Bakis/all,

Firstly, I must agree with Selfoscillate, I love the SSM filter, my Poly
6 died and became unrepairable and miss it.

Regarding the rest of Dieters note

A154 - is essential as it's own module, I have two A155's and have been
waiting for this module with anticipation since it was first mentioned.

Touch keyboard - Still want it, I am concerned that it may evolve to
point outside my financial resources though, so look forward to not just
a poll but a breakdown of spec and an understanding of how these
features relate to price etc.

A107 - looks great on paper. How about some sound samples of the
prototype (for all new modules now that I think about it) I seem to buy
this stuff based on spec and have yet to be disappointed but samples
would allow me to prioritise my choices.

Normal CV/Gate kbd - definitely - given the chance a Roland 184 clone
(upto 4 note poly) but with proper wheels and a groove built in the top
so I have somewhere for my A198 controller to sit.

Look forward to seeing giving Dieter even more of my money ; )



David Salter
Reuters Consulting
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-----Original Message-----
From: selfoscillate < synaptic_music@... >
[mailto: synaptic_music@... ]
Sent: 03 February 2003 09:54
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Subject: 1 Re: NEW INFO FROM DOEPFER ABOUT NAMM
2003 AND MORE!!!



additional cv-inputs for the a107 would be fine really.
i would like the a154 to be manufactured as well
as the touch keyboard with added a154 functionality.
both will find it's users. i will go for the a154 for sure,
followed by another a155 later on.

the a105 is a sure shot for me. i love my korg mono/poly
and i can't wait to get an a105 soon.

another thing i would like to see is a new oscillator module
(the a111 seems to be unavailable again). great would be a thing
like the a111 but with shape control for all waveforms.

best wishes

self oscillate



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Bakis Sirros
<synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:

> DIETER SAY:
> "All the new modules (Morphing Filter A-107, Sequencer
> Controller A-154, SSM-Filter A-105) were very
> successfull at the NAMM. Without doubt the A-107 was
> the module the visitors asked most for as there is no
> comparable filter on the market. Some people mentioned
> an important feature that is still missing: a reset
> input so that the filter sequence could be set to the
> first filter with a gate/trigger signal (useful for
> the clock-triggered stepping through the filters).
> Others recommended to add a second CV input for each
> function without attenuator (as for the A-109).
> But even many visitors were very interested in the
> A-105 (b.t.w. the designer of the SSM2044 visited our
> booth and he was very proud that there still a lot of
> demand for his "baby"). The visitors checking the
> A-154 especially loved the voltage controlled
> addressing of the step and they suggested that we
> should add this feature in every case to the touch
> keyboard too (so we probably will ...). Generally
> people asked to introduce all the features of the
> A-154 into the touch keyboard. So there is the
> question if we should manufacture the A-154 or only
> introduce it's features to the touch keyboard (once
> more: a lot of new questions). Many people also aked
> for a "normal" CV/Gate keyboard with 4 or 5 octaves
> with the same features as the touch keyboard. As we
> discovered ourselves many visitores mentioned that it
> is very difficult to play with the touch keyboard in
> the normal way as one has no mechanical references as
> for the normal keyboard (e.g. the black keys and the
> pressed key). One always has to look at the keyboard
> and carefully position the finger not to trigger 2
> keys at the same time. So once again the discussion
> came up if it would not be better to use normal
> rectangle touch plates instead of the keyboard layout
> of the touch plates. Anyway - we will start a poll for
> the touch keyboard very soon with all these questions
> to find out which version of the keyboard we will
> manufacture. We finally have to come to an end with
> the touch keyboard discussion. In every case we will
> also develop a "normal" CV/Gate keyboard as the
> inquiries for such a keyboard are more than we
> expected. We also think about a digital sequencer that
> could record CV and gate signals as many customers
> asked for such a device. Also a small version of the
> Schaltwerk features (trigger sequencer with 16 steps/8
> tracks with buttons and LEDs, but only one track is
> visible at a time - this will keep the price low, the
> desired track could be selected with additional
> buttons or an encoder, several LED displays to show
> the track/sequence and so on). As you see a lot of new
> ideas came up that will keep us busy for the next
> months or even years.
>
> Hans Zimmer visited us for a long time and he was very
> impressed of the Morphing Filter A-107 and mentioned
> that the A-105 is a very important "bread and butter
> module" too as it has a typical sound (of course he
> knows all the instruments that use the SSM2044) that
> differs from the other A-100 filter sounds.
>
> These are the plans for the near future:
> - publishing the poll for the touch keyboard on our
> web site to decide the final version that will go into
> production (the poll will be active for about 4 weeks
> and we think about to combine it with a small prize
> competition so that all participants could win one or
> more A-100 modules (or even a touch keyboard - we
> don't know).
> - finishing the A-107 development (adding a reset
> input, possible adding CV inputs without attenuators)
> - finishing the A-105
> - starting the A-100 DIY page on our web site
> (contributions are welcome), it first the basics
> (principles of power supply, operational amplifiers
> with basic circuits, simple modifications of modules,
> simple DIY modules e.g. power adapters for AS modules,
> CV expander, changing the sensibility of CV and audio
> inputs, increasing the output levels e.g. of VCAs to
> obtain amplifications > 1, AC/DC coupling principles
> and changing AC coupling into DC coupling and vice
> versa ....)
> - finishing the touch keyboard (as soon as the poll is
> closed)
> - decision if A-154 will go into production (connected
> with the touch keyboard features)
> - carry on with "module of uncertainty" replica
> - carry on with chaos generator researches
> - developing a "normal" CV/Gate keyboard
> - modules under discussion: PLL module, digital
> sequencer, trigger sequencer ("mini Schaltwerk"),
> voltage controlled delay with several taps (separate
> CV for the time shift of each tap) and many more ...."
>
> COMMENTS,PLEASE
>
>
>
>
>
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