if only Doepfer had done this

kdjupdal · Post by **kdjupdal** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:38 pm

How cool would the Doepfer modules have been, had they only chosen German terms instead of English on their modules. Just look at these words:

- Dreieck
- Sägezahn
- spannungsgesteuertes Tiefpaßfilter

Gringo Starr · Post by **Gringo Starr** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:42 pm

kdjupdal wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:38 pm
spannungsgesteuertes Tiefpaßfilter

This module would be 35hp at least.

beatcleaver · Post by **beatcleaver** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:55 pm

Gringo Starr wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:42 pm

kdjupdal wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:38 pm
spannungsgesteuertes Tiefpaßfilter
This module would be 35hp at least.

sir stony · Post by **sir stony** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:58 pm

Gringo Starr wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:42 pm

kdjupdal wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:38 pm
spannungsgesteuertes Tiefpaßfilter
This module would be 35hp at least.

Not really... had the english labelling been the precise translation of those words, it had been more or less the same length:
Triangle
Sawtooth
Voltage controlled low pass filter

But it would have been a different flair, for sure. For the probably very few people who might have preferred it that way.
Then again, "CV" could have been "SS" (Steuerspannung), and that abbreviation is somewhat tainted. I'm fine with english labelling after all.

tvparcable · Post by **tvparcable** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:15 pm

Thinking about it, it's probably even more German to have named all of the modules something like A-110, A-111-5 or, on a night of mad inspiration, something as wild as A-174-4.

kdjupdal · Post by **kdjupdal** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:20 pm

Hehe.

Keep in mind that Germany has a long history of electronic music, going back to the world's probably first electronic music studio, the Studio für elektronische Musik in Cologne.

starthief · Post by **starthief** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:53 pm

Me and some friends helped an Egyptologist friend of ours move house once. We were convinced that books written in German weigh more than other languages.

Arneb · Post by **Arneb** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:04 pm

kdjupdal wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:38 pm
How cool would the Doepfer

Ah, but you see, they have this 7-segment logo. If they used German labelings they'd have to call themselves DÖPFER, since that's what Dieter's last name is. Unfortunately there's no way to make the Ö letter look good in 7-segment font.

modules have been, had they only chosen German terms instead of English on their modules. Just look at these words:

- Dreieck
- Sägezahn

I don't think any of their modules uses the actual words, be they "triangle" or "Dreieck", rather than the shapes as ideograms?

- spannungsgesteuertes Tiefpaßfilter

Here's a fun fact about the German langauge. The word spannungsgesteuertes in your post follows the rule for neuter inflexion. Literally every person who uses the German word Filter as neuter is a synth nerd. In all non-synth contexts Filter is masculine.

Rex Coil 7 · Post by **Rex Coil 7** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:11 pm

.. yea, with module names like ~squeekin macher~

Jumbuktu · Post by **Jumbuktu** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:08 pm

I have a feeling MakeNoise already did this - or something similar!

Funky40 · Post by **Funky40** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:11 pm

.........yeah, A-200

a missed opportunity.............

bemushroomed · Post by **bemushroomed** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:14 pm

Jumbuktu · Post by **Jumbuktu** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:44 pm

That is hilarious! Must forward to my friends in Munich (but they are probably sick to death of it - and will have an equivalent video for Australian English).

3hands · Post by **3hands** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:59 pm

Definitely an oldie but a goody!!

Working out the filter... tief is Deep.. is it a deep pass filter? (I’m learning german and always excited to learn in the real world as opposed to duolingo!

Arneb · Post by **Arneb** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:42 pm

Rex Coil 7 wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:11 pm
.. yea, with module names like ~squeekin macher~

A-einhundertsiebenunddreißig.

Could be worse though. Dieter could be French.

Jumbuktu wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:44 pm
That is hilarious! Must forward to my friends in Munich (but they are probably sick to death of it - and will have an equivalent video for Australian English).

Actually, they'll enjoy the change of pace from having their German mocked by non-Bavarian Germans.

3hands wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:59 pm
Working out the filter... tief is Deep.. is it a deep pass filter? (I’m learning german and always excited to learn in the real world as opposed to duolingo!

