Doepfer

Hello Florian,

Thanks for this, it's a really helpful explanation.

Really I'd like both but I don't have enough room in my P9 case and don't want to start a separate case again.

Matt

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander <fanwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Matt
> 
> Am 22.01.2012 19:06, schrieb Matt Fretton:
> > Is the A-136 a simpler and smaller version of the A-137-1 or are there
> > more significant differences? I don't have the space for both...
> The A136 is basically like a guitar distortion stomp box going over the 
> top - and with the possibility to have different distortion levels for 
> the positive and the negative parts of the signal. Technically you may 
> think it is a compressor/expander with zero attack and release rate and 
> separate ratio and threshold for both half waves.
> 
> The A137 is like four simplified A136 stacked up in series. Simplified 
> because you do not have separated access to the two half waves. Also you 
> do not have access to the parameters of the individual stages. Instead 
> of that you control parameters which affect all stage the same way 
> (exception 'Folding Level', which decides how "deep" the signals is fed 
> into the four stage chain).
> 
> Sound wise: The A136 can(!) be a very very good dynamic distortion box, 
> but it is not easy to handle. The parameters interact very much, and 
> very often one wrong set parameter spoils the effect of another parameter.
> 
> The A137 is a little easier to handle, but also here the "damping" 
> interaction between different parameters should be obeyed. To my 
> experience, it is better not(!) to modulate the A137 with CVs, but 
> instead already modulate the signal level of the signal, which feeds the 
> A137.
> 
> For both modules, I like to use velocity CV, but with quite low 
> modulation amount. I like to use them for external polyphonic signals 
> (epiano, synths, guitar).
> 
> Florian
>