Doepfer

Hi Harry,

I'll re-order your questions:

> Finally, could someone tell me where I can purchase one from? I'm 
in 
> Nottingham, England.

The UK distributor is EMIS in Bristol:

http://www.emismusic.com/

If you email them, address here,

http://www.emismusic.com/doepfer.htm

you can get a printed catalogue.

A-100 prices are here:

http://www.emismusic.com/doepfera100.htm

The last column, 'D.O.C.', are special prices for his 'Doepfer Owners 
Club', which doesn't mean much other than for a one-off payment of 
about £15, you get 10% off all Doepfer prices thereafter (you 
generally re-coup the £15 on your first purchase...)

> Hey list, I've been meaning to get a modular synth for some time 
now and I'm 
> looking at either an A100 or a Wiard. Just a couple of questions. 
Firstly 
> I've got no idea how much I should expect to pay for one of these. 
If I gave 
> a brief list of the kind of setup I was after, someone could give 
me a rough 
> idea of how much I should be looking paying, in GBP?

How much have you got?! But more seriously, you can put together a 
very basic system for around £700 maybe, but you very quickly 
convince yourself that you _need_ more modules, so be prepared to 
spend much more! It is very addictive! EMIS do a few complete systems 
(right at top of EMIS price list page), but I would suggest you look 
at the specs of these to get a rough idea of the sort of mix of 
modules, and then put your own set together.

> Right, the kind of system I'd be after would ideally be a 2 VCO 
unit with a 
> single -24db/oct LPF and perhaps a -18db/oct LPF (I'm told these 
can do good 
> 303-isms, am I right?), and a VCA, with an ADSR for each. Also I'd 
like 
> either a CV keyboard controller (if such a thing exists), or if 
not, a 
> CV-MIDI interface. I'd also be after a decent ringmod, and maybe a 
delay 
> unit (although I could always buy this seperately.)
> An LFO would be also be handy for making some mad filter sweeps....
> Obviously I'd also need all power supplies, rack adapters etc...
> Oh, and patch cords obviously ;)

Once you look at either the EMIS or Doepfer websites you can price 
these up yourself. Doepfer do loads of filters (at least 11 at a 
quick count) so much, much choice. The basic MIDI-CV interface is the 
A-190. Planning the thing provides a lot of fun in itself.

> Any ideas? Sorry if I've overlooked anything drastically important, 
rememebr 
> you were a knowledgeless goon once ;)

...and your assuming I'm not any more? ;-)

Have fun,

Tim