3 levels of sequencing with the Befaco Muxlicer

[@chelfyn]

I've had my eye on VCV rack for ages, but didn't really know where to start until your amazing tutorials. Now I'm an addict. Thankfully I'm addicted to free software, and not making an enemy of my wife by spending tens of thousands on Eurorack hardware!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

That's amazing, thank you :)

[@mpingo91]

I'll always repeat: how great it is some physical modules are also available as virtual clones in the VCV Rack. ❤️ After trying them on the computer, I purchased two hardware Befaco modules (and three Mutable Instrument ones)!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yes, we are truly spoiled...

[@Jan-dB]

I first discovered Rampage in VCV Rack and then got it in my physical rack. This time I got Muxlicer in my physical rack and got inspired to watch its use in VCV Rack

[@mpingo91]

@@Jan-dB I've built Rampage from the kit. Well, actually it was pcb + panel set. :D What a fantastic module!

[@JAM-rp6fi]

I thought this exact same thing. It makes me wonder why more companies aren't racing to make VCV Rack versions of their modules. There are so many hardware modules I wouldn't have known about or bothered to figure out what they do if it weren't for them being available completely for free on VCV. Befaco and Instruo are some of my fav modular companies because of VCV Rack, and I'm always trying to figure out where I can include one of their modules in my rack on ModularGrid. lol

[@radpix]

Having also 2 physical muxclicer I always turn back to it, and add your wonderful examples

[@theproblembelief7549]

I have one too. Do you know if you can control gate length with the sliders somehow?

[@Jan-dB]

thank you so much, I have a muxlicer in my rack for more than a year, and your video opened new creative doors!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad I could help!

[@PatternRecognitionMusic]

Finished building mine last night, I know I'm barely scratching the surface of its capabilities right now. Demos like this are really helpful, and I can't wait to dive deeper!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@szysl4k]

That glissando trick is *cheff kiss*. Awesome stuff. Thank you Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you liked it!

[@BloomasevenDe]

Great video Omri - as always. Great explanations, very detailed and made with ❤ to VCV and music in general. Really cool! Thanks for all that great content - VCV Champion 🏆 - keep going!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I appreciate it, thanks so much!

[@JustinUrban1]

I absolutely love these videos!! I just started using VCV rack Pro because I got tired of writing linear songs and these generative ideas in VCV rack changed my thinking in music making.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

That's amazing, have fun!

[@im-bb4fn]

Santa brought me the befaco muxlicer and mex this Xmas. Thanks for the clear tutorial; now I feel better educated in how to use it.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Sweet! Have fun!

[@hadedj]

I see an Omri Cohen video, I press like, then I play. :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I appreciate it!

[@Jimantronic]

Thanks Omri, technically great, but always such beautiful musical examples as well, it's really inspiring 🙏

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like it!

[@NRG____]

There is much great information in this video. Thanks for taking the time to present such polished, useful content.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Some really nice possibilities here love that we get to play with it in VCV and then hardware if so desire. Great demo of this Omri as always.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yes, we are so spoiled... Cheers!

[@massimillennium]

As always, Omri you make such a great intro to the module, tons of stuff to learn from you! I started playing around with the muxlicer a few a weeks ago... absolutely amazing, just endless ways to use this module. As a non-hardware user, I am happy I have started forcing myself to try to master some specific modules (rampage, segments, flux etc.) rather than taking in that "adrenaline high" of playing with the next new module of the infinite collection available on VCV. I think Muxlicer is definitely a module I suggest spending time on, going in-depth, and understanding its features and possible uses.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much! And yes, I also think that concentrating on a few modules is the best way to learn

[@walrtbstudios5430]

I think it’s this video- rather than the demos of the hardware- that has persuaded me to pull the trigger on the module. Ten times the functionality of the Behringer 960 in barely a quarter of the hp! Thanks Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zizlog_sound]

Very interesting once again. Thank you! I‘m just catching up on all your „lessons“. I would have needed this a couple years ago in order to make wiser choices on hardware modules, not having to go through buying and selling, and regretting latter for modules I only really learned about them afterwards.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you liked it :) I guess that making those mistakes are a part of the process but I can relate...

[@brianreilly6545]

Great tutorial. Sequencing audio was great!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you liked it!

