Showing posts with label Knobbing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knobbing. Show all posts

Thursday, September 15, 2011

A-100 Knobs Change

Special announcement from Dieter Doepfer, in the Doepfer Yahoo Usergroup:
Updated Feb. 13, 2012, see below...

" I just wanted inform you that the knob manufacturer (ReAn Sulzer / Switzerland) has stopped the production of the knobs that were used in the A-100, MAQ16/3 and other products. 
We tried to buy the productions tools from ReAn as they are no longer used. But ReAn was not willing to sell the moulds.

We are about to find another manufacturer who is able to produce a copy of the knob but I'm not sure if the copies will look exactly the same. 
I assume that all modules manufactured until end of this year will still be equipped with the original ReAn version of the knobs. 
But from early in 2012 the modules will be delivered little by little with the new knobs. 
We will try to get new knobs that look as close as possible to the old ones but I'm not sure if there may be a small noticeable difference...

...Sorry - but we will try to continue with the A-100 as it is (same knobs,same panels). It's all a matter of taste. 
And if we change to other knobs I'm quite sure that many other customers would complain. 
If someone wants other knobs he may replace the knobs as the 6 mm 18 theeth shaft is a standard. 
From my point of view continuity is important for a product like the A-100 system. 
I would probably change some things if I could put the wheel of history into reverse (but not the knobs, the panels and the printing as I still like them). "

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

Update Feb 13, 2012:
" There is still some "fine adjustment" to do (exactly the same "grey", exactly the same width of the marker and so on). 
At first sight the samples of the new knobs look identically but if you compare an old and a new knob next to each other you see some minor differences (grey color and line width). 
But I'm confident that the manufacturer will be able to change these small details."

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Happy Knobbing III - New Joystick-Lever

The latest minor modification to my A-100 system  is the replacement of the A-174 Module's joystick.

I finally changed my black plastic lever with a newer aluminium one that i ordered at Doepfer last week.

Modules before 2007 had the black plastic lever as standard, all modules delivered after 2007 already have this aluminium lever.

It's just a small optical change, nothing more. The new lever is a bit shorter, but does have a nice/better grip though. And that for only 10 Euro's...

<  Old vs. new lever

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Happy Knobbing II - Colored Switches

I finally found what i was looking for for a long time.

A year ago ( or so ) i saw an A-100 system with colored switches on it.
For a long time i have been looking for them too, and now finally i found them and ordered them. ( pretty easy after all, via Conrad )

They are just small plastic mini-sleeves, and they fit perfect on the A-100's switches.
They also provide a little bit more grip and make the switches easier to handle.
I ordered them in all the four available colors ( green, black, yellow and red ), so i can sort of 'color-code' the system as much as possible. Not sound-improving, but just nice eye-candy... again.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Happy Knobbing I


I replaced some of the standard grey knobs on my A-100 system with black ones.
You can order these at Doepfer, and they look (and feel) exactly the same as the standard ones, but these are black, with a white line.
( diameter of 15 mm, height of 15 mm, for 6 mm axis with 18 teeth )

Originally this is a spare part for the d3c drawbar controller , but it can also be used on the A-100, MAQ16/3, Pocket Control, Drehbank and MS-404

Not really a modification, but nice eye-candy!

Update Sept 16, 2011: http://patchpierre.blogspot.com/2011/09/100-knobs-change.html