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Thanks for the comment ~ happy to hear that!

I get mine from AliExpress: www.aliexpress.com/item/4001190734005.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.3f08sOcBsOcBRL&algo_pvid=7398621a-f1e7-412e-8b6c-d08a3a22a9e6&algo_exp_id=7398621a-f1e7-412e-8b6c-d08a3a22a9e6-4&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21THB%21109.45%2198.43%21%21%212.88%212.59%21%402103242517195465116071770e8117%2110000015254317493%21sea%21TH%210%21AB&curPageLogUid=7jgAORmXZFkZ&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003974279808.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller.12.4ea3JrH3JrH3b7&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40000.327270.0&scm_id=1007.40000.327270.0&scm-url=1007.40000.327270.0&pvid=180be5c0-51a3-4522-91dd-095e173bbd5f&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40000.327270.0,pvid:180be5c0-51a3-4522-91dd-095e173bbd5f,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238107%231934&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21THB%2169.93%2169.93%21%21%211.84%211.84%21%40210133e517195465213358105e607a%2112000027611208120%21rec%21TH%21%21AB&utparam-url=scene%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller%7Cquery_from%3A Looks like these ones have free shipping, but I've never tried them so can't vouch for the quality: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006264016753.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.similar_items.2.4ea3K7z3K7z3Ih&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21THB%21287.05%21122.45%21%21%2155.12%2123.51%21%402101363e17195471088392492edd2e%2112000036523425078%21sea%21TH%210%21AB

@@dudfaz Thank you.

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Thanks Jade ~ glad you like it :)

Thanks Son Wu!

@SONWU if you're interested in doing something with them on your channel, I'd be more that happy to send you over a few units 🙂

@@dudfaz Thank you, that's great! I'll send you a DM in a minute :)

Ah, I've never come across pedals like that before! Yes, that's right :)

Awesome! Thanks, I hope you enjoy 🙂

Excellent! Glad you're getting along well with them. Cheers 🙂

Hey Paul, yes you sure can! Signals can be split using stackable cables (or even headphone splitters work). Then, you can use the built in passive mixers to combine them again. If you're on Instagram, check out readyplayerbass ~ he's a pro bass player and a big fan of the Minibay. Cheers, Dud

@@dudfaz Haha, that's awesome! Nipa really got me thinking along these lines too! with is DarkGlass series he did. Just placed my order for a minibay from Juno in the UK today. Thanks for your reply!

@@paulhopkins686 Nice! Thanks for your purchase 🙂

Thanks for your honesty! So what problems are you trying to overcome now?

@@dudfaz I have a conductive lab midi router, which has helped me not needing to swap stuff out. I have 4 pedals and I'd like to use that with various gear without having to individually wiring it up everytime I have a stupid idea. So I'm keen on the one you have, which is in my cart in Juno. I am honestly wondering how a desktop patchbay can make my life easier. I've watched your video a couple of times, and I really don't see how it makes things easier. I have 16 channels on my mixer. I'm sorry, I'm just a hobbyist. I'm learning as I go along.

​@@TheBrainvision Does your mixer have insert sockets? Do you need to tend to use more than one pedal in a signal chain? Are your pedals mono or stereo?

@@dudfaz yes, it has 2 inserts. I have 2 stereo pedals and 3 mono. I don't chain more than one.

@@TheBrainvision Cool - you don't need a patch bay. For MONO pedals: Just get insert cables for all your pedals and label the TRS ends. When you want to put an instrument through a pedal, just grab the TRS end of the respective insert cable and plug it into the relevant insert socket on the mixer. For STEREO pedals: It depends on your setup and what you want to do.. Just remember that you can use the insert socket to take the signal out of a track, and you don't necessarily have to put it back in.

Cheers! Also got a more detailed explainer video for the Nanopatches coming soon..

No signal loss, but there is a TINY bit of bleed between adjacent channels. No bleed with the NANOPATCH X and M.

Yeah you can work in stereo with the Minibay ~ just need to patch left and right channels separately.

@@dudfaz thank you! In that case I may need two units 😏

@@countblainer welcome! The Nanopatches are also handy if you need a few extra patch channels.

@@dudfaz I’ll look into that, thanks!

There's not much point in converting the signal to balanced so late in the path. I think it should be fine to put an unbalanced signal into your mixer inputs (certainly won't cause any harm to try).

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Thanks man ~ appreciate it!

Sorry to hear that. Why didn't you reach out? We're always happy to help troubleshoot or repair/replace if necessary.

A power supply can be used as one option to provide a steady CV for the input. But pitch CV, an open envelope, etc also work fine for this. No CV source is needed if using the expression pedal input on a synth. Hope that makes sense! Cheers

Yes! That clarifies it. Thank you.

Never tried, but theoretically possible by splitting the output and sending it to two different patch points on your synth. If you used a headphone spitter with volume controls, you could even fine tune the amount of modulation each parameter would get ;)

Cheers Warren!

