October Q&A

Thanks so much everyone for the questions! I finished working on the video and I hope to publish it in the next days :)

Hi Omri, are there modules or examples where you can use a "aftertouch" keyboard? thanks, Kris.

Hi Omri! Thanks for you hard and truly priceless work, man! Could you give us a good example of using Befaco's Noise Plethora to create noisy drone textures? Its look very powerful tool but I don't know how to couple it properly with oscillators and the rest. Danke dir im Voraus! LG aus Remagen, Vladi.

Hello Omri, First off, thank you for everything you do. Inspirational and informative. My (long wounded) question is - I would like to solely use VCV Rack (I'm running the free 2.4.1 macOS x64) along with a MIDI controller (I have a Nektar 49, but I'll use something that's a bit more economical in size and the space it occupies - suggestions along the Novation Launchcontrol XL lines are welcome) to essentially modulate and 'bring in voices and take them out' aka a mixer. Could you please shine light on 1. how to plan this 2. how to approach VCV from a live performance POV 3. tech specs (macOS Sonoma, EVO 4) from a audio POV - not paying attention to visuals ATM I may have missed out on a few things here - either asking or clarifying, please feel free to chime in. The music I (intend to) create for this live set is along the lines of Stellardrone :) Again, thank you for your time. Much appreciated. Cheers!!

Been watching your secondary channel Modular Fungi recently and found that you didn’t seems to have a lot of VCA? I’d love to know your go to modules (except for the Guillotine disto which everyone know you LOVE) and have an update on your recent rack additions (like the Nerdseq which I’ve also bought this summer) Thanks for all the great content. really enjoyed your hardware take on modular. Peace

I notice you often use filters or VCAs to bring parts or voices in and out of your own compositions. How much of this do you compose exactly versus improvise more loosely? Do you use any visual feedback from the rack or your hardware when you are performing like this or is it all in your head/ ears? Do you ever start with tactile controls and then finally sequence the progress as you find what you want to do more precisely? Or vice versa?

It'd be nice to know how to use https://library.vcvrack.com/Stoev-Projection

What's the easiest way to reliable clock dividers that works seemlessly with other modules? Like having a master clock at 137 bpm and then quarter, 8th, 16th, 32nd note divisions with even the ability to then pass that onto prime number / poly rhythmic clocks and then attach that to gates/sequences

Hey Omri, thank you for the opportunity to ask questions. What will be your approach to add random ghost notes to a melodic sequences or drums pattern? Is there a simple way to do it ?

Hi Omri would be great to see how can use vcv as a component of a band. I mean in an organic way and not so rigid as a computer would be. I mean is there a way to let the patch interact with uman playing with dynamic and so. Hope that make sense. Cheers mate

Hello Omri, what I would like is your take on synthesising a jaw harp. Thanks for all the help and hope you are keeping well.

Hey Omri, I’m thinking of adding a Nerdseq to my setup to help bring in some structure to my patching. I know it’s a very precise sequencer but was wondering if you’ve been using its ‘randomy’ features, or pairing its structures with more generative techniques?

Hello Omri! I'm testing SquinkyLabs' SFZ Player (which is really cool) and I would like to know if there would be a way to get less random sounds (according to what I heard in your video from May 2021 and the sounds I got)... Quantizer doesn't seem to work in my tests. And thank you very much for your teachings!

Hi Omri, thanks for all the inspiration! Could you please give some advice on how to record eurorack audio through a Es-9 into my daw (bitwig), preventing clipping. Suggestions for any dynamics processing /control in eurorack to tame, control and colour the signal? Thanks again.