Doepfer A-110-1

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Doepfer A-110-1
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Doepfer A-110 Standard VCO
Blair 03.11.2013
When I first became interested in modular synthesis I bought one of these, and liked it so much I bought another! The A-110 is probably the cheapest vco available, but delivers a decent audio performance, and offers a wide sound palette. It is saw-wave based, and offers another three wave shapes: sine , pulse and triangle. CV baed modulation of frequency and pulse width is available. According to the manual, the sine and triangle waveforms are not true, but derived from the saw wave. In practice all the waveforms sounded good to me. A pair of A-110's track very well together, and deliver good hard sync and FM results.

Other things I liked about the A-110:
* it was well calibrated on delivery and it achieves stable tuning within 5 minutes.
* At 10HP it is perhaps wider than it needs to be, but the control knobs are easy to use.

Room for improvement:
* The fine tuning range is not enough to tune one A-110 a musical interval above another vco, for instance a 4th or a 5th. I understand that there is a modification that can be made to the circuit board, but I feel the module should come set up this way.
* The A-110 cycles down to 15hz, which is not quite low enough to act as an LFO.

However, for the price this VCO is an absolute bargain. I bought the A-110 as a 'starter' vco, thinking I would sell or trade it when I could afford a more expensive vco. Instead I kept it, and bought another.
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A bit dull
omz 16.01.2020
Perhaps to reinforce its marketing as a "basic VCO", it sounds quite dull: only the square wave has some character.
Triangle and saw wave sound pretty dull.
Regarding the hardware: the construction and interface feels solid overall, but the jack sockets feel low quality and poorly machined.
Overall, I don't know whether to recommend it, even to beginners. Consider instead investing a bit more in a more versatile module.
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The old one's are the best
Wayne M. 01.09.2013
The A-110 is still the staple VCO of many modular synths. A tried and tested design that never ceases to impress. Ideal for first timers too!
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Doepfer A-110 Impressions
John779 26.08.2013
The A-110 is a voltage-controlled oscillator for eurorack modular. It can produce four waveforms simultaneously: square, sawtooth, triangle, and sine wave.Its a no frills basic oscilator but its waveforms sound great, I would describe the sound as warm and punchy and has that great analog sound that you just cant replicate with VST's .
This vco has a frequency range of about eight octaves and it seemed to track very well and stay in tune. I found that if you let it warm up for about 20 minutes the tuning will not drift .
The Doepfer A-110 also has pulse width modulation for the square wave that you can control via CV or by hand it tends to fatten up the sound and give some movement but I find its uses a fairly limited .
If your starting out on your modular journey an oscillator is a major part of sound generation in an east coast (moog style ) modular system , I would recommend this module without hesitation not for the features but for its classic sound . In fact get two and detune one slightly for that super fat sound .
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Anonymous 05.01.2017
I'm new to modular, so I don't have much to compare to, but I think it's a really good VCO especially the PWM.Will definitely get another.
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Solid.
Abuse 27.07.2020
Amazing oscillator! Raw and pure analog!
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Great VCO for the price
Kamil Z. 12.05.2016
Seriously for the price these are unbeatable, Solid sound not drifting out of tune and plenty of features for the price, Very good VCO.
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Very useful module at good price
Anonymous 27.03.2017
I really like this module as it is very versatile. Perfect for starting an new Eurorack setup. It's extremely simple to figure out yet produces some great options for some basic sounds. Doepfer makes quality equipment and the prices at Thomann are always competitive compared to other suppliers.
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The first item to start a module system
Anonymous 13.10.2016
Perfect to start a modular or to give another analogue vco to your system for ex: mother 32.
There is no bad things on this product, the price is good to this one
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Great vco
Trailertrash 29.07.2017
Perfect well priced VCO that covers a lot
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Doepfer A-110-1