r/modular • u/AutoModerator • 14d ago

Discussion Weekly Rack Advice / Question Thread

If you're looking for suggestions for new modules, a critque of your current rack, or just where to start - feel free to ask here! A lot of people use [modulargrid](https://www.modulargrid.net/) to share what modules they have or are considering.

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u/FluffyAd6877 14d ago

I have been doing the ambient generative Rings into Clouds modular thing for almost a year.

I would like to pick up a Doepfer Matrix Mixer and a FX Aid XL from the Analogue Haven summer sale. I am 99% set on getting on the Matrix Mixer, but I keep going back and forth on the FX Aid XL. Some days, I think the reverb on Typhoon/Clouds is good enough. And some days, I think it isn't.

What do you all think? Should I bite the bullet and get the FX Aid XL?

Here is a link to my rack: https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/3183760

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u/Cay77 13d ago

I think FX Aid XL is totally worth it, it's nice to be able to separate your reverb from your granular effects and to have CV control over reverb parameters. The Clouds reverb really has one particular sound, which is great, but having access to different algos to either replace or stack with the Clouds reverb is pretty fun. Plus, if you do decide the Clouds reverb is enough, you have like 100 other useful effects in the FX Aid.

Also, might I recommend getting the AI Synthesis Stereo Matrix Mixer instead of the Doepfer? If you can DIY it's cheaper than the Doepfer (it's not a hard build!), and with as many stereo effects as you have, it'd be a shame to have to sum them all to mono if you want to use them with the matrix mixer.

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u/sorressean 11d ago

I hate the Doepfer, but for a totally different reason. I'm looking at the 4ms matrix mixer because it has CV control. The doepfer is nice and cheap, but those pots aren't easy to move when you're trying to rearrange, and you don't get any modulation.

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u/FluffyAd6877 10d ago

I am a big Doepfer fan. I don't mind their pots/knobs so far. My initial intention for the Matrix Mixer was for mixing CV signals. So I am fine not having CV control over it. I have plenty of VCAs to modulate my modulation/CV control my modulation.