Moode Player Help

Hi,

Moode 2.6 2016-07-10 update is available.

READ CAREFULLY

1) This update can take several minutes to complete due to components that are downloaded and installed from Jessie repo. After pressing INSTALL, if the message "Software update complete, Reboot required" appears almost immediately, just ignore it and wait 3-5 minutes. There is bug in Worker that prevents System config screen from auto-waiting before displaying the completion message. The bug is fixed in this update.

The update process can be monitored by ssh TOP to determine when its ok to reboot. Look for apt-get and mandb running. When they are both finished and no longer appear in list, its safe to reboot.

2) This update provide new radio stations, logos and other settings via in-place SQL updating. After rebooting, select "Update this folder" for RADIO or alternativly run UPDATE MPD DB from the Source config screen so the new stations appear in the RADIO list.

3) PHP/NGINX Interprocess Communications (IPC) are updated to use fast UNIX socket instead of slower Network stack. PHP session handling is updated to use fast memory cache instead of slower disk files.

4) New settings in System config, Peripherals section for Keyboard and Layout codes compliments of coding by Richard Parslow.

5) One of the updates installs html files that revert the knob colors to Emerald. Use Customize to set another color, then back to your favorite color, then refresh.

6) The wonderful Crossfeed DSP plugin is included in this update. IMPORTANT: To establish Crossfeed/MPD outputs its necessary to perform the steps below after the system has been rebooted.

6a) MPD config, APPLY
6b) System config, set Crossfeed DSP to 725 Hz 4.5 dB then set it back to disabled.
6c) The config can be verified by running the cmd below

pi@moode:~ $ mpc outputs
Output 1 (ALSA default) is enabled
Output 2 (ALSA crossfeed) is disabled
pi@moode:~ $

Finally, it's always a good idea to BACKUP the SD Card before installing updates :-)

Enjoy!

Regards,
Tim

Package content

NEW: In-place software updater
NEW: Cache PHP session data using memcache
NEW: Sys config settings for kbd and layout
NEW: Restart.sh script for reboot/poweroff
NEW: Crossfeed DSP for headphone listening
NEW: AddictedToRadio - Quiet Storm
NEW: Buddah Radio
NEW: Positivly Baroque

UPD: Zen FM stream link to mp3
UPD: Improved watchdog monitoring
UPD: Change MPD socket connection to use debugLog()
UPD: Clean up wording on Net config and Restart screens
UPD: Add 32/176.4, 32/352.8 sample rates to SoX list
UPD: Bump NGINX fastcgi_read_timeout
UPD: Use UNIX socket for PHP/NGINX interprocess comms
UPD: Add update package date to Moode log and About
UPD: Clean up wording on MPD config screen
UPD: Add capability to install test updates

FIX: Remove circular symlinks in /mnt for NAS and SDCARD
FIX: Playback panel toolbar not visible on iPad Mini
FIX: DHCP addr being assigned when eth0 set to static addr
FIX: Fail to get cover art embedded in AIFF format
FIX: Wrong encodedAT rate displayed for UPnP files

Ive not tried any updates for 2.6.... Just happy it works.

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi George,

Moode 2.6 supports Access Point (AP) mode whereby it provides its own WiFI network. You can connect to SSID named "moode" directly, no Router required. Information on AP mode is in the Moode 2.6 Setup guide available at moodeaudio.org

Regards,
Tim

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Hi Tim - I tried this this weekend with no luck. I hooked up via Ethernet then set up wireless. Then I entered the SSID and password per the set up guide in the AP section of the config page. Am I missing a step?

Thanks for your help.

George

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Originally Posted by Acousticmood

Hi Tim - I tried this this weekend with no luck. I hooked up via Ethernet then set up wireless. Then I entered the SSID and password per the set up guide in the AP section of the config page. Am I missing a step?

Thanks for your help.

