A-143-4 Quad VCLFO/VCO

The Quad VCLFO is actually almost a “real” VCO: It even has temperature compensation, which allows it to remain in tune even with external temperature fluctuations. Doepfer points out that the A-143-4 is not quite as accurate as the VCOs of the A-110 or A-111 series, but from my point of view it can be … Read more

A-141-4 Quad Poly VCADSR

The A-141-4 is a quadruple ADSR that is only 8 TE wide and is primarily intended for polyphonic applications. Therefore, there is only one set of controls for the envelope’s parameters – attack, decay, sustain and release, which affect all four envelopes equally. In addition, we find four control voltage inputs with bipolar attenuators for … Read more

A-105-4 Quad Poly SSI VCF

The A-105-4 is a polyphonic filter module based on the SSM2024 integrated circuit (or its replica SSI2144). In principle, we have four A-105 filters with a common control in front of us: Cutoff frequency, resonance (called “Q” here) and input level can be set in the same way for all four filters or also controlled … Read more

A-111-4 Quad Precision VCO

The family of A-111 oscillators now includes an impressive 6 variants, all of which use the Curtis chip CEM3340 (or replica) with its triangular core and allow very precise tracking over 10 octaves and more. The A-111-4 is – nomen est omen – designed fourfold and also has a common “master” section, which affects all … Read more

A-132-8 Octal Poly VCA

The A-132-8 is a module designed for polyphonic operation with 4 voices with a total of 8 VCAs. Why so many VCAs, one might ask, wouldn’t 4 be enough? Two VCAs connected in series are responsible for each of the four synthesizer voices on the A-132-8: The first VCA always works linearly, the VCA afterwards … Read more