From gacki@sax.sax.de Fri Dec 16 08:58:45 1994
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 09:54:17 +0100
From: Malte Rogacki <gacki@sax.sax.de>
To: map@cs.washington.edu
Cc: ricard@axis.se, siljamak@hkkk.fi, andym@dsbc.icl.co.uk,
    andrea@sihp03.si.estec.esa.nl, Per.Mattsson@earnie.mkv.mh.se,
    Juergen.Haible@zfe.siemens.de
Subject: Doepfer MS-404 specs

Doepfer MS404 = one-rack-space non-programmable analog synth

-one VCO with Pulse/Sawtooth wave
-one low-pass filter 24 dB (Moog ladder type) with resonance (up to
self-oscillation)
-one VCA with ADSR envelope generator

-two LFOs
-pulse width can be adjusted manually or by LFO1
-extren audio in for filter
-filter can be modulated by LFO2 or by white noise
-LFO2 has a very broad range (up to 5kHz!)
-MIDI In&Thru
-CV/Gate in&out
-15 knobs and a few switches

Doepfers address:

        
        Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH
        Lenbachstr. 2
        D-82166 Graefelfing
        Germany
        Phone:  (++49)-89-855578
        Fax:    (++49)-89-8541698

From mr808@teleport.comSun Jun 25 01:29:32 1995
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 10:54:32 -0700
From: Bad MoFo <mr808@teleport.com>
To: analogue@hyperreal.com
Subject: Doepfer MS-404

>From a previous post:

>Doepfer MS404.  Has this been discussed here?
>
>     A one-rack-space non-programmable analog synth.
>
>         one VCO with Pulse/Sawtooth wave
>         one low-pass filter 24 dB (Moog ladder type) with resonance
>(up to self-oscillation)
>         one VCA with ADSR envelope generator
>         two LFOs
>         pulse width can be adjusted manually or by LFO1
>         extern audio in for filter
>         filter can be modulated by LFO2 or by white noise
>         LFO2 has a very broad range (up to 5kHz)
>         MIDI In & Thru
>         CV/Gate I/O
>         15 knobs and a few switches

I got a chance to play w/ one of these at Mr. Finn's.  I would have been
impressed w/ this little silver box (well, rack mount box) except for one
thing:

The filter is the WORST sounding analogue filter I've ever heard.  It
rivals the digital filters of the QuadraShit & Peavey SP in its extreme
lameness.  Turning the Resonance knob does nothing nothing nothing SQUEAL!
And that's a very unuseable squeal, too.  It may as well not have a Res
knob.

I only hope it's the sort of thing that could be fixed w/ a new resistor or
capacitor value.  It ruins an otherwise decent synth.

Why doesn't everyone have a Gate/Envelope switch on their VCA (like say, a
Roland Juno-106 or SH-101) so the envelope can be used for something more
useful.  It's too bad that these synths never seem to be designed by people
who actually use them, otherwise we might have more insanely great synths
like the Prophet VS.

808OUT