George

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Hi George,

AP mode is activated when there is no SSID for wlan0. Leave the AP mode SSID and password set to defaults of SSID=moode and password=moodeaudio, then boot up without an ethernet cable connected. After a few minutes, from your client computer, tablet or smartphone, open its WiFi settings and connect to the network named "moode" and enter password=moodeaudio. Finally, open a Browser on the client and enter http://moode.local

-Tim

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi George,

AP mode is activated when there is no SSID for wlan0. Leave the AP mode SSID and password set to defaults of SSID=moode and password=moodeaudio, then boot up without an ethernet cable connected. After a few minutes, from your client computer, tablet or smartphone, open its WiFi settings and connect to the network named "moode" and enter password=moodeaudio. Finally, open a Browser on the client and enter http://moode.local

-Tim

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Thanks. I probably don't have the proper wi-fi dongle. Has anyone done this or have a recommendation for a wi-fi nano usb that definitely supports AP mode?

Thanks all.

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Originally Posted by Acousticmood

Thanks. I probably don't have the proper wi-fi dongle. Has anyone done this or have a recommendation for a wi-fi nano usb that definitely supports AP mode?

Thanks all.

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Hi,

Moode Setup guide has a list of AP mode compatible WiFi adapters.

-Tim

Quick question here.

I've just installed 2.7. I can't remember which setting I need to use for the volume. Disabled or Hardware? I would like to control my volume via Alsamixer as before.

Are there any other settings I need to know about in respects of sonics, if any? Also, what do you guys have the up-sampling set to?

Thanks
Jo :)

Hi,

As the next Moode 2.6 update nears completion I'd like to mention that one of the new features is support for the Meridian Explorer 2 DAC including its hardware volume controller and MQA audio CODEC :-)

This means that audio files encoded using MQA and MQA Studio format can be played using this DAC. Other audio devices that support MQA format may also work.

Many thanks to user MSimon for spending the time to work through the code changes to enable this exciting new capability.

Regards,
Tim

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi,

Moode Setup guide has a list of AP mode compatible WiFi adapters.

-Tim

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Got the proper dongle and logged in with no problem - pretty cool. My next hurdle is that I plugged in the USB drive but when I update the mpd database nothing shows up. Does the music have to be in the root directory? Right now I have a directory called music with two subdirectories "flac" and "mpg". The harddrive is a western digital my passport and works fine as a NAS drive. Any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Acousticmood

Got the proper dongle and logged in with no problem - pretty cool. My next hurdle is that I plugged in the USB drive but when I update the mpd database nothing shows up. Does the music have to be in the root directory? Right now I have a directory called music with two subdirectories "flac" and "mpg". The harddrive is a western digital my passport and works fine as a NAS drive. Any suggestions?

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Hi,

Couple questions:

1) For the symptom "...nothing shows up" do u mean the Library screen is empty?
2) Is the drive powered externally or does it get power from the USB port?

Music can be in subfolders.

-Tim

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi,

Couple questions:

1) For the symptom "...nothing shows up" do u mean the Library screen is empty?
2) Is the drive powered externally or does it get power from the USB port?

Music can be in subfolders.

-Tim

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1. Yep the library screen is blank.
2. The drive is powered through the USB port. It's light is on.

Thanks!

Accidently unsubscribed

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Originally Posted by Acousticmood

1. Yep the library screen is blank.
2. The drive is powered through the USB port. It's light is on.

Thanks!

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Hi,

Try turning on "Max USB current 2X" setting in System config. Reboot afterwords.

If the drive still does not show up, troubleshooting would require accessing Lnux console via ssh to run some commands the might show whats going on.

-TIm



-Tim

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi,

Try turning on "Max USB current 2X" setting in System config. Reboot afterwords.

If the drive still does not show up, troubleshooting would require accessing Lnux console via ssh to run some commands the might show whats going on.

-TIm



-Tim

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That did it! Thankyou

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Originally Posted by Acousticmood

That did it! Thankyou

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Playing around with it a bit - I thought I would be able to use AirPlay when in AP mode but the Moode player doesn't appear in the AirPlay pull down screen. Is this possible to do?

Thanks,

George

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Originally Posted by Acousticmood

Playing around with it a bit - I thought I would be able to use AirPlay when in AP mode but the Moode player doesn't appear in the AirPlay pull down screen. Is this possible to do?

Thanks,

George

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Hi George,

It does not work over AP mode and I'm not sure why.

-Tim

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi George,

It does not work over AP mode and I'm not sure why.

-Tim

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Ok thanks for clarifying - Still an awesome capability to have the AP mode.

