--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@c...>
wrote:

> Sorry guys,
>
> but this is an ugly reply to the demands of many people here:
>
>
>
> Doepfer offers and sells modules with dedicated features announced.

These

> features are forfilled. There were only very very few real

technical bugs,

> which reduced the announced features; as far as I know the owners

of the

> corresponing modules were informed personally and the repair was

initiated

> by Doepfer. This is more than the usual of the standard behaviour

of other

> producers.
>
>
> What you all expect is the fix of (to your opinion
> annoying) lack of features.
>
>
>
> To stay in the car comparison: You bought a Volkswagen, now you

find, that

> it does not include air conditioning and its instruments panel is

made from

> simple plastic instead of maple wood. So you expect Volkswagen AG

to make a

> Mercedes out of your beetle.
>
> Now you want Doepfer to make a MOTM-Standard out of the A-100

modules. What

> do you think Doepfer is A social station A Doepfer module

usually costs

> less than the half of a MOTM module (I just compared the MOTM price

list

> with Doepfers prices: often only 25% to 35% of MOTM !!!). So i

think you

> can be DAMNED LUCKY that it provides 90 percent of the technical

features

> and three quarter of the mechanical quality.
>
>
>
> A Mercedes is a nice car. Nothing to say against it, but please stop
> complaining about the fact that you were so stingy to afford only a
> Volkswagen. IF YOU WANT A MERCEDES, THEN PAY FOR IT.
>
> If you don't have the money, then shut up!
>
> Florian

Strong words. But guess what Some of us DO have the money. My
personal decision to go with Doepfer was due to it being the main new
modular company available at the time (1998). Currently I own also
Serge, MOTM, Synthesizers.com, Analogue Systems and Blacet. Why do I
keep my Doepfer Because there's something very distinctive about its
sound that I love, and which I don't get from any of the other
systems. Do this: do a comparison test between the Serge oscillators
and the Doepfer ones. The Doeph just sizzle!! You get way more bright
side frequencies from them. And what about those wonderful EG's
(especially the A-141) Individual pots for CV of each stage. Wow.
And, in my opinion, the A-127 is THE BEST resonator in any modular
currently available. Period. And so I think: this thing is sooo close
to being perfect!! I wish the jacks were better. And I would PAY FOR
THE IMPROVEMENT, OF COURSE!! I have no issues with the sequencers. My
musical tastes span only stuff that is played with fingers, on a
keyboard (the MAQ 16/3 is a nifty little toy that I use mostly to
play drum loops from a Clavia Nord rack, to humor my teenage
children. Honest.....). Frankly, I would not mind if the mighty
Doepfer were more expensive, as long as the perpetually-mentioned
MALFUNCTIONS (NOT MISSING FEATURES, MIND YOU!! TO ME, THE DOEPFER HAS
MORE FEATURES PER MODULE THAN ANY OTHER BRAND, AND THE SOUND IS
SUPERB!!!!)were eliminated. Yes, it would be a logistic problem: How
to solve it in a financially-reasonable way (we do not want the
company to go broke!!). Offer upgrades for those who already own
systems. CHARGE MONEY FOR THEM. We are cool about it. Yes, we bought
a VW, but if we want to hotrod it to a Mercedes, give us the option!
And then, prospectively, implement the improvements on all future
batches of modules, and CHARGE MORE FOR THEM!! Whoever has a serious,
sensible interest in modular synthesis, with a discriminating taste,
will realize that the Doeph is the way to go! This will also help
maintain a certain standard of quality among the different brands,
which will ultimately benefit the consumer. Let's not allow a
degradation in the quality of these instruments to take place, for
then they will truly become a passing fad.
cuari