Well, if you're deep under water you're pretty low above ground level.

3hands · Post by **3hands** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:42 am

Arneb wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:42 pm

Rex Coil 7 wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:11 pm
.. yea, with module names like ~squeekin macher~
A-einhundertsiebenunddreißig.

Could be worse though. Dieter could be French.

Jumbuktu wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:44 pm
That is hilarious! Must forward to my friends in Munich (but they are probably sick to death of it - and will have an equivalent video for Australian English).
Actually, they'll enjoy the change of pace from having their German mocked by non-Bavarian Germans.

3hands wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:59 pm
Working out the filter... tief is Deep.. is it a deep pass filter? (I’m learning german and always excited to learn in the real world as opposed to duolingo!
Well, if you're deep under water you're pretty low above ground level.

THAT makes total sense now! Deep/Low.

Thanks so much!

andybizarre · Post by **andybizarre** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:17 am

Well, it`s A-110-6 or Quadratur-Trapezoid-basierter spannungsgesteuerter Oszillator mit linearer Nulldurchgangsmodulation

bradovic · Post by **bradovic** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:56 am

andybizarre wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:17 am
Well, it`s A-110-6 or Quadratur-Trapezoid-basierter spannungsgesteuerter Oszillator mit linearer Nulldurchgangsmodulation

Such a beautiful language.

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft.

kdjupdal · Post by **kdjupdal** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:26 pm

andybizarre wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:17 am
Well, it`s A-110-6 or Quadratur-Trapezoid-basierter spannungsgesteuerter Oszillator mit linearer Nulldurchgangsmodulation

That's what I mean. If that was printed on the module I would definitely buy it. But I like German.

R.U.Nuts · Post by **R.U.Nuts** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:47 pm

I'm German but if I had to choose I'd go for Cyrillic labelling. I love the aesthetics of the Polivoks. I'm from former West Germany. So I don't understand a single Russian word BTW.

andybizarre · Post by **andybizarre** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:59 am

R.U.Nuts wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:47 pm
I'm German but if I had to choose I'd go for Cyrillic labelling. I love the aesthetics of the Polivoks. I'm from former West Germany. So I don't understand a single Russian word BTW.

Yeah, but it needs to be straight Cyrillic. I`m former East german, had to learn Russian in school and I can`t stand semi-Cyrillic pseudo western product names.
So, I was working hard to bring you guys another one: The A-101-6 would be "sechsstufiges spannungsgesteuertes Filter mit lichtempfindlichen Feldeffekt-Transistoren". Herrlich.

IR · Post by IR » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:17 am

andybizarre wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:59 am
Yeah, but it needs to be straight Cyrillic. I`m former East german, had to learn Russian in school and I can`t stand semi-Cyrillic pseudo western product names.

Sovtek Big Muff clones are the worst, having bad taste lettering and bad taste graphics quite often.

I have several Eowave modules, they're in French. Too bad some of them are so hard to get, I wanted the regular VCA, but it's been discontinued.

tdallas · Post by **tdallas** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:24 am

bradovic wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:56 am
Such a beautiful language.
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft.

"Doppelhaushälfte" -> half of a double house (aka. "semi-detached house"). Also those test equipment wigglers seems to have a lot of fun ... e.g. "Programmierbarer Impulsgenerator"

kay_k · Post by **kay_k** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:16 am

well I am naming modules after hoods & places in my birthplace Leipzig (more precise in the west of Leipzig) so I am eagerly waiting to call one of my creations after the hood of Zschocher or more precise Kleinzschocher or Großzschocher - try pronouncing that correctly

btw. German is only my second language .. I am native Saxonian. (Germans will get that joke)

kay_k · Post by **kay_k** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:20 am

Arneb wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:04 pm

- spannungsgesteuertes Tiefpaßfilter
Here's a fun fact about the German langauge. The word spannungsgesteuertes in your post follows the rule for neuter inflexion. Literally every person who uses the German word Filter as neuter is a synth nerd. In all non-synth contexts Filter is masculine.

Good one ... a friend of mine gets super mad when someone uses it wrong. (he is musician, producer & audio-engineer too)

MUFF WIGGLER

MUFF WIGGLER

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