Doepfer

hi all,

i would really like to have a vc-compressor in my big euro/doepfer wall. 

i usually create complex weird percussion scapes in my modular and a vc-compressor would really make sense in a modular, IMHO...


i was thinking that it would be great if Doepfer produced a nice VC-compressor module with many features (and a lower price than the Cwejman modules probably...)

to all members: interested?

should i start a poll about such an idea?

an A100 module with a cost around 300 euros, and with most parameters voltage controllable, would be great i think...


waiting for general feature suggestions, if you like the idea.

thanks,
Bakis.


 
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Hi Bakis,

> i would really like to have a vc-compressor in my big euro/doepfer wall.
What do you expect from a VC compressor module? A compressor _is_ 
voltage controlled by definition, but from a voltage which it generates 
itself.

As soon as you start to make the parameters voltage controlled (attack, 
release,...) you are back at a VC-Slew Limiter a standard VCA and an 
inverter. There is nothing new.

I don't see the advantage.

Florian

I agree. Synthwerks has been toying with the idea of a compressor/limiter modules for a while now and the knowledge that everyone will want VC of everything is what has slowed it down. There is not much value in VC of a compressor/limiter to me. VC of compression ratio? You could provide side-chain inputs of course and those could be a CV in but at that point it is just a VCA. The RMS detector could have CV out but that would not be terribly useful compared to a envelope follower with more controls. I think a brick wall limiter would be a very useful module to have in a system - a "speaker saver" modules that you can set a volume level that will never be exceeded and when that high-Q filter accidentally crosses the fundamental you speakers are still working. It would have very little or no VC in it though.
-James

James Husted
Designer, Synthwerks LLC
www.synthwerks.com
james@synthwerks.com
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On May 24, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Florian Anwander wrote:

> Hi Bakis,
> 
>> i would really like to have a vc-compressor in my big euro/doepfer wall.
> What do you expect from a VC compressor module? A compressor _is_ 
> voltage controlled by definition, but from a voltage which it generates 
> itself.
> 
> As soon as you start to make the parameters voltage controlled (attack, 
> release,...) you are back at a VC-Slew Limiter a standard VCA and an 
> inverter. There is nothing new.
> 
> I don't see the advantage.
> 
> Florian
> 
> 
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Cwejman makes the VC-FC and VC-FCS Stereo Compressors. Like most 
Cwejman products its not cheap. You can check them out here:

http://www.cwejman.net
-- 
Take care.

- Loren Nerell

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yes, but i meant doepfer ones...     :D

 
Bakis


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 From: Loren Nerell <lnerell@earthlink.net>
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] a VC-Compressor module in the A100 ?
 

  
Cwejman makes the VC-FC and VC-FCS Stereo Compressors. Like most 
Cwejman products its not cheap. You can check them out here:

http://www.cwejman.net
-- 
Take care.

- Loren Nerell

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www.lorennerell.com
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