Hi Tim,

I have been conversing with a guy on another forum that says when he plays 24 bit flac files via moode they are converted to 16 bit, played via hdmi to AV receiver, the receiver shows output 16/192 compared to 24/192 via Kodi, is this possible? When I play 24/96 flac files moode output shows 24/96, which I assumed is correct?

Thanks Barry

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Originally Posted by Kit1cat

Hi Tim,

I have been conversing with a guy on another forum that says when he plays 24 bit flac files via moode they are converted to 16 bit, played via hdmi to AV receiver, the receiver shows output 16/192 compared to 24/192 via Kodi, is this possible? When I play 24/96 flac files moode output shows 24/96, which I assumed is correct?

Thanks Barry

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Hi Barry,

Here is more info at the other forum :-)
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pc-ba...ml#post4778989

-Tim

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Originally Posted by Kit1cat

Hi Tim,

I have been conversing with a guy on another forum that says when he plays 24 bit flac files via moode they are converted to 16 bit, played via hdmi to AV receiver, the receiver shows output 16/192 compared to 24/192 via Kodi, is this possible? When I play 24/96 flac files moode output shows 24/96, which I assumed is correct?

Thanks Barry

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Hi Barry,

Here is more info at the other forum :-)
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pc-ba...ml#post4778989

-Tim

Thanks Tim

Hi Tim.

I have a little problem if I may. I've ran out of space on my HDD saying that I needed 113mb to copy my file. So I plugged in another HDD. I updated it with the MPD and it's now there. But when I tried copying the file to the new drive it comes up with the same, needing 113mb to copy the file.

Any idea what's going on?

Many thanks in advance.
Jo

I had that too Jo... Tim told me what to do to fix it...must beca few pages back mate...it worked

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Ah... righty-ho.

Thanks, Grant and Tim.

Copying now. :)

Hi Tim

Just to confirm a very slick and straightforward online upgrade to your latest Moode 2.6 2016-07-10 update - great work! Moode just gets better!!

Rob

Strange issue here, have written MoOde 2.6 to a card and when booting up the Pi/PiAmp all I get on the web setup page is the MoOde cover image?

All working fine before I reformatted card in order to test a Roon setup, didn't like it so gone back to MoOde.

I've formatted the card several times, written the software several times and still the same issue.

Win 10 reports no errors on card.

Any info it help would be great.

Thanks,

Mike.

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Originally Posted by robtweed

Hi Tim

Just to confirm a very slick and straightforward online upgrade to your latest Moode 2.6 2016-07-10 update - great work! Moode just gets better!!

Rob

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Hi Rob,

Thx for the nice compliment :-) Another update is planned before end of July.

-Tim

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Originally Posted by mikeyb

Strange issue here, have written MoOde 2.6 to a card and when booting up the Pi/PiAmp all I get on the web setup page is the MoOde cover image?

All working fine before I reformatted card in order to test a Roon setup, didn't like it so gone back to MoOde.

I've formatted the card several times, written the software several times and still the same issue.

Win 10 reports no errors on card.

Any info it help would be great.

Thanks,

Mike.

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Hi Mike,

To troubleshoot try the following:

1) Clear Browser cache and history
2) Swap to a different SD Card

Its not necessary to format an SD card before writing an image to it so you might want to skip that step and go straight to writing the image.

-Tim

-Tim

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi Mike,

To troubleshoot try the following:

1) Clear Browser cache and history
2) Swap to a different SD Card

Its not necessary to format an SD card before writing an image to it so you might want to skip that step and go straight to writing the image.

-Tim

-Tim

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Clearing the cache solved the issue.

Thanks,

Mike.

Hi,

Moode 2.6 2016-07-28 update is available.

READ CAREFULLY

This update can take several minutes to complete due to components that are downloaded and installed from Jessie repo. After pressing INSTALL, if the message "Software update complete, Reboot required" appears immediately, just ignore it and wait several minutes. There is bug in Worker that prevents System config screen from auto-waiting before displaying the completion message. The bug is fixed in this update.

The update process can be monitored by ssh TOP to determine when its ok to reboot. Look for apt-get and mandb running. When they are both finished and no longer appear in list, its safe to reboot.

1) One of the updates installs html files that revert the knob colors to Emerald. Use Customize to set another color, then back to your favorite color, then refresh.

