damn this is insane, i'm hooked beyond repair
vcvrack.com
for zerobudget-chumps like me who can't afford "real" "gear"
It's interesting to learn how to use synthesis and what Mutable Instruments and Befaco modules can do. But it doesn't replace the real deal for me.
ah, the immediate response about the "real deal" vs what? non-real?
amazing tools for noisy textures & crunchy soundfuck, i see no problem. also might learn something.
Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough. Vcv rack is definitely amazing and an incredible tool, both to create music with and to learn modular synthesis.
I meant that it can't replace the real deal for me as I need to turn knobs and press keys, flip switches, patch cables, etc, as I don't like creating music with a computer. I need the hands-on, physicality of the instrument to enjoy creating music and feel like I play something. But it's definitely one of the most interesting piece of musical software I had the pleasure to tinker with.
no problem!
but for me its been a huge step forward for my exploration of insect electronix... my main interest for ca.5 years now....
i been exploring "real" modular AT LAST recently, never could afford any... but now i have temporary access to a huge eurorack system. i understand it's "better" than software. anyway, vcvrack is the best thing in and for a long time, and i'm waiting to hear what noiseheads cook up with it... not just stinky ambient pads and kraut arpeggios, but fucked up crackles, crunches and insect rainforest stuff
I think it's entirely doable with VCVRack with the equivalent of Braids and Clouds. I haven't used it in a long time but I wonder if they also implemented the codes for the Easter Egg modes in the MI modules? Parasites on Clouds and the Ominous Voice on Elements are amazing.
It's ridiculous how much of a time-sink VCV Rack can be: I have so many saved patches that are simply studies of modular concepts or simply explorations of different module types. It gets really rad when you start to hybridize between that and hardware as well (I'm only just beginning with eurorack, myself, but one of my first priorities was to acquire an appropriate interface to get everything talking... too early for the ES-9, though), but even just as something to include in a signal chain for effects, dynamics, or different mixing strategies, it's just fantastic. I feel a little guilty sometimes using Bitwig, now that it has its own approach to modular, but I figure that VCV's always there to fill in the gaps; VCV's still the best way to figure out eurorack hardware though--in terms of what modules to get and their general usage, particularly since it's sometimes used to showcase modules which are available as hardware.
I'm thinking I might have to buckle down and do a whole album with mostly VCV shit, but for now, I've just been using it for one-offs and studies. I think, though, I might want a 16n Faderbank or some Midilar modules before undertaking something like that.
recently bought vcv console.... support and gratitude
it's been very rewarding after hooking up a controller. no more runking with the mouse, or at least significantly less... after fast setting up i dont touch it again, just listen and perform..
after a summer of lockdown, getting back to eurorack... got really used to vcvrack's endless possibilities, and suddenly having only a certain amount of modules, or cables available, yoiks!
what an ecosystem of sound manipulation!
Quote from: pentd on October 13, 2019, 01:18:02 AM
but for me its been a huge step forward for my exploration of insect electronix... my main interest for ca.5 years now....
this made me chuckle, i salute you and your quest to master insect electronics
I'm kinda tempted to start fiddling with VCVRack or w/e the ipad equivalent is, but as said before I just love twisting physical knobs so the jump over to a virtual UI for making music is a big one personally. I also have little interest on spending thousands on euros on eurorack, so I guess a program like this is my only chance of getting eurorack sounds to my music.
So would it be possible to add a midi controller to an ipad that would allow me to change the values and modifiers without having to use touch control? I have a midi controller for ipad, but do the knobs and sliders work on the eurorack app?
i dont know about ipads/tablets... i understand it's a different program altogether?
but any midi controller seems to be super easy to connect to the computer version: juts add "midi map" module, select your device, start mapping. no more "checking emails" while performing!
Quote from: pentd on September 07, 2020, 08:01:29 PM
but any midi controller seems to be super easy to connect to the computer version: juts add "midi map" module, select your device, start mapping. no more "checking emails" while performing!
Yeah, not a problem but I have a dawless setup so a tablet would fit into that.
ok, v2 is here... seems a bit buggy still, but very promising + interesting
A friend of mine recommended to have a look at VCV Rack when I told him I thought about giving Eurorack synths a try. Down the rabbit hole. It's frightening how much time one can spend just dwelling in sounds.
After fiddling with the software for some time now I started planning on building a Eurorack case and get some basic modules.
even "only" the free version is insanely deep
many modules that exist also in hardware version are here in digi version, but well well well, if the hardware isnt also digital on the inside... so in many cases you get the*exact* same sounds and functions
recently video guru omri cohen set up a "system" and suggested to stay with that only. i gotta say, that never occurred to me... i have always kinda freestyle just started chaining up modules, always different ones than in previous patches... so yeah, next project = just a "closed" vcv-system / template?
Quote from: pentd on February 11, 2022, 10:00:52 PM
recently video guru omri cohen set up a "system" and suggested to stay with that only. i gotta say, that never occurred to me... i have always kinda freestyle just started chaining up modules, always different ones than in previous patches... so yeah, next project = just a "closed" vcv-system / template?
this is definitely something I need to do more of myself. I came to vcvrack with zero "experience" in either modular synthesis specifically or music making in general. the first few months with the package was fun but as time went on I started to get frustrated with a self-perceived lack of "progress". when I force myself to stick within a more narrowly defined range of options / modules it tends to force me to actually READ documentation and and legit figure out how the stuff works (as opposed to an often time consuming and frustrating trial-and-error process).
Have you tried Pure Data?
yes i have though i never invested the necessary time to learn the proper syntax, but i like it a lot!
for pd i recommend martin brinkmann's machines:
http://www.martin-brinkmann.de/pd-patches.html
yet for me vcv has been the easiest to dive into with best results
check out palette by xenakios (legendary hourglass + paulxstretch dude), find it in the library