#vcv rack

[synths-and-sensibility]

Missed Goncharov Day a little and it's still a work in progress, but here's a little snippet that I've got so far

(original score and sheet music from this post by @caramiaaddio)

[bearheadwood]

Quad test was successful. :3 The overarching plan is to use the modular for sound generation and VCV for sequencing and routing/panning, working up to using four voices, as that's what the interface I'm using will work with. Next steps include: - Rethink and then overthink everything about speaker placement. - Build two more stands for the speakers currently on the desk, as they're too close together - Find my book of notes and do some work on sequencing for the NSYNTHI quad panner, it's a pretty groovy little module and will be central (haha) to the whole project - Make a chorus out of a delay and LFO module so I can replicate them and have one for each speaker, quad chorus, baby! - Make a binaural mic, I should probably do this sooner rather than later so I can record sound for video... - Fix the scaling on my oscillators, it's been months and a move since I did it last, the poor babies! - Consider some room treatment??? - Relearn the psychoacoustics necessare to make things sound nlike they're coming from outside the circle of speakers, or cheat and buy the VCV plugin host module and do it with the TDL Distance plugin, lols.

For a first check if the concept is sound, I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

[gamejoypod]

Kraid's Theme via BBC Orchestra

I'm risking a blast from Nintendo's orbital laser cannon, but I want to share the cover of Kraid's Lair that I used to play around with arrangement and velocity control in VCV Rack

I made a darkmode/low light version too!

The audio's the same, but I like the idea of vids having a darkmode going forward, especially for longer, chiller patches

[ghostowlattic]

Making sounds on the go

Returning home tomorrow

[hrshldoesmusic]

You want to learn how to make/use modular synthesizers?

Boy, do I have the tool for you!

Through my hyperfixation on those a few weeks back I found out that 1) those fuckers are fucking expensive and 2) if you don't know what which do and don't have the right tools on the side you won't be able to do anything and lose a lot of money

The solution to those problems is...

VCV Rack 2

VCV Rack 2 is a free eurorack system that allows you to mount whatever modular synthesizer rack you want. It not only has a free (and very complete) version (a pro version exists too though) but it has a wide library!

You start with the VCV Rack library, which actually is good enough to start, but you can (and should) also add anything from the library that you want. I just checked as I am writing and there are "2,494 modules found" in the free category. Yes, yes, you read that right.

To be able to add modules to your VCV Rack, however, you'll need to make an account, but that is just to link the module/brand you added/subscribed to the program you installed. You also have to add/subscribe first, then go to VCV to update the modules. Updating them will lead to the program closing, so if you're following along a video, look at which modules/brands are used so you don't have to leave and come back during the follow-along.

Installing VCV Rack is really easy, you just need to go on the website and select the version you want!

And the library is here!

In order to understand VCV Rack a bit better and do your first racks, I made a small playlist made out of the four 30-50 minute long videos from Red Means Recording, and one video from Omri Cohen. I really like what Red Means Recording does, but it's not just VCV. Omri Cohen has a lot more VCV stuff though.

Here is the link.

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I also suggest this video by Andrew Huang to understand what is modular synthesis.

Finally, to understand what does which thing in modular synthesis, you can check out this cool lesson with which you can interact! (by Ableton) (also check your sound volume haha, don't destroy your ears)

You also have a nice little playground to test what you've learned!

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I am only starting all that and understand only a fragment of modular synthesis, so if you have more videos and guides, hit me up so I can add them (and even make a masterpost?)

Also (and especially) if you have guides and explanations and follow-along videos made by trans people, TELL ME!

[oeltahnbahn]

Two ambient drone pieces that ended up being about my cat JayJay who died a couple years ago

Track 1 uses piano and VCV Rack

Track 2 uses piano, bowed acoustic guitar, violin, and Audacity

I don't have many pictures of him

[quietarcadeonmtfuji]

LetThisGo

[audiokayness]

Glide

Made using VCV Rack, Bento, AudioNodes, etc.

[severalnoise]

Actually making beats in rack

[lunasspecto]

My blustering, reverb-heavy synth arrangement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto, using a MIDI arrangement by Petr Cvikl

[synths-and-sensibility]

Holy crap. I stumbled onto this sound entirely by accident and I absolutely love it. I was originally playing around with unfiltered square waves for like a chiptune effect, but the effects weren't coming out quite right. The part that gets me is this is just a mono voice with a little bit of chorus, Marbles and Chronoblob are doing all the heavy lifting. Like there's a reason why they're my favorites and I really want to build my own versions of them

[bearheadwood]

Using cascading single repeat delays to make a trigger into a strum with VCV rack.

Interestingly enough, the ADSR's would trigger on the positive and negative end of the pulses, but not from the first delay in the chain, so I stuck another one at the start and began the trigger outputs from the second. Not having to work to a particular tempo worked like a charm! And not having to be particularly melodic is freeing, too! Just over here having little ideas and being happy when they work. :)

[gamejoypod]

A short slice of a patch inspired by a polyrythm video I came across on youtube. 15 Oscillators following the same scale triggered 0.1hz apart from each other so they wander to & fro, eventually coming back together to play on the same beat.

Then I added some embellishments and a scale variation to keep things from getting too stagnant

I'm sure there's a more space efficient way to do this, but isn't building monstrous machines part of the fun?

[oeltahnbahn]

some tape stuff

electric guitar, piano, vcv rack, modified cassettes, a couple pedals idk which ones I forget

[zomb-vhs]

music produced by me in VCV Rack 2

[ringmodulation]