Playing with Arpeggiated Chords | Patch from Scratch | Tutorial for VCV Rack 2

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  • čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
  • The voice in this tutorial starts of playing arpeggiated chord notes and then gets some variation applied to it, both in sound and in notes that get played.
    This voice was created specifically for this tutorial, but since I liked the way it ended up sounding, it also turned into the inspiration for the Ranar patch ( • Ranar | Generative Amb... ).
    Modules used in this tutorial:
    - Impromptu Clocked
    - MindMeld MixMasterJr
    - MindMeld AuxSpanderJr
    - Valley Plateau
    - VCV Audio
    - Instruo Ochd
    - Bogaudio S&H
    - Impromptu Phrase-Seq-16
    - Vult Basal
    - Bidoo dIKTAT
    - Grande MergeSplit4
    - OrangeLine Fence
    - Count Modula Polyphonic Min/Max
    - VCV Switch 1-to-4
    - VCV Switch 4-to-1
    - Geodesics Fate
    - VCV Quantizer
    - Instruo [1]f
    - Geodesics Dark Energy
    - FLAG Prince of Perception
    Final patch available at: patchstorage.com/playing-with...
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    __ Setup __
    - VCV Rack 2.4.1 on Windows
    - Audio and video captured by OBS
    - Video editing in DaVinci Resolve 18.6
    __ Copyright __
    All rights reserved
    __Chapters__
    00:00 Intro
    00:39 Creating the sequence
    01:55 Chords using dIKTAT
    02:33 Arpeggiate chord notes
    03:00 First playback
    04:12 Creating chord inversions
    06:37 Adding a bass
    08:03 Playing with Dark Energy
    10:36 Adding delay
    12:35 Randomization with Fate
    14:38 Additional chord sequences
    18:23 Outro
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Komentáře • 24

  • @dreamscaperadio
    @dreamscaperadio Před 2 dny

    You are a genius brother, thank you so much for sharing this knowledge in a very simple way as anybody could understand. Keep inspiring

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 2 dny

      Thank you! Glad you found the tutorial helpful.

  • @anatrax8
    @anatrax8 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Thank you very much for this great lesson, a gentle approach, very well described and precise at the same time which gives full meaning to the world of modular.

  • @marprad
    @marprad Před 9 měsíci +3

    Thanks a lot for your tutorials. You can explain very well what you do and how it works. I'm waiting for more tutorials :)

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 9 měsíci

      Thank you. It's always a balancing act between including too much and too little information. Good to hear that I didn't loose my balance 😉

  • @bwackv
    @bwackv Před 8 měsíci +1

    top notch - have gone through every one of your tutorials start to finish.

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 8 měsíci

      Thank you, and glad they're proving to be helpful.

  • @MarkusAliasCmn
    @MarkusAliasCmn Před 8 měsíci

    thanks a lot. interesting patch and modules, very well explained. sidenote: instead of instruo's 1f i used nysthi's scale and offset which i find more flexible.

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thank you! I must admit that the Instruo 1f normally isn't my go-to module for doing a simple voltage attenuation, but there was a specific requirement that it met: I always like to have my patches end up in a rectangular shape (while keeping a logical module layout). And in this one, I ended with a layout that worked if I used a module that was only 2HP wide. And the 1f was the first module I ran into that could do the job. It also doesn't hurt that I like the way the Instruo modules look 😉

  • @yourpalrob
    @yourpalrob Před 9 měsíci +1

    Great tutorial! I love the sound of the final patch and I learned a lot. The Fence/PPM combo is solid, I'll be using that for sure.

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 9 měsíci

      When I created the voice with the intention of using it in a tutorial, I was surprised by the end result myself. I created it during my lunch break at work, and ended up listening to it for the rest of the day :-)

  • @williamroberts3002
    @williamroberts3002 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thank you very much for sharing this video.
    As I am a beginner with VCV Rack, I am still learning and this tutorial is very useful to me. Phrase-Seq-16 seems like a very interesting module. May I suggest a tutorial about this module in a future video.

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 9 měsíci +2

      Glad it was helpful. The Phrase-Seq-16 does indeed contain some very nice features for creating chord or melody sequences. I must say however that for a number of my own patches, I ended up using Foundry (also by Impromptu) since it contains most of what Phrase-Seq-16 can do, but can have up to 32 steps and run 4 separate sequences, each with their own clock triggers.

  • @corinadelorme5766
    @corinadelorme5766 Před 5 měsíci

    Genial! Thanks

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you, and my pleasure :-)

  • @tarrasquemusic5522
    @tarrasquemusic5522 Před 8 měsíci

    I am using impromptu clocked with oscillator to make Atmos but my clock button is not working whenever I trigger clock the oscillator is still triggering sound

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 8 měsíci

      Not sure I understand the question, which oscillator and what are you trying to achieve? If it's about the Basal oscillators that keep playing if you stop the Clocked from running, that would indeed be expected in this patch setup since Basal is not connected to the clock. Some additional modules and patching would be needed to close down the volume of the Basal module based on the run state of Clocked if that is the intention.

  • @123456789tube100
    @123456789tube100 Před 9 měsíci

    I actually find your music better than Omri Cohen, you are evolving fast....have you ever played a instrument as you are doing so well

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 9 měsíci

      Thank you. In the end, it all comes down to what suits your musical taste more. Omri has some very nice sounding Eurorack patches on his music-only channel however 🙂
      I have played a couple of instruments over the years. And although they weren't in the electronic music area, that did result in some knowledge of musical theory that comes in handy for my VCV patches

  • @AprilODonnell2000
    @AprilODonnell2000 Před 4 měsíci

    is there something I can use instead of auxspander mindmeld

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Since the AuxSpander is designed to work together with the MixMaster (affecting specific channels on the MixMaster), it will not be possible to replace just the AuxxSpander module without influencing the resulting sound to some extent. You could send the main output of the MixMaster directly into Plateau to get the reverb effect, but then you loose the option to have different levels of reverb on the different channels. You could also use 3 separate Plateau instances and send each of the inputs of the MixMaster through their own Plateau first (getting different reverb levels that way).
      There may also be different mixers available for VCV that offer similar send effects functionality as teh MixMaster and AuxSpander combination, but since the MixMaster and AuxSpander modules offer the functionality I usually need (and more) and are free, I never looked any further for alternatives.

  • @corinadelorme5766
    @corinadelorme5766 Před 5 měsíci

    I not find dikt@t, what module i can put?

    • @not-things
      @not-things  Před 5 měsíci +1

      It's written as 'diktat' in the VCV Library (and is part of the Bidoo plugin set). You can find the module at library.vcvrack.com/Bidoo/DIKTAT and the full plugin set at library.vcvrack.com/Bidoo