Request for the designers - VCA/mixer type gadget

norman phay

This is something that looks rather useful - Cwejman make a similar sort of thing, and I've seen bumph from Doepfer and Plan B regarding forthcoming products of this nature, there doesn't seem to be anything DIY-orientated. My suggested features would be:

Master section:

Master output level control, a pair of output sockets (maybe quad? Not for me, but others might be into it), a master send out. Either one or two stereo aux ins, poss w/level controls. Maybe a headphone out.

Each channel:

level control, pan or quad pan, send level, maybe bass & treble tone controls. CV ins for level and pan at least (send level would be cool too - VC reverb/echo amount!) Mute switch? Input per channel, maybe a meter of some sort....

Adding such a piece - a four- or six-channel VC mixer w/send & tone control to a modular would make it into a little electronic music studio, a way of directly interfacing a selected set of instruments with the modular. I'd like such a thing very much.

Thoughts, anyone?

lexvortex · Joined: May 14, 2008 Posts: 155 Location: Toronto

Hey,

I think Yusynth has something along that nature in the works.

http://yusynth.net/Modular/index.html

It's in the signal processor section, I was interested in it but opted for the MFOS 4 channel mixer because I didn't want to wait for the Yusynth module and the MFOS has stereo ins and inserts too and I bought foniks panner faders for the VC panning. Here's a link to the MFOS mixer.

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth/STEREOMIXER2006/STEREOMIXER2006.php

fonik

BananaPlug · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:50 am Post subject:

You used to be able to order VC stereo mixers from Serge in increments of two inputs. I think that's kind of what he has in mind. Something like this.
Edit: Oh, he did mention the SMX in the post didn't he. Anyway, Fonik's point about using a bunch of separate VCA's, etc. only goes so far I think. It sure is more convenient to have integrated VCA/PAN/SUM capabilities especially if you don't work track by track but do things all at once.

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neandrewthal · Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 672 Location: Canada

BananaPlug · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject:

Clever use of normals. Just needs another output bus on the right to make a stereo mix from pairs of input channels.

neandrewthal · Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 672 Location: Canada

I never considered making anything stereo. I'm still running my while rig through a big ol' keyboard amp and spending way too much time/money on the modular to look into proper monitors Embarassed