Doepfer Dark Time Red 3-stars Reviews

Well made but too expensive for what it is

Build quality is excellent. Durable steel case and good looking wood sides. However, the functionality of the sequencer is basic and the editing the less used features should be easier - frequent shift button operation required! Trips to te manual are often necessary.

I would recommend it only if it was two times less expensive. The price is too high regarding the Doepfer's not impressive functionality. Of course, it does not produce any sound - hence one star in this category.

low standards - no support

Got the product and it's in theory a great gear for step sequencing.

However is very defective in its construction, not the unit in particular, as knobs are not calibrated i.e. if you dial at 5 you'll obtain different notes on different steps even in note quantize mode.

USB connection is a bit unstable in Windows10, works fine on Mac.

The instruction manual is incomplete.

I wrote to their tech support inquiring about the issues and their rude answer was = knobs are like that, the manual is perfect if you don't like it send it back to where you bought it and try to get a refund. Unbelievably careless