Say hello to the MOD Dwarf

OK, thanks.

I would not mind using it also with instruments.

But if the knobs & buttons are the difference, maybe they could offer different outer cases in future for different use.

@gianfranco
Is there a feature comparison table somewhere for the 3 products?

regardig the processor, see https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modduo/mod-dwarf/comments?comment=Q29tbWVudC0yNzQxMTYyNQ%3D%3D&reply=Q29tbWVudC0yNzQxMjI1MA%3D%3D for a comparison

the dwarf has a better processor than the duo, but is not as fast as the duo x.

you can see (some?) differences when you compare the following resources:

https://wiki.moddevices.com/wiki/MOD_Duo#Technical_specs
https://wiki.moddevices.com/wiki/Duo_X_User_Guide#Device_features
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modduo/mod-dwarf (look for an image “MOD DWARF SPECIFICATIONS”)

There is one on the making :wink:

@Andre would you have something for us?

I’m in love with this project! I’d like to know if it will be possible to use an external expression pedal for wha/volume. Also, there will be a “ground lift” switch? Are the out jacks balanced?

external midi expression pedals are working, see, e.g., MIDI Foot Controller Recommendation

according to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modduo/mod-dwarf/faqs the outputs are not balanced.

i don’t know about the ground lift switch. i have not yet read anything about that, therefore i don’t think there will be one.

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Will it be possible to upgrade the CPU? Just in case…

No, not on the dwarf

Thanks! I would consider it as a huge plus for next products. HW and SW upgrade-ability… wow!

Wondering if it would be possible to run a VST plugin doing some hacks. It would be interesting to me to have the possibility to run VST plugins like black-box elements on pedalboard at least.

you cant run regular 32/64bit windows plugins on a linux ARM system though.
if the plugin has a linux ARM version, like pianoteq and a few others, then it might be doable.

for a windows plugin to work on linux, first you need wine.
then because the CPU architecture does not match, you will need virtualization on top.
all this would make it run extremely slow.

it is just much better to contact plugin authors and make them know of your interest on getting them working in Linux.
and we are all quite open to that. I have ported a few plugins myself.

Hello!

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Hi to all
I’m waiting for Dwarf and also absolutelly new in the Mod world. Can someone suggest something to read to enter in this world? I’m speaking from the user point of view (no developer for now). I don’t have Mod pedal so can’t play with plugin, effects, GUI or other “real” part of the pedal.
There is a Help document for beginer?

Thans
Rino

For a more hands-on approach instead of reading stuff you might not remember anyway, you could try MODEP by Blokas: https://blokas.io/modep/
You just need ~30 Bucks for a Raspberry Pi 3b+ or 4 and some class compliant USB audio interface to make it work. It’s not including all features of the current MOD devices but it’s a good starting point.

Hi Rino,
Welcome to the MOD community!
There’s a lot of information on our wiki: wiki.moddevices.com
And you can also listen to some of the creations our users made and seek inspiration in our pedalboard feed: pedalboards.moddevices.com
Enjoy the ride!

You can in fact run the MOD plugin host together with the web GUI on your (Linux) computer, but it requires some basic experience and knowledge of how JACK works and also the experience will be quite different to the real device, i.e. more audio latency or noise, depending on your sound card.

Nowadays it is likely best to use https://github.com/moddevices/mod-app

Make sure to clone the repo recursively, as that will include mod-host and mod-ui.
It is a WIP project though, the “reconnecting” option does not work right now.
But already makes things easier to run, as there is no need to install mod-host, mod-ui or even mod-app itself.

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Further to Rino’s question. As an absolute beginner with Linux, I’m struggling slightly with dwek, cbix and falkTX’s suggestions. I’m a future Dwarf owner, but am I to understand that I can have an emulated MOD device on my computer with the same GUI as the device itself? A super straightforward explainer would be really helpful here. Thanks

Kinda :wink:

You can have the same interface, but the plugins will not. and there is no access to the plugin store.
We modify a lot of existing plugins to add MOD specific features on top. On regular systems (I mean, Linux distributions) these modifications are not in place.

Basically, you end up with this: (screenshot I took just now)

Ah, OK. I guess I’ll just have to wait until December then…