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

> dieter says:
> "The first batch of the A-143-1/2/3 modules arrived
> yesterday. But the manufacturer has not yet assembled
> the complete A-143 series. Consequently the prototypes
> are still at the manufacturer as he uses them as
> assembly/wiring examples. I asked them when the rest
> of the A-143 series will be delivered and they told me
> it will be probably in the first week of December (the
> A-106-1 will probably included with this shipment too)
>
> The BBDs arrived end of last week but we all are very
> busy ("Christmas / end of year orders, house fair at
> the Music Shop in Munic ...) but I suppose that not
> very much development progress will happen during the
> rest of this year. I think that we published a lot of
> new modules this year but sometimes it seems to me
> that many A-100 customers are overstretched with too
> many new modules. There is a small selection of A-100
> users that is extremely interested in new modules but
> for the majority of the A-100 users it seems to be too
> much. So we decided to slow down a bit the number of
> new modules. Of course new modules will come but not
> as many as in 2004."

that is an understandable decision. in 2004 the amount of new
modules was extreme, together with the redesigned modules and
the forthcoming a106/1 i counted more than 20 new modules, more
than some manufacturers have in their complete product range.

best wishes

ingo