Doepfer

Even a company as long around as Doepfer? Must not happen!
I am very glad with this positive reply from Dieter!
But what now?
How to measure interest? A new poll? Re-instate the previous one?
Taking the holiday season into account a poll now may not reflect the potential interest.
Is it possible Dieter, to indicate the cost of an arpeggiator as you described?

Warm regards to all,

Ton


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> Maybe it's not a good idea to bring an arpeggiator to the market as many
> companies disappeared after that :-)
> 
> We discussed an arpeggiator module for the A-100 many times in the company
> but never got to the point. Then we lost track of this idea for the benefit
> of other modules. But now as I trace the posts in the group I think we may
> readopt the idea of an arpeggiator module (as I personally like
> arpeggiators). But it should be a bit different compared to the existing
> (but obsolete) designs. From my point of view it should be open to Midi/USB
> (note and clock) and analog clock/CV inputs. And there should be different
> operation modes. E.g. a set of factory presets and some user presets (that
> may be "filled" e.g. by means of playing notes with a Midi keyboard) with
> predefined notes, as well as a mode (maybe preset #0) that requires an
> external Midi keyboard to define the notes "on the fly" (not sure if this is
> the correct term). The "presets" > 0 would allow a stand-alone operation
> without the need of a keyboard. If a keyboard controlled arpeggio is wanted
> preset 0 is chosen. And of course features like running mode
> (up/down/random/pendulum) and octave range have to be available. CV inputs
> for some features (e.g. preset selection, mode selection, octave range,
> transpose) should be available. The front panel could be a bit like the
> A-187-1 DSP Effects Module with LCD, a few manual controls and CV inputs
> with attenuators. Some in/outputs have to be added (e.g. USB, Midi,
> transpose CV input, analog clock input, CV out, Gate out) as well as some
> buttons to adjust basic functions in combination with the LCD (e.g. Midi/USB
> or analog clock, Midi channel, "record" function for the user presets and so
> on). Just a few ideas ...
> 
> I'd like to develop an arpeggiator but we will have to see if there are
> sufficient inquiries for such a module.
> 
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
> 
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von christian ienni
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2012 22:44
> > An: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> > Betreff: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: arpeggiator
> >
> >
> > just to chime in with my two quatloos (and 400 on the newcomer!
> > *ahem*... sorry... recovering trekaholic ^_^ )
> >
> > i love arpeggiators, and was always disappointed i couldn't find
> > many - for a long time in the late 80s & 90s they kinda fell out
> > of fashion, and it wasn't until the "analog revival" that
> > companies started including them in synths again, though there
> > are no current dedicated standalone hardware ones (that i know
> > of). but over the years i've collected a few: Florian already
> > mentioned the Oberheim Cyclone (at the time i got it i had to
> > special order it; probably one of the last ones made before
> > Oberheim went under), a Music And More MAP1 (another one i was
> > glad to get since it seems MAM disappeard off the face of the
> > earth completely several years ago), and an Akai ME20A, which
> > isn't an arpeggiator per se - it's a "sequence arpeggiator": you
> > record the notes/chords seperately from the pattern, which can
> > lead to interesting and unexpected results.
> > there's also the arpeggiators in my V-Synth & V-Synth GT which
> > are phenomenal! my Dave Smith Evolver and Prophet '08 also have
> > simple arpeggiators, though they only trigger the internal voices
> > and don't transmit over MIDI (which is actually kinda cool, since
> > it lets you get wild with multiple layered different patterns).
> > the one in my microKorg is certainly serviceable as well.
> > and you already mentioned RPG8 in Reason. and now with Reason 6.5
> > and their new Rack Extensions third-party protocol, i'm sure
> > someone will eventually come up with a new dementedly psychotic
> > multi-arpeggiation module for it (i hope anyway...).
> >
> >
> >
> > Heh, I'm glad, thanks. :)  The gist is that I don't know of any
> > standalone hardware arpeggiators, but it should be possible to
> > build one.  I think in general MIDI doesn't lend itself too well
> > to a modular approach, but an arpeggiator would be a (perhaps
> > overlooked) exception to that rule.
> >
> > All the best,
> > Zoë.
> >
> >
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