2) The wonderful Crossfeed DSP plugin is included in this update. IMPORTANT: To establish Crossfeed/MPD outputs its necessary to perform the steps below after reboot.

a) MPD config, APPLY
b) System config, set Crossfeed DSP to 725 Hz 4.5 dB then set it back to disabled.
c) The config can be verified by running the cmd below

pi@moode:~ $ mpc outputs
Output 1 (ALSA default) is enabled
Output 2 (ALSA crossfeed) is disabled
pi@moode:~ $

3) Several configuration changes are included that provide improved support for loading large collections into the Library panel.

Finally, it's always a good idea to BACKUP the SD Card before installing updates :-)

Enjoy!

Regards,
Tim

Package contents

NEW: In-place software updater
NEW: Crossfeed DSP for headphone listening
NEW: Support Meridian Explorer 2 and MQA
NEW: Cache PHP session data using memcache
NEW: Restart.sh script for reboot/poweroff
NEW: Setting to turn off Pi-3 WiFi/BT adapter
NEW: Sys config settings for kbd and layout
NEW: AddictedToRadio - Quiet Storm
NEW: Buddah Radio
NEW: Positivly Baroque
NEW: Radio FM4

UPD: Zen FM stream link to mp3
UPD: Improved watchdog monitoring
UPD: Change MPD socket connection to use debugLog()
UPD: Clean up wording on Net config and Restart screens
UPD: Add 32/176.4, 32/352.8 sample rates to SoX list
UPD: Bump NGINX fastcgi_read_timeout
UPD: Use UNIX socket for PHP/NGINX interprocess comms
UPD: Add update package date to Moode log and About
UPD: Clean up wording on MPD config screen
UPD: Add capability to install test updates
UPD: Add MPD outputs to Moode startup log
UPD: Add "no setup" to resp check in parseHwParams
UPD: Breakout airplay volume array for debug log
UPD: Bump PHP FPM max_execution_time to 180 secs
UPD: Get ALSA mixer name dynamically
UPD: Add vol.php to command/index.php
UPD: Add hover help to coverart links
UPD: Bump wait time for eth0 check during startup
UPD: Add mpd state to currentsong.txt

FIX: Remove circular symlinks in /mnt for NAS and SDCARD
FIX: Playback panel toolbar not visible on iPad Mini
FIX: DHCP addr being assigned when eth0 set to static addr
FIX: Fail to get cover art embedded in AIFF format
FIX: Wrong encodedAT rate displayed for UPnP files
FIX: Wrong indextpl.html cp file in 2016-07-10 update
FIX: Audioinfo volume "disabled" not being displayed
FIX: ALSA mixer names with embedded spaces not parsed

Call me a cynic if you like, but every time there is an update it never says "sounds better"

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Originally Posted by bumpy

Call me a cynic if you like, but every time there is an update it never says "sounds better"

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Hi Chris,

How would you propose that I go about determining Sound Quality?

-Tim

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Originally Posted by TimCurtis

Hi Chris,

How would you propose that I go about determining Sound Quality?

-Tim

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I could state the obvious :)

Sorry if I offend, but you are dealing with a bunch of people that have spent most of their time trying to squeeze every last ounce of performance out of their Hi Fi systems.

It would be interesting to know if you think any of your changes are capable of influencing SQ. Or is it just that Moode gives a certain (very good) level of performance and its unfair and unreasonable of us to expect any increases in SQ as it evolves. If that's the case then it makes life much easier for us. Then all we have to do is compare the several music players out there, rather than every updated version of every player.

Thanks

The nice thing with these "cheap" setups is that you can easily compare them without too much outlay ... I have tried Volumio and Moode and stuck with Moode because it is much easier to use and Tim is a champ at integrating the wishes of his followers. So, basically, in my case I, chose convenience over SQ - if that is even applicable. Both "players" sounded equal to me and I'm sure that the ultimate goal of the devs is to get the signal to the DAC or whatever as pure as possible. I'm not even sure that you could distinguish any SQ difference between two systems that provide bit perfect streams., both sounded excellent to my ears .. but maybe, there will always be someone that hears a difference... tant mieux.. , I don't know...

PS I see that Volumio has updated their player.... my advice, get a good on board DAC and compare... it will cost less than an average standalone DAC and will give you a streamer for free...

