This mixer is crazy! // Finegear MODMIX experimental performance mixer (and its a synth too!)
Today we are checking out Finegear MODMIX an analog mixer and "4 osc synth" for experimental music! Sponsored by DistroKid. A great way to upload and release your music. Use my link and get a discount distrokid.com/vip/bobeats
Check Modmix here:
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CONTENT:
00:00 What is the Modmix?
02:30 PART 1: Not just a mixer! (Sound examples)
05:19 PART 2: Walkthrough of the mixer
11:15 Dawless Synth Setup Example
13:05 PART 3: The Magic of Feedback
18:00 PART 4: The Madness of NO INPUT mixing
22:40 Final Thoughts
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I knew you were a secret drone/noise artist.
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
Who knew i had it in me
@jonaseggen2230
3 ай бұрын
You probably know about Lyra8 and that with reverb and some careful tweaking you can make something akin to sweet ambient stuff. So through this mixer one could make this chain sound like Lyra again. But then we put another reverb after the mixer...
I just want a very simple but good quality 6 channel stereo, DJ style mixer without a hefty pricetag please...
This is one of the coolest pieces of gear I've seen in a long time
Im loving the distortion! Very musical. "Oh no Stimpy! Its .. SPACE MADNESS!!"
Amazing. Love it how fast it goes from clean to messy. Great video!
Awesome mixer. I wish I could get one! Thanks for making a video about this unique product.
It’s really nice to have a voltage controlled mixer but it’s also a lot of dough for a supersized Eurorack module 😂
Just saw your Dust Collector video yesterday and now this is amazing too! The N.I.M.B experience is everything! Finegear is just great
I've been drooling over this sine superbooth last year.!!!
this + a Lyra 8 would be a droners dream.
@sawtooth808
3 ай бұрын
Throw in a Solaris 42 if you’re feeling “saucy” (it’s a Wayne’s World reference 😉)
@tommykruesofficial
3 ай бұрын
oufff that would just take it to god tier levels.@@sawtooth808
Oh wow, this is amazing!
Looks lovely i will buy one!
That first jam was amazing !
Woah.. very nice!
The problem with DJ mixers is that they're ridiculously overpriced compared to other mixer types in the market like PA, studio and broadcast mixers. For the the price of a Pioneer or Alien & Heath 4-channel DJ mixer you can easily score a 32-channel PA/recording mixing console from Mackie or Yamaha (just to name a few established pro audio brands), which is insane when you think of it. This makes me very sceptical of "performance mixers" like this Modmix, even if it is a boutique brand (which is no guarantee for quality btw). The value is simply not there. You're better off getting a solid PA mixer and save yourself a shit ton of money that you can then spend on FX modules or pedals.
A thing of beauty, thanks.
Why do "normal" mixers lack CV control? This however seems to be a mixer more in the tradition of the Boss KM line, adding its very own character to your signal.
Wow that pretty and it sounds gorgeous
This is awesome, though I do sincerely wish that they'd used a USB-C port. What were they thinking?!
Lots of lovely crunchy bits. I'm not getting one, but I love me some distortion. It's soothing.
The freq cuts only go to -10db ? very strange.
Wondering how much of this you can do with partially repatching a simpler mixer
oooh yeah it's rock! imagine to manipulate audio via this, a few strymon pedals and the SSL bigsix for final glue / eq :)
Looks wise it reminds me of the old tl audio stuff. Just got a tube tracker & an lfo or 2 for it would be handy. Interesting bit of kit this.
I went from dub to noise then modular. I'd pay the price.
Curious about the lack of nuts on the switches and the inputs. I know it would harsh the gestalt but are the switches and inputs just supported by their lugs on the board? That feels like a broken solder joint waiting to happen especially if this is intended to be a performance instrument. I do appreciate independent makers and completely understand it’s hard to be profitable with bespoke instruments. Having said that, for real money, it can’t just look cool and sound interesting if it breaks after the first hard use.
that unit is a unit
This has future classic written all over it. I guess i can not afford it now and later im going to regret it for ever after like the Dreadbox Murmux
Can you patch in outboard hardware like compressors?
