Q&A August\September

Ahhh I already have the question ready for the next one, can’t wait! 😁

Thanks so much for your questions everyone! I managed to record the video and hope to publish it soon :)

Hi Omri, thank you so so much for all the inspiration and knowledge you seem to radiate, whenever I dive into the rabbit hole that is modular / VCV rack! (no hardware setup yet, sadly.) Currently I'm trying to build a rack where I can input a melody & chord progression into Foundry's song mode and with every repetition of the whole song the original sequence is altered in a few ways by either modulating pitch (like with the wonderful Fate), decoupling the gates (random or aligning with generative drums) from their original sequence or both. Additionally all the resulting pitch information for each voice is modulated into a new key by 6+1's Duffy. (also, wonderful module!) It's such a wonderful experience listening to this and I would have never been able to create this without your channel - so I truly mean it when I say thank you so much! In my current rack it involves lots 8:1 Switches from Bogaudio for the pitch information alone and even more for switching all the different gates. So it goes through 7 iterations before the original sequence from Foundry comes back "untouched". I wonder however if there are ways to do this in a more efficient way, or also how you would go about the idea? which modules and pathways on creating a rack like this you might possibly choose? I've tried this idea a few times over the past two years and each time I run out of CPU before having spent enough time with the actual voices and the potential of modulating them as well, although I feel like I'm getting closer each time.

Hi Omri, hope all is well. I’ve been playing around with HetrickCV’s new phasor collection of modules and want to see if you’d have any ideas for some creative or unconventional applications of phasors. I’m having the time of my life messing around with them and this is all I can think about right now.

Dear Omri, in your next video if there is time, would you please discuss logic and maths. Using fixed voltages and some math and logic modules, I was able to tell one VCO "hey, only play this F if the other two VCO's voltages divide to 1V or -0.3V", and I'd like to do more of that stuff, but REALLY feel like I'm reinventing the wheel...as well as creating very intricate and cumbersome patches.

I’ve noticed that you enjoy multiples of 7 in your sequences. 5 and 3 as well. It’s clear you’re a fan of odd times (as am I). In what ways do you think of cv as a polyrhythmic tool? It’s really cool when an odd cv signature sits on top of a straight sequence and vice versa.

Hi Omri. I’ve just watched the excellent patch from scratch using the Synthesis Technology collection and when you made the macro controls near the end, I got to wondering if there was a way to ‘reset’ the pots so one can go nuts, then revert them all back to their starting position with one click or button press. Cheers for everything you do squire and good luck with your move to Hamburg :)

I’d like to follow up Tomas’ question. Do you know of any hardware modules that resemble ML shift register in their simplicity and size?

Hi Omri! I would like to hear your best practices of using dual filters to shape the sound. Parallel / Serial connections of VCFs, which types of VCFs could be used, etc. Danke dir im Voraus! LG Vladi.

Another reason to visit Hamburg! Alles gute bei Umzug und cheers von Remagen!

Hi Omri, Actually I think I have a question that's much more VCV Rack oriented than the previous one, so this one is probably a better question to tackle if you have the time. My question is: is there a way to keep a gate on a particular step of a sequence staying open until the next step with an open gate, even if there are steps in between with closed gates? I'm trying to keep a sustain going for the notes in one of my sequences but the closed gates in between the open gates cut off the sustain as the steps pass through the sequence. How can I get sustain from those notes if they're in a sequence that has some closed gates on it?

Hey Omri, I don't know if this counts but I'm wondering how to make changes in Core Audio so that VCV can sound in tune with Logic Pro. Right now VCV Rack is out of tune because of something having to do with Core Audio not being calibrated correctly. I once asked you about this and you sent me to a related article regarding a different DAW that was really helpful but the person who answered the question did not explain how to make the adjustments in Core Audio. They only said it was a Core Audio issue but nothing else. No worries if this is a bit out of field for your Q&A. Looking forward to it! Thanks transforming my artistry into something so much more sophisticated.

Hey! I was wondering if you can check out Lawrence's Music for Plants III. I really like how he's working with texures, Amplitude modulation and some ring modulation. It would be really nice that you look into it and show your take on it. I find his approach to be different and refreshing and have been trying some ideas but nothing came close to what he does.

For some time now I have been looking for a module that can map successive semitones on one input to the successive notes of a chord on a second polyphonic input. For example, if the input chord is E-G-B, then input C is mapped to output E, C# to G, D to B, D# to E an octave higher, etc. Do you know if such a module exists? I want to use this to turn any sequencer into a pattern arpeggiator. By mapping the output of the sequencer to a chord.

I have fond memories of Hamburg from a student exchange many years ago. Good luck and have a great time.

Good luck with your move.

Love the new Aphex Twin EP Blackbox Life Recorder/In A Room. I really love all the variety of ghost notes and microtiming in the percussion for In A Room, would love any suggestions for adding some of that in VCV rack. Thanks have a fun and safe move.

Hi Omri do you live in germany , really!?😀 i live too here..but in Bavaria shitt...it would be so nice to meet you....but do you speak german?? Do you know i only learn english because to make possible to speak and write with you..and to understand your tutorials he he i wish you a good moving!!! Cheers bro✌

How exciting for your family! I recently moved to a new city and for two months I could absolutely not make any music or even listen to music for some reason. Finally it is coming back to me. I hope you have time to talk about your experiences when there is an interruption in the artistic flow.