March Q&A session

Have one for April! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tQIVAX3F_A&t=85s 1:11 in he explains how he is doing it but I can not for the life of me get a sound like that. Yes, I know I am asking another Cortini questions but love his work.

YOU ARE THE BEST !!!

Hello Omri, I wanted to ask you which alternatives or options There are to extract in hardware in the Eurorack tones (for example from an arpedgio) to use the tones for bass, for example!? You showed in VCV Rack how it works with a Shift Register: if you are slowly separating it and lets tones through a sequence/arpedgio and it continues to send it on the bass .. this is great trick ... but how can you do the same in the Eurorack make ?? In the Disting there is Shift Register but it works differently than in VCV Rack that one blue .. Or maybe there are even other ways than to extract tones with Shift Register (to play a bass for a sequence and that it The same scale has the same as the SEQ.) I think you are the only one who can answer it :) I just don't get any idea :( Thank you very; VERY; VERY, much dear Omri !!!!!!!

Hi Omri, I have been revisiting some of the old VCV Hacks by Jakub Clupinski and he has this sequancer which looks really good but the 23v Switch N+1 which he uses to switch between polyphonic channels is no longer in VCV2 so do you know of a module that could replace it. Heres the video in question - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcclmt0o_Oc

Hi omri, I really love this track by Scanner, in which he is using elektron instruments. It sounds like just a few loops. There is an arpeggio or a repeating sequence. What do you think are the other sounds? your thoughts would wonderful, best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diRK6wdhryM

Hi Omri, I'm looking for a way to quantize a sequence of CVs to be harmonious with a sequence of polyphonic chords. I'm imaging a module like Quantum, but with the ability to input a polyphonic chord to set the current chord. This could then be used to generate melodies compatible with chord sequences by inputting a sequence of CVs. I'm imagining a module like Aaron Static RandomNoteCV but where the generated notes are not random, but selected out of the current chord by the level of an inputted CV. Is there a module or group of modules than can do this. I know this is something like an arpeggiator I want more control over the outputted notes.

Greetings Omri! If you already covered this topic in one of the videos - my excuses! But I am struggling incorporating live instruments into a setup. What are the techniques you use for it? I particular I'm interested what could be fun to do with envelope followers so the live instruments would contribute to the composition not only by their sound with some reverb but also with some more interesting approaches... Cheers!

Hey Omri! my question is a bit more basic. I've found myself in a bit of a rut when building patches. I tend to end up with very similar sounding things. Do you have a suggestion to mix that up a bit? how do you push yourself out of a rut when building patches? Thanks so much for your perspective and the videos you do!

I Know you must be quite quite busy so I will make my request as short as possible.... and I apologize if this has already been covered/revamped and I somehow spaced it or just managed to miss it, but would it be possible to remake your take on the subharmonicon using your(and mindmelds) patchmaster modules! On an unrelated side note. I just wanted to thank you so very much for all of the amazingly inspiring work that you continue to put in and your commitment to helping others learn modular!

Can you tell us more about yourself, Omri? Obviously, you are a very skilled musician with many years of experience but I can't find any more information about you beyond the introduction on your website. What did you do before modular synths? Do you have any plans to perform live in front of an audience? That kind of stuff.

I Hope the new year has been good to you and this query finds you well. I notice a few new interesting coding style modules, "Basically" already official in the library and Monome Teletype in beta, and the older and unavailable Prototype for VCV. They are fairly arcane and cryptic to me, but I feel like I should learn and experiment with these types of modules as well. Would love to get your take on these and wonder if you have already experimented with these tools as of yet.

Hi Omri, hope everything's well with you. Maybe it's a redundunt question but I'd like to have some tips to improvise on VCV in live sessions. Possibly using a sound like this nice piece from Squarepusher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvLAKrVbCBM (I know, I'm old :-) Thank you for your great devotion to the cause ;-) Stay golden!

