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Here is the Befaco collection with Noise Plethora - github.com/hemmer/Befaco/rele...
You have to download the file under Assets and place it in the plugins folder in your VCV user folder.
Instruo videos - • Instruo
Befaco videos - • Befaco
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Mixer and utilities
02:35 - Row 1
04:43 - Row 2
09:03 - Generative example
11:53 - "Techno" example
14:55 - Berlin School example
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[@OmriCohen-Music]

I hopes you will enjoy working with this fixed rack :) If you record something with it, make sure to tag me so I don't miss it! You can also try posting links here in the comments but from experience, KZbin is deleting these comments directly...

[@jubka]

Always love the fixed rack videos! Thank you Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@HpBeck_Fieldrecordings]

THX for the patch Omri.This will be my playground for the next weeks to learn VCV Rack as a beginner.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Nice, have fun!

[@emiliodumatol641]

Simply incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Learning the complexities so as to arrive in to place so unique and beautiful

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I appreciate it, thanks so much!

[@chitlun]

Ah man, I was pondering a fixed rack based on the Instruo modules but this looks like a winner! Cheers for sharing, peace ✌️🍄

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Have fun :)

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

Thanks, Omri

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@foscasdb6700]

Omri you are so cool ! Just continu like that, big up from France :D

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@BeatMax2023]

Nice patches!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@ursbasteck]

Yep, this made me play :) And now I don't quite understand why I don't default to saïch all the time. The chords coming out of it are just divine.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Saich is a beauty...

[@WailingRaven]

Nice tutorials as always, Omri! And oh, a new Befaco module! After seeing one of Andrew Huang's video, I loved how chaotic the Befaco Burst could get and I hope the VCV version comes in the near future. Currently, I have to get creative with Count Modula's Burst Generator to make it chaotic, but being able to do it in a single module would be convenient.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks :) And yeah, I hope to see more Befaco in VCV soon!

[@NutritionalZero]

Nice one, my man

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@karnblack]

A lot of these modules are on my wishlist so it's good to see them in action here. I'll have to see if I have time to put this together in VCV Rack and experiment with it. Looks like a lot of fun. :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Let me know how it goes :)

[@rodrigodomingos238]

your videos help me so much. thank you

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Happy to help!

[@NICUofficial]

same lol

[@yungwardenbuffett]

Having lots of fun with this one today. Always have trouble with constraint and limitation in VCV and my patches end up too crazy for me to keep track of. Thanks for this.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@zerfranzt]

Trank you

[@AlPlatino]

Boss this is incredible. Maybe a half version with just one row plus the mixer above is better for beginners. Thanks !!!!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@Hennesg]

These videos are cool :) any chance youll cook up a fixed rack with Mutable Instruments as a core?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much! That's a great idea :)

[@roytynan2116]

Excellent rack and video, thank you. Might be a daft question, but where would you consider patching external midi notes into this rack ?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! Well, you have multiple sound sources you can use, and you have VCAs and envelopes. You can even play Kickall as a full voice with a built in envelope and timbre control, AND velocity. There are many ways you can use Midi in this patch.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Hi Omri, just found your videos and love them. I'm a fellow youtuber. Could you tell me how you make that circle around the mouse pointer? I could use that too :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi! That's a software I bought called SwordSoft. It's not perfect, but it works nicely for now :)

[@OlivioSarikas]

@@OmriCohen-Music thank you very much. I will check that out :)

[@mikenoface]

Befaco and Instruo are both so awesome for allowing their modules in VCV for free! The question is ... how much would this rack cost in hardware? hahah

[@OmriCohen-Music]

We are truly spoiled...

[@sosickplayer3133]

Techno very good 🖤

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@rupen42]

Can you make a playlist of these fixed racks videos?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Done :) kzbin.info/aero/PLiECaNQx239sNRrJFn6yXpvdS_G4NLFrN

[@rupen42]

@@OmriCohen-Music Awesome! I really like these.

[@emansafavi]

Hey Omri! Thank you for your amazing videos. I learned a lot from you and it’s been so much fun ! I wanna know if I can use the fixed patch(only the fixed patch) to write a song ? I’ve been looking for a complete virtual rack like this for a while and it seems quite complete for me! I don’t know how to thank you for the valuable information tho 🙏🏻❤️

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much! And yes, sure, feel free to compose something with it. I would love to hear the result so make sure to let me know when it's ready :)

[@mastermachetier5594]

Hey Omri this is going to be very fun. I am having an issue installing the module in rack2. Is it compatible with rack2 ?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, this should work. What modules don't work for you?

[@mastermachetier5594]

@@OmriCohen-Music I downloaded the befaco lastest and unzipped it out in the plugins folder for rack2 inside documents but still don’t see the plethora module inside rack2

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@mastermachetier5594 you have to place the file in the plugins folder, and then open vcv

[@mastermachetier5594]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thanks Omri ! I actually had to delete the befaco folder that was installed via the plugin manger then it worked :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@mastermachetier5594 I'm glad it works now :)

[@TheNimasan]

omri, how comparable are these mixers you are using to wmd performance mixer. i got one and i want to know if i can learn something here to use it on the hardware mixer??

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, I don't really think they're the same. There are many options in the right click menu of this mixer that I guess are not available in hardware...

[@larslyd1627]

Hey Omri. How do you get Noise Plethora to work so it shows in VCV Rack 2 ?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi! It's still not in the library, unfortunately but have a look here - github.com/hemmer/Befaco/releases You can find it under Assets. Just download the file and place it in the plugins folder of VCV. You can find it if you go to File\Open User Folder. Then restart VCV, and it should work :)

[@gstyle11]

Omri Thank You, Can't see Befaco Plethora in the Library. Is this already out for VCV???

