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DOEPFER A 132-3 V2 bleed MOD

I love all my my Doepfer A100 gear, it's what got me into modular in the first place!

Recently I noticed a bleed issue with my A132-3 Dual VCA.

It only seemed to happen in linear mode, and only with one channel.  A post to the excellent Doepfer Yahoo group yielded a reply from Herr Doepfer himself.

"Hello,

V2 is an older version from 2010. Due to tolerances of the V2164D sometimes

the VCA does not close with CV=0. To avoid this a high value resistor (e.g.

4M7) has to be added between pin 4 (upper VCA) or pin 5 (lower VCA) of the

V2164 and -12V. This adds a small negative voltage to the CV summing

node. -12V is available e.g. at pin 9 of the V2164 or the wire bridge "J1"

below the V2164.

In V3 and V4 of the module the 4M7 resistors have been added.

Hope this helps

Dieter Doepfer"

A quick mod with two hefty 4M7 Resisitors and my Dual VCA closes to silence. Stuff like this makes realise why I love the modular scene.

I don't think many units with this problem were shipped, but I'm posting this just in case it might help any other folk...

Topside of my V2 unit

Underside of my unit with 2x 4M7 R's in place.

Job Done.

ONDE MAGNETIC TAPES

Makin’ tapes for my wonderful #ondemagnetic @SCTTCMPBLL pic.twitter.com/qmYqI4QFpI

— Neal Beard AHM (@nealbeardAHM) April 13, 2019

Gameboy Clock Sync Doo Hickey

Just got an amazing wee doo-hickey off eBay for a tenner. It sends a clock from a gameboy to sync with other gear. Posting the film not for its musical merits, but just to show... it works!https://t.co/XaE9h5piIq pic.twitter.com/vE9ZpI3hZa

— Neal Beard AHM (@nealbeardAHM) April 11, 2019

Twiki Locks to a Bent Tr505

Circuit bent machines began spontaneously making music, looked over by the ghost of Twiki...

Gear:
Bent tr505
Samples of bent gear loaded into a disting.
Mfb 522
Ground hum and that fucking annoying noise you get if you forget to use the USB adapter with a beat step pro.

Thanks for listening!