[@quackles3d]

Might've found my new favorite semi-generative sequencer! Good stuff, thanks Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like it!

[@EwanHemingway]

Excellent walkthrough, lovely ratcheting with the hats :). Couple of extra points in case people don't know - All In is by default normalled to 10V (hence why you need quite small values on the sliders to keep the pitch sequence managable given 1V/octave), but the 'normal value' can be set to 1V or 5V from the menu to allow finer grained control. Also it can work as a 1 -> 8 switch (again from the menu) but I never seem to remember to use it in that mode...

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much for making this possible Ewan! You did an amazing job!

[@edinmesic8015]

Amazing tools and tutorials! Many thanks Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, Edin, thanks so much!

[@slimelabAK]

Just what I needed this past weekend. Thanks Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@OoraMusic]

oh man this patch sounds AMAZING

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much!

[@mpingo91]

2:18 I thought I need a two-channel sequencer or several sequencers to make sequences that sound like this. Meanwhile, it turned out that it's done completely different!

[@WeirdIsDead]

Always love your videos! This one gives me the understanding to use another cool sequencer. Thanks Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@sub-jec-tiv]

My favorite module

[@rhomboman]

hey Omri, really enjoying your videos and wondering what downsides you see in software compared to hardware modules, as you seem to be into both very much? thanks :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! There are many advantages to using software but since you asked about the downsides, I will mention a couple. First if all, the limitations of hardware can be quite inspiring so having so many possibilities in software, might be overwhelming and can affect creativity. Another downside is not having tactile experience. There's magic in reaching out for knobs and faders. Even if you have an amazing Midi controller, it's still not the same. You have to think what to map, and remember what is mapped to what. In hardware, you just go for it without thinking too much.

[@gldnpyramid6411]

Thank you Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@BeatMax2023]

Lovely patches and inspiring tricks. Really enjoying your videos and of course VCV rack ;)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@stujay]

This is so, so, so, so useful. Thanks, Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad it was helpful!

[@snörre23]

Wow, cool stuff i havent thought about yet, even in the first 4 minutes.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Have fun!

[@usaroman]

Hallo Omri, When I add the Muxlicer to VCV rack it automatically receives clock but I don't know where this clock is coming from. Please advise :) Thanks 🙂

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi! The Muxlicer has a built-in clock that it uses, unless something is connected to the clock input.

[@Synthikat]

Such a beautiful modul. Thanks for the ideas!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@omarbrown2696]

Major Proper. I could not figure out how this module worked. Now I do

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@theproblembelief7549]

I return to this video so many times, it is extremely useful! I am just wondering (trying to figure out) if it is somehow possible to use the sliders to control gate length?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like it :) And yes, you can use something like Rampage to have control over the gate length and then sequence it with Muxlicer. Is this what you mean?

[@theproblembelief7549]

@@OmriCohen-Music i have Rampage too (another of your videos I revisit often). Yes and no - I was thinking that I could set gate length with the sliders on Muxlicer and then output the gates. But I guess I should use All gates to trigger Rampage and use Mux I/O to CV control e.g. rise cv input on Rampage and then take that gate out from there? Hmm, i should try that after work :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@theproblembelief7549 Yeah, I think that will be a good starting point :)

[@di2R-europe]

Great patches, as always! Thank you very much indeed. I learn so much from your videos.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like them!

[@technochitlin]

Another fine video. The Muxlicer is a tetchy beast though- had to restart my patch several times when it would just stop working

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh, that sounds like a bug...

[@Reneromero08]

How did you attenuate the panning LFO on your line input without a VCA at 10:44? I'm losing my mind here lol

[@OmriCohen-Music]

The MixMaster ha this built-in :) If you right click the channel, you can set the Pan CV input level

[@Reneromero08]

@@OmriCohen-Music I knew there had to be some secret menu somewhere I just wasn't sure where lol thanks Omri!

[@petermican]

Holy cow, these are awesome sounds and soooooo easy and quick to achieve ... when you know what to do ;-)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

It's a super fun module...

[@lazichicken1236]

would it be possible to use chances to control if a step ratchets or not? just to add some randomness to the sequence?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, yeah, you can use it to drive a sequencer that will set the ratcheting.

[@Nick-kb6jd]

Looking for a random module to try out the first patch. Could I use marbles and if so, how? send the gate to the clock in of the t side?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, yeah, Marbles can work. You can use the clock output of Muxlicer, for example, to clock Marbles.

