Is this interesting? VCV tips and tricks PDF
Hi all!
I'm thinking of starting a new PDF that will collect ideas I show in videos that are related to individual VCV modules. It will be sorted alphabetically by the different collections, and when available, there will be also links to related videos.
It can be somewhat dangerous since things move quickly in VCV and updates are inevitable, but it can still be interesting and even helpful for experimenting with a verity of techniques.
I have a short example ready that I would love for you to look at. Do you think it might be helpful? I would love to hear your thoughts about this.
Thanks so much!
Comments (20)
I think this is a great idea.
I would love this so much
This is very helpful ! It keeps things organized.
very much so
Yes, I'm a big fan of these types of documents.
Hey! Great start on this, I learned some cool things about chaos, which is one of my favorite areas to dive into! And idea for where this could go to add value to potential existing members, and draw in more subscribers, with a little more work, and a programmer to program some back end/ extract some data.- You are so close though, having a pateron exclusive search access point to a database of video and or document tag database of your work.. Essentially, If you plan on compiling a large library, I think having descriptors/ Tags attached to each sub-patch idea IE. "Chaotic" "Modulation" "Self Generation" "Non-Repeating" "Variation" "Polyphonic" "Visual" "3D" " are just the start of terms I could pull to be placed on the tags for Glee. Each of your recipes could have their own set of tags- I could see someone coming in to a search bar and either rolling the dice after one one tags, or using search tags to find patches and modules with common ideas that they are looking for. ... I need a low cpu, Free, Chaotic, modulation source, that has speed modulation. etc. If you are are comfortable using AI text tools, they could extract the needed text tags from most of your existing videos and published work quickly, with a level of accuracy in the upper 90%, and just need a set of human eyes to double check that they are indeed accurate.
That's definitely interesting, and I will check how I can do something like this. It's not possible with the software I'm working with now, but I will do some research. If you have any ideas of a specific software that can do this, let me know :)
I prefer reading a book than watching videos, so I will surely love your PDF.
I am a huge manual (RTFM) fan, this would be fantastic! Awesome idea!
Great idea, everything from you is first class and will make history :-)
That could be very nice. I know with so many modules in vcv now, my biggest creative block at the beginning sometimes feels like a kind of decision paralysis. Something like this might be a neat way to crack into a patch from a specific device rather than my usual approach, which is less productive at the moment.
I like the idea, but I'm a writer and a reader. Younger musicians seem to gravitate toward video explanations. Your techniques are always worth exploring, but the advantage of a PDF would be that there's no need to wade through a long video to find something. Skimming through a PDF is much faster.
Great idea!
This would be a great value addition to your other documents (I have the new cookbook, love it). If you were concerned about the information going out of date, you could add info about the last plugin version number you used to write or update each module or plugin section (e.g. "this section last updated for Venom plugin version v1.2.0")
Yes, this will be very useful!
Yes, very useful! I think this ideia very interesting as well...
It’s an interesting idea. I read the video transcript sometimes when I need a quick hint, and this PDF would be even better. About changes: although the module features have changed, even your primordial videos are still useful.
Love this. It would be much easier to reference than the videos.
It’s a great idea, you have given a lot of superb demos and explanations of many modules. It would be killer to have a pdf library of module notes.
I think this is interesting!! Yeah, too often I actually want some detailed analysis and examples on specific modules and don't want to or can't face trawling through youtube. A lot of the time I'm just patching while I do other stuff (like work), so videos are too involved. PDFs stay where I left them and I can return to them and pick it up more quickly. In terms of staying relevant or fresh I don't feel that module updates happen frequently enough to invalidate the notes you create, and if they do then the module would have to have taken a drastic change both conceptually and in functionality to make the content unhelpful. (my six pennies :) )