Best Doepfer A-174-2 Alternatives

Based on 3 reviews

All intellijel products are awesome. I particularly like this joystick because is so well made and it feels nice. There is abundance of outputs for a 14hp eurorack controller and the extra features, such as the gesture recording or the CV control inputs are very handy. I think every eurorack system should have a controller of some sort. I believe this is one of the best if you like the joystick interface

Based on 2 reviews

This is the center piece of my small but growing modular; you can either control 4 events (by columns, which are assigned to both gate CV and continuous CV) or change 3 values across 4 constant levels (by rows), or a combination thereof. The little trimmer pot lets you adjust to your own skin resistance, to achieve more gradual transients. It's a very creative module overall, and lots of fun. The hardware feels solid overall: knobs and jacks are high quality.

Based on 2 reviews

I decided that i needed a second joystick for my performance system, but I wanted one that was different to my existing one (Erica Black). The Black stays where it is when you take your hand away, but the Doepfer returns to zero. Combine that with the Z-plane adjustment and the plethora of output options and it's a winner. Apparently it generates gates too, although I haven't tried that yet.

Based on 1 reviews

I put this side by side with a 921a oscillator driver and use it to switch control voltages from two separate keyboards, sample and hold, and a sequencer into a control position for the entire bank of oscillators. Nice to have a switch to keep from plugging and unplugging cables in this location. It could be useful in other locations but things would become crowded.

Based on 1 reviews

It is a fairly basic module but extremely useful. Setting two different states and modulating between those is a strong feature. eg. one channel for envelope decay, a second one for filter frequency, a third one for fx dry wet ... and the passing from one state to the next is as easy as a crossfader. You can find endless uses to this little device.

Based on 1 reviews

This ingenius module uses a light dependent resistor to «translate» light changes into cv and gate signals. Has controls for offset, range and gate threshold and lets you control, among others, things like filter cutoff and the opening of vcas etc. I wouldn’t say you’d need one to have a complete modular system, but it’s absolutely a useful utility more than a toy.

Based on 5 reviews

I've been trying out various ribbon controllers from other brands, but this Doepfer nails it. With the Treshold at minimum it performs best and does not skip positions. Usually I keep the Scale in the middle for normal tonal range, but it can go as low or high as beyond hearing, which is quite a potential. I use this ribbon for droning, for transposing anaog sequencers, and for microtonal theremin improvisations. It's like playing cello from planet Vulcan in the 31st century ;-)

Based on 5 reviews

The A-178 Theremin is a really good little unit - you can control the pitch of your modules with the CV control, PLUS a gate output which you can control using the threshold. I've had a LOT of fun with it in conjunction with a Doepfer A-151 sequential switch + Pressure Points. EPIC!!!

Based on 1 reviews

This little module is fitted with a microphone, and a grooved radar shape. You can tap it, scratch it and even shout into it, and it sends out an audio signal. It also works as a trigger and gate via CV output. If you have a drum module you can actually finger drum.

Based on 1 reviews

I was hoping for so much more with this but I don't really understand what it is meant to simulate because it doesn't seem like a marble on a plate to me. Unfortunately, there is no manual except two videos - which are not a substitute for a manual at all. If you want to look something up, how do you do that with a video? Watch the whole thing and hope it is mentioned? I have a lot of ADDAC modules but this one really not up to their usual quality and the lack of manual is inexcusable.