#1

Hey Folks
My MOD DUO arrived today and i am gong to spend a month sharpening my Gen~ skills
Anyone for tennis?

http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/read/review-mod-duo-multi-effects-pedal/022661

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#2

and already has some hooks for Max obviously

#3

I’d be interested in hearing your impressions of the MOD DUO from a basic user’s perspective (i.e., what’s the user experience for someone who’s not going to do any coding?).

As embedded computing powers have progressed, I’ve been looking for a live audio effects solution along the lines of what the MOD DUO claims to be. I’d love to have a single box with the capability to run multiple parallel effects channels, with granular and/or spectral effects, and with somewhat decent audio quality — essentially, a little effects computer that’s not a laptop, and thus is more stable than a laptop (and also isn’t the same damn thing that I do all my word processing on).

So with that said, when you’ve had some time to mess around with it, could you share your thoughts on it, on whether it’s a live effects powerhouse or more of a tinkerer’s play-box?

I’d much appreciate it.

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#4

Im interested in how feasible the mod could be as an alternative to an eventide h9. Would it be able to process that heavy a load, and, are there comparable (or more interesting) msp/gen~ patches.

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#5

Are there functional differences between the pedal and MODEP? I mean, obviously the Raspberry Pi lacks the rugged case, foot switches and displays, but if you weren’t planning to use it on stage, would a PiSound be more cost effective?

#6

I will give it from that but i am actually going to program it with gen~
I started with raspberry years ago, then i tried a few other Beagle etc…
Then obviously Organelle~/pd
and i recently grabbed an OWL pedal too [Pd, DSP] but i felt that it’s really a trimmed down restricted scenarios so i am hoping for a little more wiggle room with patching/coding in Max to come up with something that is not just another chorus or reverb.
I will say that i had originally tried this endeavor with TiTop Z-Dsp and that was VERY disappointing --almost misleading if you really pressed me.
And i did not take to the teletype, not to say i won’t revisit it but i was getting way into Tidalcycles and i had to focus on something at that point

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#7

i think that would be cool because i know max is good at lists/menus etc

#8

new video for Mod Duo:

#9

I know this is an onld question, but nobody seems to have answered and maybe you’re still interested in the answer.
I don’t think there’s big differences. The software seems to be the same since afaik for now there’s only open source lv2 plugins that run on it (I do have a Pisound, bit no MOD DUO, so I can’t directly compare).

#10

Came across the Mod Duo X from Mod Devices by accident, sort of, and while it certainly looks intrigueing, has anyone actually tried it? Seems there are very few actual user experiences out there … and since the price tag is pretty hefty ($749), some solid input would be nice before considering more.

#11

I have the original mod duo and the zynthian which runs the ui id you want. It’s a delightful interface and very straight forward. Kind of like a virtual pedalboard kind of like a light version of vcv but the plugins are generally high quality although almost all open source lv2 plugins. But the plus is that means you could test many of them without the hardware or interface.

It’s fairly immediate to put a patch together. My gripe is your pedalboards don’t switch instantly so moving from one complex patch to another isn’t really performance ready. Instead you have to build it all onto a single space and toggle your pedals/effects which uses more memory

I’m trying to sell the mod and keep the zynthian which is more flexible imp but the x is closer to the zynth and has a lot more desktop tweak ability

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#12

A cheap way to try out the Mod from a software point of view is to get a Pisound board and a Raspberry PI. You can then install Modep, which is – at least IIRC – the same software that runs on the Mod Duo. Of course this does not give you the convenient hardware UI of the Mod Duo pedals, which tbh are quite essential, but it will let you get a feeling of what the ecosystem has to offer.

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#13

I love my pisound. Its easy to control with external midi controllers like a fightertwister or mcmillan foot board. I just bought a second one.

#14

Exactly. The zynth is built on pi and runs modui like this. The mod hardware is amazingly well built.

#15

question: are i-o dc-coupled on one or all of the mod products? can we use them to output (and or record) cv?