[@Nick-kb6jd]

@@OmriCohen-Music of course. ha. Thanks so much.

[@MelonSprout]

do you ever take your hardware to perform live with? if so, any notes on safe traveling with cases?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, I did travel with the case once but I have the 7U one from Intellijel so it's pretty easy to just put in its bag and carry it.

[@CB-zu4md]

Hi Omri and love your channel - thank you for such entertaining and effective teaching, and the great music. Quick question, is your black Clocked a custom module - can only see the white version on VCV?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi! Thanks so much :) No, it's not a custom module. You can change the panel in the right click menu :)

[@CB-zu4md]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thank you Sir and next time I will engage my brain and common sense a little more before asking questions with such an easy answer!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@CB-zu4md No worries :)

[@jeremyames6731]

Hello everyone, I am having some issues with Rack 2 and haven't been able to find any info online so I'm reaching out hoping someone has a fix. None of the clocks or sequencers in Rack will run for me. They are stuck in the off position when I try to click run or anything like that. Additionally oscillators are not generating any sound. I have tried un and reinstalling the program a few times. Any thoughts?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi, did you make sure to choose your audio interface on the audio module?

[@jeremyames6731]

@@OmriCohen-Music Yes, But I'm not even seeing any activity on my mixer or any of the modules.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@jeremyames6731 if you want, you can send me the patch and I'll have a look.

[@Molluszk]

can also do all the stuff what Xaoc Triana 2 capable of? 8 steps random each step? Or ratcheting per step individually? four CV/gate steps per step repetition or ratcheting per step trigger/gate muting on board clock divider voltage controlled play direction, transposition and reset Let me know pls. Thx

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I'm not so familiar with the Triana 2, but maybe someone else can help?

[@Molluszk]

@@OmriCohen-Music kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYSwp6Z_btWjgZI. Little help to understand what i want: With muxlicer wanna do the same what triana 2 does in this video. Possible? four CV/gate steps per step repetition or ratcheting per step trigger/gate muting on board clock divider

[@illustrationmaking]

Ooooh just built this ‘real world’ so as I start this, quite excited to see if you got something I’ve not thought Of…. :D

[@illustrationmaking]

Not dissapoimted either. Awesome work

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@Half_Plus_Seven]

Great video! Thanks

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you liked it!

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

I think MI Stages can also be a sequencer I need to try it sometime. So many options!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Stages can indeed be a sequencer :) Quite a fun one too.

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

@@OmriCohen-Music yes I just watched your Stages video! Incredible man. You’re the best.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@tColorsinspacerecordings have fun!

[@segfault-berlin]

16:15: I didn't know VCV rack supported raytracing

[@AidanMcQuay]

What an interesting module.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Indeed!

[@paulensor9984]

Love it! So inspiring

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@MrSiwat]

Super ideas. Thanks .)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you liked it!

[@midnightstepper]

Amazing as always Omri, having lots of fun with these. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to get rid of the clicking that occurs with 2nd patch?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! And yes, you can send the audio through a VCA and have an envelope controlling it so you can use the envelope to take the clicks out. Or, you can use a filter to take them out.

[@midnightstepper]

@@OmriCohen-Music I tried that but didn't get the desired effect, the envelope ended up making the sound too plucky. Filter it is then. There is always some trade off. Thanks again, Omri.

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

I think the Muxlicer + MEX are an awesome combo. My only wish is that MEX had a tie setting on the steps.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, that's where the Gate input comes in handy. You can feed it constant voltage, something like +5 volts, and then, if you have two consecutive steps on, it will just keep the gate open like a tied note :)

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

@@OmriCohen-Music But then you can't have two consecutive steps that aren't tied? Or maybe I'm not understanding. Might you need two MEX's for this? One to sequence the gates and one to sequence the ties? I'm thinking of how Bin Seq is laid out where it has off/gate/tie on the toggle switch.

[@shpe78]

super

[@videkicsavo1978]

🤩

[@0oNoiseo0]

Dope!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@omarbrown2696]

Proper

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@LeonTrimble]

can you turn the camera off, i find it really distracting. you have such an amazing voice i find it is enough. lots of love, leon...

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I really appreciate your feedback, Leon!