Here’s a video overview, via sonicstate, of the latest Doepfer modules introduced at Musikmesse 2013.
Dieter Doepfer discusses the new Doepfer Serge slew, gate sequencer & MAM Black.
Here’s a video overview, via sonicstate, of the latest Doepfer modules introduced at Musikmesse 2013.
Dieter Doepfer discusses the new Doepfer Serge slew, gate sequencer & MAM Black.
Musikmesse 2013 - the ‘international fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and music business connections’ – is happening this week, April 10-13, in Frankfurt.
There have already been a lot of announcements for electronic music gear being introduced at Musikmesse, including:
And the show hasn’t even started yet – so expect a flurry of gear announcements this week.
With that in mind, what gear would you like to see companies introduce at Musikmesse?
Musikmesse 2013: Doepfer has announced the MAQ 16/3 MIDI Analog Sequencer Dark Edition, a special edition of their Analog Sequencer MAQ16/3 with black front panel and rotary knobs designed to match their Dark Energy synthesizers and Dark Time step sequencer. Continue reading
Doepfer has announced that the Dark Energy 2 – an update to its popular analog monosynth – is now available.
The Dark Energy II is a monophonic stand-alone synthesizer with USB and Midi interface. The sound generation and all modulation sources are 100% analog, only the USB/Midi interface contains digital components. Dark Energy is built into a rugged black metal case with wooden side plates. High quality potentiometers with metal shafts are used and each potentiometer – except the filter mode control – is fixed to the case (no wobbly shafts and knobs).

Ever since the Doepfer Dark Energy II was announced, people have been wondering how the new synth sounds, compared to the original Dark Energy.
This video does an A/B comparison. While both synths sound great, they do have very different sounds.
Here are the key differences between the Dark Energy 1 and Dark Energy 2:
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Saturday Synth Porn: Reader Thomas Kress just got his Doepfer Dark Energy 2 synthesizer, and made this short unboxing video and audio demo:
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