Patch walkthrough - Vangelis inspired patch
Hi all!
This is a walkthrough video of a patch I recorded today. It's inspired by Vangelis and Blade Runner vibes.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Patreon Patch Walkthrough - Vangelis inspired patch (YouTube)
Comments (20)
Switches the kbd to each voice and gives controls as specified in your video https://www.dropbox.com/s/b674hbq20rrt3vq/Vangelis%20Patrons%20patchmaster.vcv?dl=0
I've made a basic Patchmaster setup for this which may be of interest. Tangents substituted for Freak (£) and a simple bass voice for the live bass.
Oh nice! Thanks so much. I'll have a look :)
Hi Omri. Love the patch! I'm new to mixing. Can you explain why you have used multiple copies of delays and reverb, one for each voice, rather than putting them as effect sends and routing all the voices to them via the mixer? I thought this was the "proper" way to do it. I've watched your video on mixing, but it doesn't cover this. Thanks!
Hi! The thing with send effects, you get the same effects for all voices, and I like having different settings for each voice. Also, in the modular environment, where things can be modulated and manipulated, it's more fun to have effects as a part of the chain instead of "set and forget" type of effects. Does this make sense?
Thanks Omri. Sorry but this is in completely the wrong thread. But I am loving zou Mai it’s so good.
You found a manual!
This is what it says so maybe it means shortcuts? Actions toolbox: First row contains actions for patterns so in order of appearance COPY, PASTE, CLEAR, RAND and FULL RAND. Second row contains the same actions for trigs. The third and fourth rows are dedicated to tracks with the same actions on the first row and the second row stands for moving all trigs of the track right, then left, up (push trigs one semitone upward) and down (push trigs one semitone downward). For a trig, RAND randomizes its active status and its pitch, FULL RAND randomizes its pulse count too. For a track , RAND randomizes its length, its read mode (forward, backward etc ...) and applies a RAND on its trigs and FULL RAND randomizes its speed too and applies a FULL RAND on its trigs. For patterns RAND and FULL RAND are applied on all tracks of the current pattern.
I think this is my absolute favourite sequencer in Rack. So great. Are there keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste or do you have to always go into the menus
There's nothing in the manual so I'm not so sure. But yeah, everything is in the context menus.
On the idea of symbols for modules, the Patch&Tweak folks have a compendium of these as well as an online patch editor ( in beta ) that you can "play with". http://patchandtweak.com/patch-editor/
Vangelis had some kind of own signs or marks to compose. Looked like some kind of Vulcan Stark Trek language :) Q-bert has a language for scratching vinyl. I wonder if there are also kinds of language, marks or signs for modules?
I'm sure many composers had different ways of notating electronic music but I'm not sure if anything got to be a sort of a standard.
"Very nice" - would also like some insight into the midi controller setup beyond the arturia you have some sort of midi or cv mixer going into VCV as well. Maybe already in another post (that I haven't read yet since I just joined patreon)?
Yeah, that's the Midilar controller I have. It's a modular Midi controller that was designed mostly for VCV. They were out of production for a while but it looks like they're being made again. https://midilar-controller.webnode.sk/
very nice -- makes me want to get the pay version so I can use super massive. how do you change midi channels with key step for each voice? I like that idea a lot, now that I have a KS 37. Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal.
You don't need the paid version, you can get Host and load any VST inside VCV :) Changing Midi channels is quite easy on the Keystep. You just hold shift and the corresponding key on the keyboard. Looks like it works the same with the 37 version.
Holy cow, what fantastic sounds, exactly what I like to produce one day ;-) ... Please, please, please, more of these soundscapes, thanks in advance ;-)
I know you were going for a Vangelis vibe, but sounds like Pink Floyd.
They are also there in my brain somewhere 🙂