The Modular Techniques thread

[coldbrightsunlight]

I resample things through morphagene all the time!

I also find it fun when I've created something that seems uninspired, to just go one level deeper with it and use it as the basis for a new patch.

[mr. sound boy king]

don't don't do anything!

Agree. One freeing bit of advice I read someplace is to stop worrying about what everything is supposed to do and consider a modular system as simply a collection of IN and OUT jacks.

[worra]

So now that I've finished my case for a long while (I hope), I plan on using this thread a lot more. My first thing I'm really trying to wrap my head around is w/. It's pretty capable but I'm having trouble remembering all the little combos and how to move quickly through the tape with cue points. Anyone have any helpful recommendations? I've been using this link so far, which is a bit nicer than the Mannequins quick reference card: http://withw.rustle.works

[worra]

MIXING

Does everyone here do it in the rack? If so, what do you use? What's a feature you HAVE to have? If you're mixing out of the rack, what mixer are you using and why?

Since I'm pretty committed to a 7U case I've been wondering if using my rack space for mixing is a good idea. I have a Xaoc Praga that I very much like, but it doesn't have stereo channels in (you can use 2 channels panned hard left/right). I DO absolutely love the aux sends so I can use one effect on a couple different voices, and I think I'd miss that if I went to a bare-bones external mixer. What to do?

[MrNovember]

I much prefer to mix in rack, but that may be because I've never found an external mixer that works for me. I'm currently using Veils and a Planar 2 for mixing. Well mostly I end up using Veils as a simple mixer and Planar as a CV source. However, I might swap the Veils for X-Pan. It would fit my workflow a lot better; stereo, crossfading, panning, and the right number of channels for my small system. Praga looks like it would be my ideal mixer if it wasn't for the size.