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PoM
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Posted : May 25, 2011 16:29:50
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PoM
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Posted : May 25, 2011 16:35
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mudpeople
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Posted : May 25, 2011 19:44
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Outolintu
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Posted : May 26, 2011 16:56
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ok, i got my dark energy in the mail a couple of days a go and it's a fine piece of equipment! it's not too small and it has loads of possibilities. you can even build a monster synth and combine several dark energys or start adding modules from the a-100 system! 
i like the sound, you get the squelchiness of a korg ms-20, some sh-101 and moogish stuff too. ofcourse it has got only one osc compared to voyager's 3 oscs but when you compare the prices you can buy 6 dark energys for the price of one voyager.
i also bought the glide option and it's very easy to install. took me about 5 minutes. and it's definately worth the 10€ 
one thing that is a bit disapointing is the knob control. sometimes i feel like there's less happening in the sound than i'm tweaking when i'm closing in on 0 or 10. in other words the knob control is not as accurate on the whole knob turning range as i'd hoped it to be.
if you buy it i strongly recommend you to buy a couple of patch cables since you want to use them right away 
http://www.thomann.de/fi/doepfer_a100c15.htm
remember you need 3,5mm cables! 15cm patch cables are suffcient for the front row connections and 30cm cables are enough for back > front row connections. if you want these cables to go around the edges of the synth and not over the control surface i suggest you buy 50cm or longer patch cables instead. the original package contains two 50cm patch cables, an audio cable (3,5 to 6,3mm), usb cable, power source and manual.
  "no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby |
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mudpeople
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Posted : May 26, 2011 21:28
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PoM
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Posted : May 27, 2011 02:08
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thanks for the review and the videos ,the filter sound great ! |
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vipal
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Posted : May 27, 2011 04:07
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can you post a k-b sample of this machione?
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Nectarios
Martian Arts
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Posted : May 27, 2011 11:50
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On 2011-05-27 02:08, PoM wrote:
thanks for the review and the videos ,the filter sound great !
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If I am not mistaken the Dark energy has the A-120 VCF, the classic 24dB/8ve, moog-like transistor ladder filter. Its more "juicy" than the dryer in sound transistor ladder Analog Systems filter which I also had on my hybrid modular.
Not as phat sounding as the Curtis chip based A-122 VCF, but the resonance is more defined and you can get brilliant kicks with the Doepfer ADSR and A-120 VCF.
Peace out.
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Outolintu
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Posted : Dec 29, 2011 21:08
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faxinadu
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Posted : Dec 31, 2011 01:11
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i don't like the curtis filters so much, at least the ones i have heard.
about the dark energy.. i almost bought one in munich a month ago, was short about 50e so got the nanozwerg instead, but it is on my wishlist.
awsome little box
The Way Back
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