Your videos have always been great, but they are continually getting even better! Lol'd out the fart sample. Thanks Rob!
@yourpalrob5 күн бұрын
Thank you @collinstump9706! I've been having a lot of fun making videos. I made a spreadsheet similar to the one you mentioned in another comment and I've been using it a lot lol. Thanks for that suggestion! I showed it in The Beauty of Mathematics video and gave you a shout-out ✌️😁 if you haven't seen it yet. Thanks again!!
@AndreaArturoGiuseppeGrossi6 күн бұрын
Hello there and friendly greetings! First of all: thank you for sharing your material for free. It's crazy and absolutely appreciable and praiseworthy! I want to share something, not much but maybe it could be useful for you or someone else, don't know. I've read your VCV Rack Cheat Sheet (finally someone made it...) and I was really interested in the cable management. I've been quite an anarchist about cable color code but I've managed to use SUBMARINE WM-101 that allows to use a virtually infinite number of colors. But I don't use an infinite number of colors: if, for istance, RED is the color code for audio information, I use different shades of RED to differentiate the audio from different modules or different module block. Also, if GREEN is for modulation, I use shades of green to differentiate regular modulation (like a regular LFO) from random modulation (like WIQUID modules). Ditto for the BLUE, regular clock/trigger/gates and shades of blue for random stuffs. And so on and so forth. This way I know at glance what do what, where and how. Yep, it's a little bit crazy at first but as per my experience it works like a charm once you get the hang of it. Also, if you use SUBMARINE WM-101 you can do a nice thing : kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXnMeaCqq5uif68 (please keep in mind it was the very first time I was recording my voice, I was almost literally dying of cringe....) I hope I returned a little something of knowledge. Have a great week and thanks again!
@yourpalrob6 күн бұрын
Hey The Great Assyr! Thank you for the comment and for explaining your cable color coding technique. I like it a lot! I might start using it 😁. Your video is great. I never thought about removing the cables and then hitting Ctrl+z to automatically replace them in a new color. So slick. It would be super fast to shift+click the cable to delete it and then Ctrl+z. Thanks again for the information and for the kind words ✌️😊 and I'm glad you like the content so far. I'm working on an update to the VCV Rach Cheat Sheet which should be posted soon. I'm excited about it!
@markfelps22697 күн бұрын
Thank you for the snappy, direct, and useful video. Subscribed.
@yourpalrob7 күн бұрын
Right on, @markfelps2269 I'm glad you like the content and thank you for checking it out! Many more videos to come. ✌️😁
@GIPgarden7 күн бұрын
Another great video, Rob. 😍
@yourpalrob7 күн бұрын
🫰
@robilotte118 күн бұрын
also, quick question, are there any differences in cpu consumption between the normal and mini that you know? ot is it purely aesthetic? my laptop would like to know lol
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
Great question! I pulled it up right now and it looks like the micro runs hotter, but it is super minimal. I would say there is a negligible difference. I do like how the little one looks. I prefer small modules. 😁 Thanks again, @robilotte11
@robilotte118 күн бұрын
been using topograph for a while and i always thought that the exterior clocking function was bugged, turns out i was not using the correct resolution (had no idea such thing even existed), thanks for the great tip
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
Glad this video helped! Check out what CatFish said in the comments about this too. I don't have much MIDI equipment but the fills with 24ppqn sounds interesting. I have to check it out.
@The_Sock_8 күн бұрын
My pal, you are an amazing individual and your videos have been such a valuable resource. Thank you~
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
No problem, @The_Sock_! I'm glad you enjoy the content and find it useful 😁
@CatFish1078 күн бұрын
If you start mixing and matching with midi gear, that 24ppqn setting is what you're going to need. The higher resolution clocks give you some extra hits and pattern complexity per bar in the included rhythm maps. 4ppqn gets you the basic patterns, turning up clock resolution gets more details.
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
CatFish always coming in clutch with the advanced techniques! 😁 I wish I had more midi gear. I'll have to pick some up and try this out. This is a good excuse haha.