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Originally Posted by bumpy

I could state the obvious :)

Sorry if I offend, but you are dealing with a bunch of people that have spent most of their time trying to squeeze every last ounce of performance out of their Hi Fi systems.

It would be interesting to know if you think any of your changes are capable of influencing SQ. Or is it just that Moode gives a certain (very good) level of performance and its unfair and unreasonable of us to expect any increases in SQ as it evolves. If that's the case then it makes life much easier for us. Then all we have to do is compare the several music players out there, rather than every updated version of every player.

Thanks

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Hi,

I make no claims whatsoever about Moode SQ. Each individual user, including myself has to determine on their own, using whatever method they choose, with whatever audio devices and playback systems they choose, whether they like Moode SQ.

User feedback I receive via forum posts, Twitter and email is overwhelmingly positive regarding Moode and SQ so nothing to worry about from my chair :-)

-Tim

its so good at moment that, for the money its a clear winner. it can be bettered, but at cost, and I may not hear it at its best anyway, as my system is not what folk here would call hifi. I would but such is life. Ive not touched 2.6 since I installed it, so dont know what the updates do, or how to do them. It does me fine as is.
Keep up the good work Tim

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Originally Posted by struth

its so good at moment that, for the money its a clear winner. it can be bettered, but at cost, and I may not hear it at its best anyway, as my system is not what folk here would call hifi. I would but such is life. Ive not touched 2.6 since I installed it, so dont know what the updates do, or how to do them. It does me fine as is.
Keep up the good work Tim

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yeah, I guess that is what I was trying to say... its so cheap compared to the SQ that the question of 1/10th or so better or worse doesn't even come to mind.... I could understand, if we where talking thousands of pounds but hey,,, these systems are so cheap. They are the fruit of the efforts of the DIY community - software and hardware developers coming together to create something that we all can benefit from. So, give it a try and contribute or donate to the effort.

Please don't get me wrong as I use and love Moode, Strangely I find myself a little disappointed that this is probably as good as it gets - but I guess that's just me.

:)

maybe your cables
:sofa:¨

noooo, please, I'm only joking ;-)

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Originally Posted by r100

:)

maybe your cables
:sofa:¨

noooo, please, I'm only joking ;-)

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:):)

Any suggestions for getting Spotify to work on the moOde system?
Preferably Connect, but a client might do also.
I have had Spotify Connect working pn a Pi but it seems impossible for it to share the audio card with MPD?

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Originally Posted by AlfaGTV

Any suggestions for getting Spotify to work on the moOde system?
Preferably Connect, but a client might do also.
I have had Spotify Connect working pn a Pi but it seems impossible for it to share the audio card with MPD?

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Spotify works fine for me using Airplay + iPad

For me that would have been quite satisfactory, but i'm asking for my friend who has just started trying moOde and Pi-based playback. And it's a no-go as he haven't seen the light just yet (He's still stuck in Android-ville)

He'd be better off with a Chromecast Audio as I'm sure that does Spotify

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Originally Posted by mikeyb

He'd be better off with a Chromecast Audio as I'm sure that does Spotify

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works well Mike. It is easy to set up too. Ive enjoyed sending radio to my system from the ipad to it..

Or you could try Volumio as I'm sure that does Spotify ( sorry Tim, I'll go wash my mouth out now lol)

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Originally Posted by mikeyb

Or you could try Volumio as I'm sure that does Spotify ( sorry Tim, I'll go wash my mouth out now lol)

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lol, thats what I would recommend.

-Tim

Hi,

Just a few quick iPhone pics of MoodeCase.

The finish is industrial strength, matte black power coat with a zero-fingerprint texture. The rear panels are machined with double-D, no-twist through holes for the DC barrel connectors and Neutrik RCA jacks. A custom speaker terminal block provides easy and secure wire connections. The front panel is shown with a really nice ALPS rotary encoder and vintage Fender Telecaster knurled volume knob :-)

Regards,
Tim

Fancy trying Moode, does it have a proper shutdown procedure?

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Originally Posted by Simon_LDT

Fancy trying Moode, does it have a proper shutdown procedure?

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Menu/Restart/Shutdown then power off at PSU or wall switch, and then just switch it back on to reboot.