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After a year of engineering, in February 2016, our new product, The MOD Duo has been released.
 
After a year of engineering, in February 2016, our new product, The MOD Duo has been released.
  
With MOD Duo the MOD entered in a new era. We migrated from the Intel PC architecture to a whole new ARM hardware topology. We also developed the sound card from scratch, following audiophile and high fidelity concepts. And we moved from São Paolo - Brazil, to San Francisco - USA to reach the global market, then to Berlin in Germany.
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With MOD Duo the MOD entered a new era. We migrated from the Intel PC architecture to a whole new ARM hardware topology. We also developed the sound card from scratch, following audiophile, and high fidelity concepts. And we moved from São Paolo - Brazil, to San Francisco - the USA to reach the global market, then to Berlin in Germany.
  
It has much larger graphic displays (2,8 inches), a smaller enclosure to blend with your stomp boxes, two footswitches and two encoders.
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It has much larger graphic displays (2,8 inches), a smaller enclosure to blend with your stompboxes, two footswitches, and two encoders.
  
We launched a crowd funding [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modduo/mod-duo-the-limitless-multi-effects-pedal/description kickstarter campaign] to raise funds to produce the MOD Duo.
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We launched a crowdfunding [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modduo/mod-duo-the-limitless-multi-effects-pedal/description Kickstarter campaign] to raise funds to produce the MOD Duo.
  
 
We already had working prototypes and a release candidate product.
 
We already had working prototypes and a release candidate product.
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[[File:MOD-Duo-RC1-PCB-2.jpg|800px|thumb|left|MOD Duo Release Candidate 1 PCB with HI-FI sound card]]
 
[[File:MOD-Duo-RC1-PCB-2.jpg|800px|thumb|left|MOD Duo Release Candidate 1 PCB with HI-FI sound card]]
 
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== Technical specs ==
 
 
=== Dimensions ===
 
 
[[File:MOD_Duo_all_views.png|thumb|200px|MOD Duo dimensions in mm]]
 
 
* width: 180 mm
 
* length: 160 mm
 
* height: 74.7 mm
 
 
=== Inputs and outputs ===
 
 
==== Audio ====
 
 
[[File:MOD_Duo_blue_side_view.jpeg|thumb|200px|MOD Duo left side view showing the audio and headphone outputs.]]
 
 
* 2 independent inputs:
 
** TS connectors
 
** Digital input impedance selector
 
***line 1 M&Omega;
 
***microphone 3 k&Omega;
 
***instrument 75 k&Omega;
 
** Programmable Gain Amplifier: ± 12 dB Gain, 0.5 dB step plus a 32 dB gain stage for microphone
 
* 2 independent outputs:
 
** TRS connectors (balanced compatible)
 
** Volume Control: 0 to -127 dB, 0.5dB step
 
* Headphone output:
 
** TRS connector
 
** Digital volume control from +12dB to −33dB
 
 
Each input/output uses a Neutrik® connector, a True Bypass circuit and has a LED whose color depends on the audio signal amplitude.
 
* signal < -30dB : off
 
* -30dB < signal < -12dB : green
 
* -12dB < signal < -3dB : yellow
 
* signal > -3dB : red
 
 
==== MIDI ====
 
 
* MIDI IN connector - DIN 5 pins - for musical instruments and controllers
 
* MIDI OUT connector - DIN 5 pins
 
 
==== USB ====
 
 
* USB HOST - USB 2.0 Standard-A type
 
** USB Bluetooth
 
** USB Wifi
 
** USB MIDI
 
* USB DEVICE - USB 2.0 Standard-B type
 
** USB Ethernet Adaptor
 
** USB Mass Storage (used for updates)
 
 
==== Controllers ====
 
 
* 2 knobs with LCD screen
 
* 2 foot switches with color LEDs
 
* RJ-45 connector for additional controllers (see [[Control Chain]])
 
 
=== Processors ===
 
 
*A20 CPU:
 
** Dual Core ARM A7 1.0GHz
 
** 1 GB RAM
 
** 4 GB Flash Storage
 
* Audio CODEC:
 
** Manufacturer: Cirrus Logic
 
** DAC: 104dB dynamic range, -90dB THD+N
 
** ADC: 104dB dynamic range, -95dB THD+N
 
** 24 bit / 48 kHz AD/DA
 
 
=== Peripherals ===
 
 
* [[MOD Arduino Shield|Arduino shield]]
 
* [[MOD_Peripherals#MOD_Expression_Pedal|expression pedal]]
 
* [[MOD_Peripherals#MOD_Footswitch_Extensor|extra foot switches]]
 
 
=== Software ===
 
 
The MOD Duo uses a linux operating system with LV2 plugins to define virtual pedal boards.
 
 
[[category:MOD Duo]]
 

Latest revision as of 09:54, 28 October 2020

MOD Duo, viewed from the top.

Development

After a year of engineering, in February 2016, our new product, The MOD Duo has been released.

With MOD Duo the MOD entered a new era. We migrated from the Intel PC architecture to a whole new ARM hardware topology. We also developed the sound card from scratch, following audiophile, and high fidelity concepts. And we moved from São Paolo - Brazil, to San Francisco - the USA to reach the global market, then to Berlin in Germany.

It has much larger graphic displays (2,8 inches), a smaller enclosure to blend with your stompboxes, two footswitches, and two encoders.

We launched a crowdfunding Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to produce the MOD Duo.

We already had working prototypes and a release candidate product.

Read more in our website.

MOD Duo on Kickstarter.


MOD Duo Acrylic Prototype


MOD Duo New Display


MOD Duo Release Candidate 1 PCB with HI-FI sound card