DOEPFER A-100 Modular Synthesizer | HQ DEMO

This is my custom made Doepfer modular system. I choosed the modules very carefully. I started from Doepfers "basic configuration" and expanded this configuration to my needs. For real flexibility I needed at least 3 oscillators, 3 ADSR, filter bank, 3 filters, and so on. My system contents the following:

3x A-110 VCO
1x A-114 DUAL RING MODULATOR
1x A-115 AUDIO DIVIDER
1x A-138b MIXER LOGARITHM.
1x A-120 LOWPASS FILTER 24 dB
1x A-105 LOWPASS FILTER 24 dB SSM
1x A-106-6 XP MULTIMODE FILTER
1x A-181 MULTIPLES 2
1x A-176 CONTROL VOLTAGE SOURCE
1x A-125 VOLTAGE CONTROLLED PHASER
1x A-119 EXTERNAL INPUT / ENV FOLLOWER
1x A-131 VCA LOGARITHM.
1x A-132-3 DUAL LIN/EXP VCA
1x A-118 NOISE / RANDOM
1x A-148 DUAL S&H
1x A-143-3 QUAD LFO
1x A-175 DUAL VOLTAGE INVERTER
1x A-165 DUAL TRIGGER MODIFIER
2x A-180 MULTIPLES
1x A-128 FIXED FILTER BANK
3x A-140 ADSR
1x A-170 DUAL SLEW LIMITER
1x A138a MIXER LINEAR
1x A-160 CLOCK DIVIDER
1x A-161 CLOCK SEQUENCER
1x A-185-2 PRECISION ADDER
1x A-190-1 MIDI / SYNC INTERFACE

With this configuration, you can make almost everything what a classic analog modular synth can do.

For my modular I built myself a cabinet of massive beechwood. It was a lot of work, but it looks great, worthy and timeless now.

In this video I wanted to show the basic sound of the system - you can hear how good the oscillators, filters, envelopes actually sound.

I played the A-100 via MIDI from the Korg MicroX keyboard, I also used his arpeggiator. Sometimes I used reverb from the Lexicon MPX-500 and delay from Roland DEP-5.

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[therealluckystrik3r]

i was planning on building a doepfer system myself in the future with 3 VCO's. my question: I want to use a midi keyboard to trigger the VCO's. How do I get the VCO's triggerd with the Midimodule? do i connect the cv output to the VCO ? or do I need a signal multiplier that routes the cv output to each VCO or is it linked internally so i don't have to use any cabel to trigger the VCO's? Thanks in advance if you answer :)

[AnalogAudio1]

@therealluckystrik3r Die VCO's sind mit einem Bus verbunden (bei mir A-185-2 PRECISION ADDER). Den kannst Du dann mit dem MIDI/CV Interface verbinden, da gibt es verschiedene Lösungen. Schau die bei doepfer.de den Aufbau an... Dieter beantwortet Dir technische Detailfragen gerne.

[AnalogAudio1]

@therealluckystrik3r Du kannst auch eine Modulplanung machen, Dieter Doepfer sieht sich das an und sagt dir, ob das gut ist und gibt dir auch Tipps/Verbesserungsvorschläge. Mein System fand er gut, er hat mir aber den A-185-2 PRECISION ADDER zusätzlich empfohlen, den ich für unverzichtbar halte.

[504ecj]

Can you use any midi keyboard on a doepfer?

[AnalogAudio1]

@504ecj if you have a midi-to-cv module in your system, of course

[Dovinia]

What's your opinion on the A-110's ? Do they track well when you do long octave jumps ?

[AnalogAudio1]

@Dovinia they track very well! Every module is checked by Doepfer before leaving the factory.

[michal23pl]

finally some good reference demo. Doepfer modular is one of the biggest victim of crappy youtube demos. i almost believed it sucks.

[MrAeterna]

tolles video, eines der wenigen leicht verdaulichen modulardemos im netz.

[halation777]

Wow...that sounds incredble!!

[mfsflyer1]

Beat it's heavy ;)

[mfsflyer1]

I hear some Depeche Mode synth quality in this unit ;)

[mfsflyer1]

You can't beat analog, that's for sure, I was privileged to make a PAIA Fatman synth years ago with the kit they send you and a weeks adventure into putting it together with iron and mind. ;) Had midi control too, it was great.. Sadly my adventure ended because it kept falling off my desk.. Front heavy and didn't come with a cab.

[souljahminusbeatsdeb]

Sind solche Doepfer Module monophon, oder lassen sich damit auch Akkorde spielen?

[SECTAERAH]

Love DOEPFER 

[therealluckystrik3r]

@AnalogAudio1 hey danke für deine antwort. dann heißt es jetzt erstmal sparen und dann dieter callen ;) btw. echt hammer sounds die du da zauberst.

[therealluckystrik3r]

ah ich sehe du bist deutsch, falls du kein bock hast das auf englisch zu beantworten ;)