@CatFish1078 күн бұрын
@@yourpalrob I stumble bubbled into the discovery, while attempting to clock the sequencer with an external midi clock signal. Kept having to crank the resolution to not have the sequencers way out of time. And upon further experimentation, I learned about the extras hidden between the 4ppqn drum hits inside the 8 and 24 ppqn resolutions. Mostly rapid fills on the snare and hihat channels.
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
@CatFish107 What midi controller do you have?
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
I added some more patches to the collection including ones from this video! 61 total patches now.
@fuzzix8 күн бұрын
Sweet, definitely need a copy of that fart patch 😁
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
Lol! It's a complicated setup with many advanced techniques. 😁
@fuzzix8 күн бұрын
@@yourpalrob I hope my machine can run it!
@yourpalrob8 күн бұрын
😂
@xat925911 күн бұрын
Insanely helpful video, thank you so much. Your other contents also look very solid, definitely gonna check those out as well. KUTGW.
@yourpalrob11 күн бұрын
Thank you, @xat9259! I'm glad you found it useful and I appreciate the feedback :) I practice shredding with this synth build a lot lol.
@paulhermansen619620 күн бұрын
Ok, but how do I do meth in vcv rack?
@yourpalrob20 күн бұрын
Haha! With so many free modules, there has to be one for that right?
@burningpaper21 күн бұрын
This is insanely helpful and clear. Thank you!
@yourpalrob21 күн бұрын
Thank you for the comment, @burningpaper I'm glad it was useful to you 😁
@JamesBannon-fz6qo25 күн бұрын
I’m curious. What calculator are you using? It’s not one I’ve seen before.
@yourpalrob25 күн бұрын
Hey James! Thank you for the question. It is the stock calculator that comes with the Kubuntu flavor of Linux 😁
@JamesBannon-fz6qo24 күн бұрын
@@yourpalrob Thanks. It’s been a while since I checked out a GNU / Linux distribution. Looks good.
@TheVoltar10028 күн бұрын
Nice explanation!
@yourpalrob28 күн бұрын
Thanks again, @TheVoltar100! 🤘😎
@UltraTroninatorАй бұрын
Nice vid! After going through the spreadsheet you missed the big punch line on inputting math to VCV Rack. If you're inputting a voltage and, say, want to go up a semitone in a 1 volt/octave input you can use "+1/12" in the text entry box. Or pick how many steps you want to go up or down and just have it do the math.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Dude!! You're so right. That is the slickest way to use the math input along with calculating pitches. Thank you for pointing that out! I totally missed it lol 😁
@WailingRavenАй бұрын
I can barely understand this, because I'm not one of _those_ Asians that has a calculator built inside of their heads. 🤣 Solid video as always, dude. It's quite interesting, seeing people do stuffs with those crazy microtonal stuffs.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Lol! Microtonal music is insane. I really enjoy it, but I have such a hard time making it. I'm much better at the "no wrong notes" mentality but I'm locked into 12EDO.
@WailingRavenАй бұрын
@@yourpalrob Hmm, I wonder how Jazz would sound like with 31EDO. 🤔 31EDO Giant Steps, the Dark Souls of Dark Souls of Jazz.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Haha, you would need a special instrument or the entire band playing trombones.
@samigumiran6174Ай бұрын
Type in note letter into osc tuning dial. Thats worth the price of admission! 🤜🤛
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
It's a great feature! It doesn't work on every oscillator, but all the ones I tried worked fine. 😁
@koma2000musicАй бұрын
I didn't know you could input expressions in the text fields.. pretty cool! 👍 Can you think of any use for that?
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
I haven't messed with it much, BUT! If it can take variables, then it could be powerful. You could put like (VCO1 + 300) or something to the tube of that and it would play 300Hz higher than your first VCO. That might be cool!