[@rmanpojo8485]

yep same here.. READ DESCRIPTION ABOVE... download and install it works.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

It's still not in the library but you can get it here - github.com/hemmer/Befaco/releases

[@gstyle11]

Also Instruo neoni is not in the Library?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@gstyle11 neoni is released already, yes

[@gstyle11]

Neoni only vor rack 2?

[@adrimathlener8008]

The surprise is in the end: Berlin School :-)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

:)

[@jingo1410]

Hey Omri, this might be a dumb question, but I have noticed that your mixer always has the Auxspander next to it with some cables running to and from the Plateau. What exactly is that doing? I have patched mine the same but it doesn't do anything, is there a setup you need to do first?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

There are no dumb questions, only dumb answers :) The Auxspander allows you to add send effects to the mixer so effects, like reverb and delay, that you can then send different track into instead of adding a reverb or a delay to each of the voices separately. For adding a delay, for example, you have to use the Send outputs and send them to the reverb, and from the reverb back into the return inputs. Make sure you have the Wet of the delay all the way up and the dry all the way down so you don't get the dry signal again. And then, you can send individual track into it by using the respective knobs on the Auxspander. Let me know if it works for you :)

[@jingo1410]

@@OmriCohen-Music I have tried it, and I now realize upon doing some further research that my Auxspander is not joining together with the MixMaster. When I bring them close together they still stay as 2 seperate modules. Is there something I need to do to make them connect together?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@jingo1410 Oh... Can you send me the patch?

[@jingo1410]

@@OmriCohen-Music I figured it out! I was using the 16 channel mixer, while you have been using the 8. I tried the 8 and it snapped right away. Thanks for the help Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@jingo1410 oh ok 🙂 Yeah, that should work now. Have fun!

[@panoriginalproductions]

I'm not seeing Noise Plethora in the VCV Library. is it pre-release?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, it's still not in the library but there's a link in the description to where you can download it

[@panoriginalproductions]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thanks!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@panoriginalproductions no worries 🙂

[@AndrewAHayes]

You need to allow URL's incomments on your account for them to stay

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I'm pretty sure I have all of the options enabled...

[@poguri27]

FYI, unfortunately some of the instruo oscillators are aliasing and have dc offset atm. Can cause subtle issues and listening fatigue.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Try running VCV at higher sample rates. It should sound much better

[@poguri27]

Sure it will fix the problem (though I'm not sure if it fixes DC offset), but it would significantly increase resource consumption and limit how much stuff I can have in a given case, and there are other modules that do not need oversampling to avoid these problems.

[@NICUofficial]

@@poguri27 I love Instruo (in my hardware rack) but the modules do have a tendancy to be a bit cantankerous / quirky (at least IMHO)

[@NICUofficial]

Why do you say that you think Delays and Reverbs are unsuitable Send effects? I may have missed something - do you mind clarifying why you don't like them as Sends, and what you do instead? (just as Inserts only?)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, this is just what I prefer in my workflow and in the modular environment. I don't think everyone should do this. But, in general, I look at delays and reverbs as instruments and I think that each sound should have its own dedicated settings. Not all sounds need the same delay time and feedback, and not all need the same reverb settings. It also opens up many performative options. Changing delay time, bringing in more or less feedback, changing the filtering on the reverbs, changing the reverb size. There are so many things you can do to add variation and to use and perform with the delays and reverbs live. Of course, another aspect is the possibility to modulate things and use delays and reverbs for sound design. But again, this is just how I see things and I don't do this always. In VCV, I usually have Plateau as a send because it will take too much CPU to have one reverb per voice. But, if I want to use Plateau for sound design, I will add another one in the chain. So yes, in modular they're a part of the chain and in other software I use them as inserts.

[@NICUofficial]

​@@OmriCohen-Music Thanks for taking the time to write this out. I totally get what you mean now. And I feel 100% the same about delay and reverb as their own voices. Pretty much no such thing as too much time/spatial effects XD The only thing I couldn't live without is some sort of "master" reverb send (I use my Eventide Space pedal) because for me it makes my brain imagine all the sounds more in the same space together, especially with the enormous variety of sounds that a modular can generate, this gives me a bit of "unification" to the sound space. Usually I have (almost) all my final sounds running mildly through the same reverb send for that reason, even though many of them have acquired delays and reverbs of their own along the way :) thanks again, wanted to make sure I understood what you meant!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@NICUofficial yeah, that makes total sense. It glues everything together and makesnitnfeel like everything is connected and coming from the same space. I should try that once 😊

[@NICUofficial]

@@OmriCohen-Music well it's just like you said, "it's an approach that works for me," and like I said, it's great to steal ideas from people, so I hope it works for you too XD

[@th3rdpartyproductions98]

Anybody thrown this up on Modular Grid? My guess is $7001, Bob.

[@karnblack]

Very close. I put it up and replaced Chronoblob with the Befaco Crush Delay and it came out to about $6200 without a case or power supply.

[@th3rdpartyproductions98]

@@karnblack you are awesome.

[@karnblack]

@@th3rdpartyproductions98 Thanks! Out of all of those modules I only own ochd so it would only cost me $6K plus a case and power supply. But I'd probably need a mixer or two that could handle the system so that would add to the cost. I'll be fine playing with this in VCV Rack as I buy a module here and there over time. :)