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Re: AW: [Doepfer_a100] Question regarding the CV bus

2017-10-25 by Neil Kagan

Thanks Dieter!

Sent from my iPhone

> On 25 Oct 2017, at 12:16, yahoo@doepfer.de [Doepfer_a100] <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> There are two versions how a VCO may optionally access the bus:
> 
> Version 1. The CV coming from the bus is wired to the switching contact of
> the socket at the front panel (provided that the corresponding jumper is
> installed). In this case inserting a plug into the socket at the front panel
> interrupts the bus CV.
> 
> Version 2. The CV coming from the bus is added to the CV applied to the
> socket at the front panel (provided that the corresponding jumper is
> installed). In this case both CVs are added.
> 
> In the beginning of the A-100 version 1 has been used for the A-110 (now
> A-110-1). But many customers suggested that it would be a better solution to
> add the two CVs. That way one could combine e.g. the CV coming from a
> sequencer and a midi interface (e.g. for transpose) without the need of an
> additional precision adder.
> 
> As far as I remember only A-110-1 uses version 1, all later VCOs use version
> 2. If version 1 is preferred the module has to be modified by wiring the bus
> CV to the switching contact of the CV socket at the front panel and removing
> the bus CV jumper.
> 
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
> 
> > Hi to you all,
> >
> > for some reason I had it in my head that all of the A-100 VCOs
> > had their 1v/o input jacks normalled to the CV bus (once the
> > correct jumpers are set) but I have just discovered that this is
> > not the case. My setup is as follows:
> >
> > A-1852 Precision Adder
> >
> > CV bus
> >
> > A-111-1
> > A-110-1
> > A-110-4
> > A-110-6
> >
> > Having now re read the manuals, it appears only the A-110-1 has a
> > normalled jack, so that by plugging into the 1 v/o you break the
> > CV bus connection; the other VCOs keep getting a bus signal. Is
> > there any way of normalling these other jacks so they behave in
> > the same way? My wish is to be able to plug in a CV to the
> > precision adder but then override that if I want to.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Neil
> 
>

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