@CrusaderGeneralАй бұрын
Awesome work as always bro
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Yo CrusaderGeneral! Thanks dude. I appreciate it! 😁
@CatFish107Ай бұрын
Regarding primes for rhythm, that's a neat method I've not used. How I've used primes is via a clock divider. I have a master clock running at some rate equivalent to the fastest burst or drum fill I want, then divide that down to run sequencers / rhythm generators. I'll take, for instance, a /5 to the drums, and a /7 to the melodic sequencer. The pattern lengths aren't something I've fiddled with, but I sure will now.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Oh! That's a great technique! I'm going to use that lol.
@CatFish107Ай бұрын
As someone who only ever uses spreadsheets when required by employment, and hasn't had a class on them since the 90s, thank you for the little tips, ie filling in the first 2 cells, and dragging down!
@CatFish107Ай бұрын
Oooh, I wonder how open the functionality of inputting math on the pitch knob is? Can you input functions? Thinking some backdoor fm, possibly? Will it execute arbitrary code? Lol.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Lol! I haven't messed with it much, but if I had to guess I bet it is pretty open.
@GIPgardenАй бұрын
Xg
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
😉
@mmilerngruppeАй бұрын
I call that a "cicada method" cause some sort of cicadas have either a 13 or 17 years development cycle, so their hatching time is possibly not overlapping.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
I like that! Cicada's are cool. I think I'll start calling it that too 😁
@kp892323 күн бұрын
Stealing this for sure
@TheVoltar100Ай бұрын
Nice explanation👍
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @TheVoltar100! I appreciate all your comments!
@els1fАй бұрын
I have the eurorack module and it's maybe my favorite sound source! I legit often think about getting several of them and I'm glad VCV rack saved me all that time and money🤣
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Haha! They are so nice. I would love to have the physical one. The sound is HUGE! High on my list of modules to get IRL.
@zamphzibahaАй бұрын
Thanks. I really enjoy your videos and always learn something neat.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @zamphzibaha! I'm glad you like the videos! I have a good time making them too and I'm happy that people find them useful 😁
@dpbennettАй бұрын
Nicely done!
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @dpbennett! I appreciate the encouragement 😊
@letmefeelthevibesАй бұрын
I love this VCO ! Cool video you did about it :)
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @letmefeelthevibes! I like this VCO a lot too. Top 5 on my frequently used list :)
@CatFish107Ай бұрын
The trouble with these hardware emulation modules is the GAS they give me. "Oooh, this is an awesome module." (Wallet cobwebs)
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Haha! So true. Need that GAS therapy after seeing one of these.
@TheVoltar100Ай бұрын
Vous êtes vraiment génial👍🏻
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @TheVoltar100! You're awesome too! 🤘😁
@VirtualModularАй бұрын
Ha, I did not know this VCO was polyphonic! I just assumed it wasn't because it's really old (I'm fairly sure it was in v06 in about 2019, I haven't used it for years!). I'll have to revisit this so cheers for the tip. My go-to free wavetable VCOs are the Blamsoft and Surge XT ones, and I also use the Morphing Terrarium from the Synthesis Technology premium collection. I'd totally forgotten about this one 😂
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Hey, @VirtualModular! Thank you for the comment. Haha! It is pretty old! The hardware version is not polyphonic so I was happy to see that the software one is. Blamsoft and Surge XT have such great modules in their kit. I'll have to make some videos on them. I have the XFX Wave set up for a horror drone and I love it.
@VirtualModularАй бұрын
@@yourpalrob yep that one can get quite atonal, especially if you mess about with the harmonics. Shame that can't be modulated!
@jaibhimadevi5805Ай бұрын
I'd just tried this out, and my only gripe is that the range for the frequency is non-standard instead of Hz, v/oct or 0-1.. when trying to enter a text value, it's not readily apparent what the value will equal in Hz.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
You're spot on! I think the tuning is weird too. I always add a tuner when I use the Black WaveTable because the frequency knob is unconventional. If you switch between fine and coarse as well, the manual tuning becomes slightly flat. So odd, but it is kind of a fun quirk I guess. I usually just feed pitches through the v/oct and it ends up working fine 😁
@samigumiran6174Ай бұрын
unreal! thanks! and there goes my evening! All for the best! Whats up next, Robbo?
