtis Electromusic successor) concerning a
> new productions series of the CEM3394 were not successful so far. We think about
> a redesign of the unit (Dark Energy II) but it will be another instrument with a
> different sound and features (e.g. probably a 12 dB multimode filter with
> lowpass, highpass, bandpass and notch instead of the 24 dB lowpass).
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer

Put a keyboard on it Dieter, and you would rule the world (like the Arturia Minibrute is just about to do).

Out of interest, what were the knobs you used on the Dark Energy I really liked them.