I would love to see some basic mixer modules, but with more ins and outs than currently available.
Here are some mockups.
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Yes please! That’s an easy but very helpful idea.
M.
There is already a “Cross Fader” that is available in stereo on the MOD.
The problem with it is that the “default preset” cannot be removed and/or modified, so, when presets are assigned to a foot switch, it circles with the other presets.
In other words, you cannot make an A/B switch with it. You will always have a A/B/Default switch.
Hi everybody! I’m a hopefully soon ModX owner. This is my first post and already wishing or rather asking for something 
Please correct me if that is possible already. Is there some sort of a chance / bernoulli gate type module? I saw the Logic Operator one which maybe could be used for that. But rather than two inputs, I’m looking for 1 in / 2 out. The switch boxes already exist, would be great to be able switch them not only manually.
@Simon, we do have a dedicated A/B switch for audio signals, see: SwitchBox2 - MOD Devices
Would that work for the use case you’re describing?
I recently updated the audio switchboxes to also include stereo versions and an inverted version. I also updated the code a bit, so dat it fades between the channels when switching instead of doing a hard switch (because that resulted in an audible click sound).
I also worked on two mixer some time ago, which is a 4 channel mixer mono with panning, solo and mute per track, and a 4 channel stereo version. The code of the plugin is finished, and I’m now working on getting the GUI ready.
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BramGiesen,
Basically, I have 2 bass guitars (Duo input 1 and 2) and I want to switch between them depending on the song I play.
“SwitchBox2” is a 1 input 2 outputs. I need the opposite
You mentioned having an “inverted version”. I will look into that tonight but I don’t recall seeing it last week when I worked on this setup.
For the moment, I am using Mindi to send a program change to an external MIDI A/B switch (AB Cadabra from Sound Sculpture) but why use external hardware when the Duo only needs a software plugin to do the same … 
BTW, Mindi does not have a “Default” preset. This allows me to circle between my presets and only my presets when assigned to a stomp on the Duo.
Finally, there seems to be a small bug with the “Cross Fader” presets section. I had difficulties creating, deleting and renaming presets. It looks like some kind of “screen refresh” issue. I will create a new post in this forum later tonight and describe the behavior in more depth.
I’ll let you know what I find …
Thanks !
Blockquote I also worked on two mixer some time ago, which is a 4 channel mixer mono with panning, solo and mute per track, and a 4 channel stereo version. The code of the plugin is finished, and I’m now working on getting the GUI ready.
Oh Bram, this is really good news. A 4 channel stereo Mixer would make a lot of stuff much easier to route. Looking forward to that one!!!
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BramGiesen,
I looked into the plugin store tonight and found many new SwitchBoxes that I don’t recall seeing before.
I will be using the Switchbox 2-1. It’s a simple one but exactly what I needed.
Thank You!
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yeah the stereo (audio) switchbox and midi switchboxes were just added by Bram
can be seen at Plugins - MOD Devices
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I would also love to see some kind of “performance” recorder.
So that you could enable the recording function and it would capture if you played some notes, or knob movements. You should then be able to modify if you wanted this to be used on the midi out, or internally.
The best would of course be if this could be done both Quantized or Unquantized.
Maybe also convert midi notes or CC´s to CV afterwards and use the Mod Duo X as a modulator for things with CV.
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(Sequencer with more functions?) Sequencer with more functions?
This will probably not be developed further.
X42 plugin - stepseq with more functions? · Issue #11 · x42/stepseq.lv2 · GitHub
Possibly a new one?
https://wiki.zynthian.org/index.php/Using_ZynSeq
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That would be great.
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Let’s see if we can bring it up after the 1.10 release
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Not sure if you join the discussion, but #lv2 and #lad IRC channels often have topics around MOD.
So I have spoken/written a few times to sjaehn. First we needed to get 1.10 out, but that is done.
Still want to finish my audiofile and midifile plugins first though, these are basic functions that I miss/want on the device ASAP.
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I’m throwing my vote behind a midi looper. Most modern devices don’t do this right, but the Squarp Pyramid does, and some ancient 80’s gear did it right.
The trick is to have a pedal you can use to engage record mode, and play into the recorder, which loops and wipes each cycle (not overdubbing), and then when you are happy with your last 4 bars (or whatever loop size), you take your foot off the pedal, and recording stops, but playback continues.
So many devices (mpc, etc.) you engage record, play your 4 bars, and if they suck, that’s what loops. That’s not creative. The wipe/loop option, means you choose when to stop playing, and when your take is one you want to keep looping for the rest of the song - it’s way more creative as you are making the decision ‘after’ you heard it, not before.
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I do think a simple crossfade module would be useful, still- a no frills 2-In 1-out would do a lot to simply setups.
The reverse would also be useful— a “planner” that would crossfade 1 in to 2 outs.
@Eric_Charles I second the idea of a simple crossfade module. I’ve used CV components to have one stereo send fade in, while another fades out (using the same knob) - but at 50% both destinations have 50% volume, and I think it’s the same as a crossfader.
If you want to try it, set up Control to CV, with a knob to control the amount 0 to +10, then route this to CV Parameter Modulation, and have that set to Value = 100%, Mod Depth -100%. Then you split out two sends, and set one of them to use the first CV port and the second to use the CV Parameter Mod output port. You have to name these ports for them to be available to your sends. But then one knob controlling the Control to CV, will also send the opposite signal to the other send.
I hope I explained that properly !
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I’m planning to experiment with the 4 channel mixer in this way as well, with cv control of the levels and pan pots as the fade between the two outs.
But I still like the idea of simple, minimal cpu impact, one-knob panners and cross faders. Simplicity in modules makes complex chaining and control more usable.
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Something like that in the mod would be cool:
Github: Music Pattern Generator
Music Pattern Generator is an app to create musical rhythms. It sends MIDI data, so it won’t make any sounds by itself. For that you need to connect it to MIDI soft- or hardware that can handle MIDI data to produce sound.
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it looks very cool, and since it is node in theory we can just have a node version compatible with mod and access the UI with a browser, just like the current mod-ui.
but… how usable is it, how intuitive? anyone has tried that yet?
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I’ve played with it quite a bit and it’s pretty nice.
However I do not see the use of adding this to MOD specifically. The resulting patches are relatively simple json though and I have been toying with the idea of building some sort of interpreter for them.
Having a MPG-patch player plugin is doable I think. More so than somehow “integrating” this nodejs app with MOD directly.