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @samigumiran6174! I could easily spend an evening with the Black WaveTable VCO too haha. Up next we have a math related video and then I've been working on a big update to the VCVRack Cheat Sheet so I will showcase that. I'm excited for the release! 😁
@CatFish107Ай бұрын
@yourpalrob Suggested swerve for April fools or whenever you want to have a vid that's way different: 4 hours of you manually tuning a piano, with the only vocals from a noisy tape recorder placed inside the piano, consisting of mumbling and muttering curses. (Distant voice, almost dominated by sympathetic piano vibrations) "Ouch!, stupid f@^*ing wrench." Camera only showing close up of the hammers.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Haha! I just saw this comment. So funny! April fools 2025 here it comes. 🎹
@zamphzibahaАй бұрын
Thanks for another really great video
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @zamphzibaha!
@seangarlandАй бұрын
Your videos keep getting better! Easy to understand, well explained, and always with some creative ideas.
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @seangarland! I'm glad you've been enjoying the content so far, and thank you again for the support! You rock! 🤘😎
@MeditativeInstrumentsАй бұрын
I have a large multi-voice drone patch I've been building with instances of Warp Core (Infrasonic) and Saich (Instruo) at the core. I was looking to breathe some new life into the sound and this video gave me just the inspiration I needed!! I replaced my Warp Cores with the Black Wavetable modules, using Frolic/Glee (Sapphire) modules to modulate the CV inputs. Then out to Valhalla Supermassive (because, of course 🤣🤣 ). It sounds AMAZING!!!
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Awesome! That sounds like a great patch, @MeditativeInstruments. Drone patches are so good. I really enjoy listening to evolving ones with swelling harmonics. It sounds like your patch is one like that. Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you liked the video! :)
@MeditativeInstrumentsАй бұрын
@@yourpalrob I'm really excited about some of the new changes that have happened in VCV Rack. I make some really large patches, because I use VCV Rack as a DAW for live performance (mic'd acoustic flute w/ VCV drone). I was hovering at 75% CPU usage until a recent update, where suddenly the same patch is running at 34% CPU. I don't know what they optimized, but I like it!! 😇
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
I noticed that too. I think some of the major modules were updated recently as well to optimize CPU usage. A lot of my big patches are slick now too and I love it. I can add more to them now haha. I've been wanting to try a live setup. Your live flute and drone setup sounds sick! I'm going to try to make something similar but for harmonica.
@MeditativeInstrumentsАй бұрын
@@yourpalrob I've been building and incrementally improving a really big patch I call the "RackDAW." It mimics some features of a DAW like Ableton or Bitwig. One of these days I'll get busy and release it on Patchbay with a video on how to use it. The current version is a virtual audio-engineer's console, integrated with the studio microphones (using the VCV Audio-8 module). Microphone arming, transport control, channel & master volume & panning, and manual chord selection is mapped to a LaunchKey49 controller. Mic input, sample recorder, and multiple sample playback thru one "Mic Submixer" (I like the Venom modular mixers). A 2nd 4-channel submixer for background loops & VCV patches is sent to a side-chained compressor (sidechain input from Mic Submixer), then on to a master mixer. All mixer channels controlled by the Launchkey faders & pan/mute controls. The "RackDAW" doesn't make any sounds on its own. It's just the audio engineering infrastructure. I export all my good drone sounds as "Clips" instead of saving them as patches. I run the RackDAW as the actual patch, then import a saved Clip to add a saved soundscape. Clips don't need to be wired to an audio-output module. Instead, I wire them to a Venom 4-channel mixer strip before saving the clip. Then, from within the RackDAW patch, I can simply import the clip I want, wire its output to an open channel, then with the controller keyboard, unmute it and set the volume levels. I use the Record/Play section of the Launchkey's transport control section to manage microphone arming (Record button), loop reset (Stop button), loop clear (Undo button), etc. I like the "Lilac Loop" module for live looping. I plan to make a video of my RackDAW patch and publish it on Patchbay, but at the moment I'm deep in the middle of an audiobook project.
