Muff's Modules & More

mono-poly

Love to see a nice mixer module with 1 or 2 aux send/return options.
6 or 8 mono channels.

mig27 · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:46 am Post subject:

Agreed.

I like the functionality of my external A&H Zed14 Mixer, namely 4 Auxes, decent EQs, good faders. But sometimes I'd prefer to keep everything inside the big modular.

Clockgate · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:49 am Post subject:

Something like this maybe? Dead Banana

mono-poly · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:02 pm Post subject:

Eq isn't that import for me but some good summing and aux busses would be great.
And i know the Behringer stuff but love to see a module.

Hainbach · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject:

Repeater · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject:

Two Doepfer or Harvestman matrix mixers? Seems to me like the cheapest and most flexible configuration for this sort of thing.

mono-poly · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:36 pm Post subject:

cwejman mx-4s is getting near what i'd love to see.

chinard · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:41 pm Post subject:

not exactly what you are asking for but the Mutajen can kinda be patched this way. It has 3 output busses with an attenuator on two of them
Better option of course is a matrix mixer.

I would also love to see a couple of aux send/recieve busses on the next generation of mutajen.. hint hint.. Intellijel

mildheadwound · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:45 pm Post subject:

It cracks me up when i see people with these awesome modular setups plugged into the most embarrassing mixers and sound cards. I was really holding out for the Toppobrillo mixiplexer... but then he changed the design. d'oh!

Spanningtree · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:08 pm Post subject:

numan7 · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:42 pm Post subject:

but we have mixer modules in euro, chef mono (quite a few of them, in fact)!

as suggested above, if you need send/return "buses" just patch up a matrix mixer
module channel or two.

as far as 4 x 2 mixer modules go, have you tried the circuit abbey unify?

cheers

Rudy D.

ersatzplanet · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject:

This question comes up often. I happen to be sitting on a ton of Pots and have thought of making a mixer. The big question that I have is would a non-CV controlled mixer be enough? I was thinking of a modular mixer - input channel sections that could be chained for expansion (4-channel blocks) and separate output blocks. That way you could make it as big as you want. different output blocks would have different features (LED meters, limiters, slide pots, headphone monitors etc.).
I know everyone really wants CV control of everything but If you want to keep the cost down and still offer a good sound it is better to leave the CV out. Maybe one of the variations of input channel blocks could have CV control but it would cost more to have it.
I myself have rarely wanted an in-cabinet mixer. I have plenty of outboard ones that have great EQ (which is more helpful than many think) effects, and multiple Aux sends etc. Any mixer in cabinet will take up lots of HP. Think of the space needed for a Sequencer and you are close.

-James

intellijel · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:15 pm Post subject:

mono-poly · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:17 pm Post subject:

James,

Sounds good to me.
I don't need cv control.
I just need:

- level
- panning
- aux send

4 channels and chainable sounds great!

mono-poly · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:19 pm Post subject:

Numan sure there are mixers but none offer what i want.

REwire · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:23 pm Post subject:

For Non-Insert effects like Reverbs and Delays I find that I prefer to send to effects after the VCA so that the sound can decay after I let go of a keyed gate. Then those effects only process a signal that is not at constant input level and can ring out.

The Makenoise QMMG (Optomix and Plan-B Model 13 too) have Sum Outs that combine multiple channels to a mono send. For stereo effects I mult the stereo output of the QMMG to those.

The same can be accomplished for Insert effects like distortion, compression, wavefiolders, etc by mixers that have separate patch outs like only the ex-Plan-B Model 9 and the Pittsburgh. Mutagens are good for their bussing which I use to send oscs to different effect busses of buffers and attenuators.

Turns out Analogue Solutions actually makes a mixer channel system with individual channel strips with effect sends and master send return modules.

BTW, I'm curious by your subject line which says "..An Euro" which to me is gramattically incorrect unless you pronounce Euro like "Arrow" rather than like "Your row"

Dan

sgnhh · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:29 pm Post subject:

i like the idea of an inclusive euro mixer simply because it means i won't have to drag more gear around. in my planned 15u system, i'm currently shooting for 2x of the new mutagens, an azimuth, a circuit abbey unify, and 4ms vca matrix. pretty flexible, playable, and beats dragging around a 12+ input mixer. equalizers would be nice, though.

jeannot · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject:

jeannot · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:05 pm Post subject:

Also with the VCA Matrix having 4 dedicated outs for each in, a lot of aux send/routing techniques are easily achievable.