Doepfer Dark Energy

mattio · Post by **mattio** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:51 pm

I just placed my order for one of these. Looks pretty kool to me, I keep convincing myself that it´ll be a nice replacement for the MS 10 I sold a couple of years ago

. Apparently there´s going to be a few weeks before they are ready to ship their second production series. So in all breifness; anyone got one yet or any other opinions on it?

Thanks,

Mattio

matia · Post by **matia** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:04 pm

it looks to be very cool. we've got an ms20 at the studio and i doubt it will do THAT sound but it has a certain raspyness from what i can hear from the few demos floating around.

btw ... nice name.

-matia

pflosi · Post by **pflosi** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:16 am

im also thinking bout getting one... though im sure it wont beat my ms10/20 combo

but it would for sure be a nice addition to complement those! more lfos and EGs...

would also be interested in some statements bout sound / build quality

maindeglorie · Post by **maindeglorie** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:15 am

Well... it's just an A-111-5 in a case with their midi module, so I would say the build quality will be good. I never had a problem with my Doepfer modules. May I suggest to anyone interested in the Dark Energy to not get it and instead get the module. There is a new MIDI interface module from doepfer that will be able to control up to 4 A-115's. THAT will be pretty awesome. Like a totally modular PerFourmer.

pflosi · Post by **pflosi** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:16 am

...but it looks so much cooler than the doepfer modules...

maindeglorie · Post by **maindeglorie** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:54 am

You can't afford spray paint?

pflosi · Post by **pflosi** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:41 pm

was more thinking bout the knobs...

Post by **Christopher Winkels** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:08 am

Dark Energy or Tom Oberheim neo-SEM? SEM or DE? Decisions, decisions....

s**t, I'll just buy both.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:33 am

anyone want to lend me some cash?

...by lend i mean give indefinitely

Belaya · Post by **Belaya** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:19 pm

the bank perhaps?

Post by **3rdConstruction** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:21 pm

Joey wrote:anyone want to lend me some cash?

...by lend i mean give indefinitely

...i just caught on to the fine print. :-"

mattio · Post by **mattio** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:25 pm

8) ....ok, so it arrived. Build quality is top notch. I haven´t played around with it enough yet ( as I also took delivery of an early 80´s Tascam M-35 with M-35 EX 8 channel expander today ), but soundwise it´s very nice. It has that nice raspiness I´ve been wanting since I let my MS 10 go and the LFO´s are sick with their slow, medium and fast settings. I am not going to compare it to anything but I´m liking it a lot really. Great filter and some semi modular options going that I didn´t get around to yet. All in all a great little noisemaker

Mattio

Shanesaw · Post by **Shanesaw** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:02 am

Cool! Too bad they dont let you specify what kind of filter you can get. Like a "Wasp" filter edition etc. Congrats!

Sir Ruff · Post by **Sir Ruff** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:59 am

Shanesaw wrote:Cool! Too bad they dont let you specify what kind of filter you can get. Like a "Wasp" filter edition etc. Congrats!

yeah, that would've been a great idea, but maybe too ambitious for doepfer

But otherwise, it's a cool looking box.

Unfortunately, with the imminent release of the new SEM, it's not quite as attractive: $200 more gets you a full patch panel, another oscillator and a multi-mode filter...

tyrannosaurus mark · Post by **tyrannosaurus mark** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:14 am

Looks like such a pretty and nice sounding instrument. DSI could take a few cues from the way this thing looks!

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