@samigumiran6174Ай бұрын
@@yourpalrob yeah man! Do it! Show us what you got!
@GIPgardenАй бұрын
Once you go black...
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Lol! 😂
@mikecurley3070Ай бұрын
great stuff as always
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
Thank you, @mikecurley3070 🤘😁
@yourpalrobАй бұрын
First!
@aleksdizhe2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
No problem, @aleksdizhe! Thank you for the comment 😁
@aleksdizhe2 ай бұрын
@yourpalrob thank u for making video with using only default modules :)) would be great to see more of such videos :)
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Right on! I'll totally make some more with just the defaults. In all of my videos, I only use free modules so if you see any you like you can always download them from the VCV Rack Library. 🤘😄
@IwatoHyena2 ай бұрын
"1:09" perfection achieved
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Haha, thank you for the comment, @IwatoHyena!
@IwatoHyena2 ай бұрын
@@yourpalrob Thank you for your diligent efforts. Years ago, I created a few animation tutorials on my sister channel, iamYork, so I am acutely aware of the significant time investment and the often minimal rewards involved in producing these types of videos. As a hobbyist in modular synthesis, a professional sound designer, and a film editor, I greatly appreciate your articulate and easily comprehensible explanations, which make for a truly enjoyable experience. Your conceptualizations of modules alone inspire numerous ideas for my own setups. Keep up the outstanding work. I am an avid admirer.
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it! I've been having a lot of fun making these videos, even though it sometimes takes me a while to create them. It's really nice to know that folks have found them useful 😁. Many more videos to come!
@IwatoHyena2 ай бұрын
@yourpalrob looking forward to them
@AB-wf8ek2 ай бұрын
Great tutorial! One question - at 9:40, couldn't you connect the Caudal module directly to μMap and just use the offset & scale? Seems redundant to put an offset module and an attenuvertor inbetween.
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment, @AB-wf8ek! You totally can just use the μMap's offset and scale; however, I find the additional attenuverter easier to dial in than the μMap alone. μMap's controls are very sensitive in my experience so having a module with a little more wiggle room helps me. If you want a slick minimal module set up, you should totally skip out on the redundant modules :)
@AB-wf8ek2 ай бұрын
@@yourpalrob Nice, okay just checking if there was something I was missing. Thanks for the reply!
@claytonlister252 ай бұрын
Is this what turning the wet knob all the way up does? 😂
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Haha! Yes, 😂
@psychrockvinyl2 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff man! Subscribedddd
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Thank you, @psychrockvinyl! I'm glad you like the content so far!
@psychrockvinyl2 ай бұрын
Can make this a sleep machine!
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Totally right! It would be a good one with the sounds set to gentle modulations.
@phantombeta2 ай бұрын
For tuning oscillators, if the knob lets you put in a value in Hz when you right click it, you can put in pitches like "E5" and VCV will set the knob to the frequency for that pitch. That right click menu also lets you put in math expressions.
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Solid! Thank you for mentioning this. VCV Rack is awesome.
@goldenthemerciless56692 ай бұрын
I really love all your single module description videos! I've learned so much :) thank you
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Right on! I'm glad they are useful to you. Those are my favorite videos to make too! 😁
@TheVoltar1002 ай бұрын
Nice 👍🏻
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Thank you, @TheVoltar100 😁
@czesc_xyz2 ай бұрын
The first module I used and it works immediately xD
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Lol! Thank you for the comment @czesc_xyz! This module has a big update since this video and it has an expander now too. I need to make an update video.
@aaronrosenthal53102 ай бұрын
Nerd tutorial wanted!
@yourpalrob2 ай бұрын
Right on! Thank you @aaronrosenthal5310! I'm going to work on a math video 😁