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A-100 prototype

Doepfer A-100 prototype
Doepfer A-100 prototype

The A-100 prototype was a Eurorack format analogue modular synthesiser made by Doepfer circa 1995.

It quickly evolved into the regular A-100.

Standard configurations

A-100 prototype Base System
A-110 VCO A-110 VCO A-154 Ring Mod. A-181 Waveform Processor A-180 Frequency Divider A-188 Trigger Inv. A-189 Multiples A-170 Mixer A-120 VCF 1 A-131 VCA Log. A-130 VCA Linear
A-190 MIDI to CV / Sync A-190 Clock Divider / Sequencer A-150 LFO A-150 LFO A-150 LFO A-115 Noise / Random A-152 Dual S&H A-140 ADSR A-140 ADSR

Modules

The following modules were included in the Base System. There may or may not be any others.

Model HP Description Evolution
A-110 10 VCO Footing range increased
A-115 10 Noise Narrowed to 8 HP; renumbered A-118
A-120 10 24 dB lowpass VCF Narrowed to 8 HP
A-130 8 Linear VCA LED replaced with overall volume knob
A-131 8 Exponential VCA LED replaced with overall volume knob
A-140 10 ADSR envelope generator Narrowed to 8 HP
A-150 10 LFO Narrowed to 8 HP
A-152 4 Dual S&H Renumbered A-148
A-154 4 Ring Mod / Dual Voltage Inverter Split into A-114 dual ring mod and A-175 Dual voltage inverter
A-170 10 Mixer Split into A-138a and A-138b
A-180 8 Frequency divider Renumbered A-115
A-181 8 Waveform processor Renumbered A-116
A-188 4 Trigger inverter Various; renumbered A-165
A-189 4 Multiples Renumbered A-180
A-190 10 Clock divider / Gate sequencer Split into A-160 and A-161
A-190 10 MIDI to CV and sync converter Various

A-100: A-100 prototype