January Q&A

Hi Omri, Thank you so much for all you do. I've been following you for about a year and have learned so much! I wondered if you would be willing to talk about the composition and/or sound design and/or production process for your earlier works. Divisions especially has quickly become one of my favourite albums ever and False Beliefs is my favourite track from the album. I recently found the video of the patch running in VCV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Bn7rTVE_s) and was blown away by how small it appears to be given how huge it sounds. Can this really be all there is to the patch? I'm just amazed that you are generating so much sequence variation from so few modules. Any insight you could provide into your process here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much, Matthew

Since reverb is life 😀 Maybe you could build a reverb similar to the Strymon Bluesky 🤔

I recently saw a patch video from Alchemist_93 in which they use the pluck sound from braids to make some really cool sounds very similar to a guitar bending notes (https://youtu.be/NK5-UISsf3Y). I assume you could use other voices to do this as well (string vco comes to mind), but I'm not sure how to get the quantized pitch shifting during the sustain of the note. could you help with understanding this?

Hi! i was wondering if you know any techniques for making frippertronics in VCV? The delays i've tried, don't have delay times long enough

Hi Omri! Thank you for your volume of work, this is truly an incredible resource. I’ve been attempting to connect TouchOSC in iOS to VCV via trowa’s cvOSCcv module with little luck. I’m having difficulty wrapping my head around networking ports and whatnot. I have no idea how to set this up. Have you set up OSC inside VCV before or is there an existing video covering this?

I've tried to build some guitar "amps" lately in VCV2, so I would be happy if you have some tricks for this in the next Q&A :)

Building a Strega would be great, really loved the 0-Coast build video.

Greeting, and Happy New Year! I was wondering if there were any VCV modules that could detect incoming pitch from mic-in audio and then output v/Oct signal to play an oscillator voice live?

Hi Omri, Thanks for all the great content. I just finished going through The Basic of Modular Synthesis and really learned a lot! I'm curious about your approach to new modules. Do you just plop them into a patch and start tinkering or do you read through the manual first? If the latter, could you share any tips in interpreting the some of the technical terms that are often in the manuals? Thanks!

Hey! What are your modules for playing with visuals?

Hello! I was wondering if you could come up with some alternatives to us my Zadar in VCV. I am sure there is ways to have it and maybe I'm missing something but I really love it on hardware and I feel I'm missing it.

Hey Omri, I’d love to get some tips on making organic and expressive sequences that breathe and move, both in a timbral and a musical sense. Thanks!

Hi Omri! I think I know how sample delay works in VCV, every module in the chain adds a bit of delay to the signal, but I noticed, in a patch I'm playing with, that adding a module to the pitch CV chain (even just a mult) changes the sound of the voice. I'm sending the pitch to 3 FM operators modulating each other so I'm guessing that the pitch arriving a bit later changes the modulation somehow. Do you know more about this?

Hello Omri! Happy New Year !!! I had asked you before and I thought it was done .. but I have big problems with it again .. the following: How do I connect VCV Rack Ableton (DAW) and the Eurorack together so that I can then record several tracks individually in the DAW that come from the VCV and Eurorack? I can connect it well with ASIO pro tool or jack etc., for example, but the real problem is the following: I connect it all but when I want to use ADAT for S-3 to communicate from Euro.. and VCV.. then there is a problem! (I have a MOTU interface with 18 in and 18 outs and ADAT in/out ) because in VCV I need 2 interfaces and it's not possible... one for DAW and one for Eurorack ADAT.. You can't do both... either ... or ... I'm desperate... I was thinking of an extra interface for DAW .. but I can't afford another MOTU... and a Behringer Xenyx MIXER extra for DAW would also work, but can I record individual tracks from such a mixer .. separately from each other!? I think you can only record the end result from a mixer as a main out stereo .. Or am I wrong!? I know it's a lot of questions but I don't know what to do... for 3 months now I can't connect the three together so that the ADAT in VCV also works... I'm freaking out :( If you Omri, or the reader someone had a solution then I would be the happiest person on earth :) But if not then I understand! THANK YOU OMRI!!! YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST !!! CHEERS!

Do you recommend any hardware controllers to control individual functions in VCV rack? I can see myself using one to mix in individual channels or use effects during a live performance. Currently looking at the Xone K2!

Happy New Year Omri!!! I like unexpected processors you find in modular. I’ve seen you process audio with Gates for instance to get square waves. I wonder what other unexpected processes are in VCV rack that might be fun?

Hi Omri. Happy new year and thanks for all your videos from wich i learn so much. I was wondering if you had some tips using the Impromptu adaptative quantizer ?

Interested in creating and use scala files. Or for creating a stack of my own custom non standard chords that i can cycle though. I am experimenting with 4 hands but find it to be awkward to program.

Hi Omri Happy New Year and thanks for everything you do. I was wondering, is there a way to play parallel chords in VCV? I realise I could use a sampled chord with something like Simpliciter but I'm looking for something that can trigger a voice. Similar to the Chord midi plug-in in Ableton or the chord memory feature you get on some vintage synths, such as the Korg Poly 800.

Happy New Year! 🕺🏻 I’ve been listening to a lot of “organic industrial” techno lately, stuff like Blawan, Objekt or Karenn. Karenn especially have some sounds in their tracks that I haven’t heard anywhere else – their tracks sound like animals getting ready to devour you. “Lemon Dribble” is a good example – maybe you could try creating some similar sounds? I would be very interested in seeing your approach. Also, what is happening with the stereo image in that track??? 😆

Happy New Year :) I would like to learn more about making funky bass rhythms with VCV :) just like Bootsy Collins

Hello!!! happy New year to all! As I am mainly a guitar player interested in soundscapes, I am interested in creating (multi)effects. Could you provide an overview of the main modules for sound processing in VCV Rack?

Happy New Year! I tried the new Hora Juicy VCF filter (free version) and it sounded really cool, maybe you can give some tips on how to use it, for example together with the amazing VCOs from Surge XT.

Happy New Year Omri !!! Please do recreation of synths again. I learnt so much from this format of videos. Maybe some Xaoc stuff... Odessa or Sofia would be fantastic! Wish you & your family all the best in 2023. Cheers man 🤙

How do you make a Stylophone sound like a big synths?