@BoBeats
2 ай бұрын
yes there is insert point per track
How long before “Bad Gear” gets hold of one...?
Looks a bit like Sherman filterbank territory, besides being a mixer. Have you used one before and could you roughly compare them? Two very interesting instruments.
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
I have not used the sherman unfortunately! It did remind me a little about that crazy filterbank i tried years ago at an event… name escapes me… Euterpe Synthesizers?!
Looks fun, but I want an 8 stereo channel DJ mixer Maybe there is a way to add two cheap ones together
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
Yeah i’d like a dj mixer like that too! its rare to see one with a lot of inputs
It’s very cool but it’s a shame the channels are mono but I guess it’s meant to be used with devices like Syntrix or Lyra 8
So I have a woovebox and an MC101 and some money burning a hole in my bank account :) so I’m down to three possible ‘upgrades’ MC707, MPC one and Maschine Plus any thoughts?
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
do you need another workstation/groovebox type machine? If you really do I would suggest Maschine+, its quick and fun to make music on
Interesting not my thing but interesting. Personally I’m trying to get up to speed with my woovebox and two little Behringers at the moment.
Looks incredible and like a lot of fun but In 2024 there is no excuse for anything but USB-C. Would I need the USB? I don’t know, but I don’t like it.
Hi, Bo!
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
Hi!
If you want this to sound like a dial up modem from 1994, then purchase this thing!
kzread.info/dash/bejne/da6XqdOwpcWTj7Q.html im goin to add this too the LIST of videos ... um this is what i do , feedback loops
herbs and stones pathways thanks
I knew it was expensive the moment I saw the wooden cheeks. Wooden cheeks in synth world are the equivalent of red louboutin soles in shoe world. Instant visual signifiers of wealth
@gmmk-sadf
3 ай бұрын
Drumlogue?
@ntro9347
3 ай бұрын
minibrute
Cool cool but imagine spending $1700 on a device in 2024 and it comes with a mini-usb port. That's nuts.
@thosemonsters
3 ай бұрын
USB C or GTFO
@mattvalsuch2892
3 ай бұрын
Truth!
🤔
Ugh, it sounds so gnarly...wallet sweat forming
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
😅 stay strong!
@porfiry
3 ай бұрын
@@BoBeats ... and buy two to bolt together?
Thanks for the video, but...the drumbrute is more disturbing than a team mate. :)
Great video and your hair got long again !
somebody was heavily influenced by SOMA Synths :)
2nd?
How in the world a four tracks mixer costs that much. Are those knobs made of heroin? I don’t understand
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
i almot spat my coffee all over the modmix reading this comment. Too funny! The short of it is: Small manufacturer Expensive R&D and manufacturing Not selling thousands of units And add that nasty inflation and things get expensive! I saw that a Novation Peak is 1800 euro and it wasnt that expensive before
DistroKid 👎 I'd rather make my own with MIDI CC capabilitues. I do like the stereo returns & feedback capabilities
A mixer in 2024, 1700$ ?.. I like hardware, but this is another typical case, "we're just going to use the one from Cubase" 🎉
@JS-ey2pd
3 ай бұрын
If it's usable as a DJ mixer it's on the cheap end of the price range for mixers. Expensive is relative
shame there is no phonostage
Hey. I'm first. That's rare.
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
People are on a wild no input mixing ride!
"Fine"gear? Scraping pots? The price? In comparison, SOMA products are built perfectly. I would not buy this with confidence.
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
I just received the fixed knobs and no scraping. Easy fix.
Because it takes up more desktop space i will not be buying it. Ive been racking everything for years. you only have so much space. If it was 19" i would be watching the rest of the video.
Or as other channels have shown, you can literally grab an old Behringer mixer from the trash and get essentially the same results 😂
@dankeplace
3 ай бұрын
No what you do is put it back in the garbage where it belongs>
@dankeplace
3 ай бұрын
and put it back in the trash where it belongs 😂
This is nothing new, you can do all this with any mixer, it's just not as obvious or expensive.
@BoBeats
3 ай бұрын
Yes, connect outs to inputs and of you go. But like you say; this is purposefully designed for it. With modulation and much more controls.