Hello, I'm back with more questions to challenge your brain (because I love the answers you always pull)! I've been really into the textures of this video and interested in electroacoustics. I'd love to know if you could reverse engineer this better than I can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5R8r-iTp6M

Thank you Omri. Your videos are pack full of amazing info on VCVRack and really help me so much. Not just with learning new modules but also diving deep into existing modules to find new ways to make interesting music. The best info out there, for sure! Here's my question: I want to create a probablistic note sequencer. For example, I want to specify notes and their frequency of use. For example, in a sequence I want to have 5 C, 4 G, 3 Eb, 2 Bb, 1 F and 1 A. I also want to use Muxlicer (my new favorite!). I have done this in Ableton using Stepic. You set all the notes in order of frequency from left to right. So the first 5 steps are C, the next 4 steps are G, etc. I then turn on Random which plays all notes randomly before starting a new random sequence. Is there a way to do this in VCV? I'd have to string 2 Muxlicers together, and then have a random value generator and switch between the 2 Muxlicers when the value was above or below 8. And the Random value generator would have to not repeat any values until all 16 values were output. I know this is challenging but I figure I'll learn a lot in the process. Of course, if there's another sequencer that can already do that instead of Muxlicer that would be cool also. Thanks so much for all the help!

Wow, so much questions. I remember the beginning of Q&A 2 maybe 3 questions the first day. 😲 Good luck Omri!

Hi Omri, I’m thinking about adding hardware to my setup and looking at the Neutron as a good starting point. I already have a keystep pro I can use with this as well as a lot of guitar pedals. I know you’ve had a Neutron for a while and would be grateful to see how you set it up with VCV Rack and what you see as any pros or cons that you’ve come up against… and as always thank you for all the great content.

Hi Omri. Did you try the Teletype module by Monome, ported on VCV, wich is quite deep? This plug-in is not available in the library but Jakub Ciupinski recently made an interesting video about it. Are you also planning some tutorials on Teletype like basic usage or composition techniques with it? Cheers.

Not sure if you’ve already covered this but it’d be great to hear your thoughts on the strengths of AM synthesis. Especially where percussion is concerned. I tend to try both AM and FM synthesis while making percussion to get unusual ‘non 808/909’ synthesized drum textures. I do kind of feel like my results with AM are a bit unpredictable. Maybe i just need more research time, but i don’t always feel like I understand what result i’ll get from AM, unlike FM where i can pretty much have an idea of what type of texture i’ll end up with given pitch envelopes for the component operators etc. also.. i tend to work on AM percussion with analog hardware, do you find software is quite capable of doing AM in a satisfactory way?

I have a question regarding fm synthesis and, to a lesser extent, ring modulation. While I have been able to get interesting and pleasant sounds out of both, I always feel like I'm one small knob turn away from turning a nice sound into something dissonant or atonal. I always feel like I'm fighting hard to find anything unique sounding with them that isn't just basically some noisy clanging or whooshing or more basic sounds that could be achieved more simply with another oscillator or voice. I'm wondering if it's just my lack of understanding how fm and rm work or that they're really more meant for odd atonal sound effect type stuff than anything particularly 'musical' and maybe just looking for a better understanding of how to use them more efficiently as my current technique of just turning knobs and seeing what happens doesn't seem to yield as good results as it does elsewhere.

For clarification, some examples: 1. spacing and target on Feline before sent to effects, 2. which output(s) of Lateralus to use, or switching outputs in the middle of a filter chain, and 3. choosing which filters to use in combination with each other e.g. Vult

I find myself having trouble, compositionally speaking, surrounding filter selection, filter chaining, and performance using filters as instruments. Decisions like using Rescomb on hats or LPF on bass frequencies are reasonably simple, along with their modulations. It's when it comes to considering where, when, and how to modulate parameters within filter chains; especially when sent to effects or manipulated by hand while performing a patch

I wonder if you can talk about envelope followers. I can’t seem to grasp what they do and when to use them.

I have a question about mixers. I have seen videos where you use "modular mixing" (like the Bus modules from Glue the Giant) and others where you use a single module (like the MindMeld MixMaster). For myself, I find myself preferring the modular style, because I can keep the level, pan, and send controls right next to my voice, and I don't always have to keep moving to the mixer and back. Are there situations where one approach is better than the other, or is it just a matter of taste? I'd welcome any thoughts you have on this. Thanks.

Hi Omri - I have a question, that has to do with arrangement/composition. I often have difficulty going from a generative patch to a “finished” version with a set duration (for posting on SoundCloud, submitting to a conference/festival, etc..). Do you have tips for bridging the gap between generative/open composition and a more linear, “fixed media” version? Thanks!