Nice to hear from you Matt! Glad you think so :) Btw, I changed my email address ~ you can find my new one on the DF Audio website if you need to get in touch.

Haha, yeah I did something a bit unusual with the NTS-1 in this vid.. Channel 4 on the Nanopatch M is connected to the NTS-1 audio input and then the audio output of the NTS-1 (stereo) goes straight to the mixer. This configuration makes patching simpler but less flexible. No sends going on, but you wouldn't really call it an insert either. Just creating a patch point for the external audio input of the NTS-1.

@@dudfaz Thanks for clarifying!

Yeah, only mono on the top panel unfortunately. I have thought about making a stereo version, but that would require double the number of sockets on the back, which might be a bit of a headache.

​@@dudfazYes you're right! You need double of the back in outs.the only way for me is to buy two of them

@@Metaxasofc then you'd end up with half as many usable patch points on the top panel.

@@dudfaz your a and b points at backpanel are already stereo so you can route them as stereo at top panel and extent only the fx back panel points

@@Metaxasofc all the stereo sockets on the back panel break out to mono sockets on the top. There is a image on the website that shows how the A/B rows and FX rows are configured.

Yes, it does. You just need to patch the left and right channels separately on the top panel.

@@dudfaz Ok. So, effectively the FX Channels and Mono? I am trying to understand the deviation from the normal patch bay system

SFX?

@@dudfaz Sound/special effects i.e Analog Heat or UAD Amp pedal

@@NyakzOTSD Yeah, any stereo signal is fine. It's different from a regular patch bay in that each 1/4" TRS jack on the back breaks out into two separate 1/8" TS jacks on the top panel. The only difference between the FX and A/B patch points is that the FX sockets on the back break out into vertical pairs on the top, whereas the A/B sockets break out into horizontal pairs. More detailed info on this here: www.dfaudio.com.au/minibay

Thanks! Glad you like it 🙂

Happy to hear that ~ thanks!

@@dudfaz Now I am thinking I need two! Or at the very least a Patchwork + a Nanopatch X. I might have too many pedals on ths pedalboard...

@@SuddenSoundStudios haha, yeah the Nanopatch X is a handy little extra

Thanks! Yeah, it took some practice and I still thought the playing could've been better, hehe. But glad you like it 🙂

Yeah, they're great! I got them on AliExpress: www.aliexpress.com/item/4001190734005.html?spm=a2g0o

Thanks! Yeah, takes me a lot of practice too 😉

Awww, thanks for the kind words!

Thanks Seb. Yeah, I find that just sitting down and playing is generally what I enjoy most :) Quite a challenge though to get it to a stage worth sharing, haha.

Thanks! Appreciate your comment 🙏

Hey, thanks for taking the time to comment! We've addressed this issue in the MINIBAY V2 (and also in the NANOPATCH M) You can check them out on the DF Audio website - cheers :)

Thanks Ben! Much appreciated 🙏

Thanks Awkesome! A killer track came up on one of those personalised youtube playlists yesterday - I went to check the artist and turns out it was one of your live jams!

@@dudfaz oh awesome 👏 thank you 🙏 and youtube i guess? 😉

Thanks man!

Thanks Brian!

Thanks a lot! Yeah, simple is fun and all my head can really handle these days ;)

Thanks David!

Hey Jade! Yeah, certainly has - thanks for dropping by!! I've minimised the setup a bit and I quite like it nice and simple. Thanks for the compliment :) Hows things with you?

@@dudfaz Yeah it looks fun like that. I pulled all my stuff off CZcams the other month to try & master them better because they sounded so rough 😔 It took months to learn a basic formula & now I'm slowly getting them back up on YT. New stuff is slower to achieve beacuse of it, but I have a new one almost finished. It was such a huge set back but I'm over it now. They sound much better for it, but I just wanted to make a bit of music not compete in a loudness war, with true peak & LUFS madness. Ever the compulsive perfectionist with a limited skill set.... It"s nice to see you back in the game 🎮

@@jaderington Oh, I didn't realise you had stuff on CZcams! Cool that's convenient - I'll check them out later today. Good on you for making the effort with the mastering stuff. I am sooo far from being bothered with that, as you can hear in my tracks, haha.

@@dudfaz When it's live like what you do, mastering is not an issue so much. It just sounds nice as it comes. I think making more clubby type of music requires the heavy compression/limiting & EQ to achieve that type of dance music sound. I'm getting much faster at it now and some of my newer stuff are still to be re~up to YT. It's not much better on here than SC was for view, but that's my cycle of job done then on with the next one. It keeps me out of trouble having a complex hobby. The mastering is all ITB & totally digital , no external audio interface or outboard gear used to polish me turd 😃 I would appreciate any feedback thanks Dudz 🙂

@@jaderington I don't know much about all that, but your stuff really is sounding great! I especially dig Propoganda - gives me slight Yello "Oh Yeah" vibes with the incidental percussion ;)