Building an Ambient Drone in VCV Rack

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[@platomic]

and that was, literally, my first lesson in modular synthesis. thanks so much for this generative patch video, i am now officially hooked on VCV! :-)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Nice :) Have fun!

[@psypower999]

How’s the journey so far

[@NathanArhur]

The entire time I was thinking "Egypt." then you started playing the flute with that Phrygian/middle eastern vibe.. and I got chills. what an incredible, massive sound. Thank you for sharing!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@agentbo1979]

I will never grow tired of watching your generative patch vids. Please keep producing them.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@fhajji]

This is amazing... even though it currently goes way above my head. Just discovered the Cardinal VST plugin and modular synthesis, and seeing and hearing what it can do is extremely motivating to learn. Thank you Omri! Your channel is a treasure trove, and I can't believe you're sharing this for free.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much and have fun!

[@Septimius]

Been a while since I was by this channel, but I absolutely love your stuff. You show such capabilities of VCV, while keeping it absolutely approachable to anyone. Thank you so much. Also loved coming back and hearing that awesome "oo yes"

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Much appreciated! Thanks so much!

[@RegularDude00]

Man caudal is a fantastic modul. Wether you want subtle changes or complete chaos this one does it all. Fantastic video as always once again ive learned something new on this channel.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yes, totally, Caudal is a must! Together with ADD5 from from JW, it's the perfect modulation tool.

[@DrakkarCalethiel]

That sounds absolutely bananas, like straight out of a movie score! A variety from this patch will come extemely handy for my early stages of listenable stuff.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much!

[@SanguinarySun]

This ending clips with added stuff all sound absolutely bananas

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks :)

[@KeithRowley]

Omri, just watching you build your sound designs is meditative for me... Thanks!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks!

[@RandomMakingEncounters]

Two years old and still epic! Thanks for this!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

Thank you so much for this. So many possibilities with this one patch. God bless you always!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad it was helpful!

[@petermican]

Another masterpiece from Omri, thank you very much for sharing ...

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Many thanks!

[@VIN3CO]

the final part is the most beautiful thing i've ever heard, i mean modular is so dificult for me, im trying to learn, but i know when i do, i want to be like you! (also my dificult is about the "IN's" & "OUT's", like i dont know where to go from one to another)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I really appreciate it, thank you!

[@ReggiePox]

Another super patch to download and spend some time adding and tweaking, many many thanks.I also thought the flute was magical. Hats off to you sir!!!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@blackrazorus]

This is brilliant- I keep coming back to your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your skills!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jugs0101]

Love building these along with the tutorial, gives me more in depth knowledge and experience of a wider variety of modules. I was even recording my own birds in the spring time this year, which I've just used in the patch! Lush. Thanks for your time Omri.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, that's amazing! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@jugs0101]

@@OmriCohen-Music I used it in a track, the drone comes in at about 4 minutes kzbin.info/www/bejne/raK9dIJ_maqUp9k , which nicely blows your speakers! 😆

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@jugs0101 Whoa, sounds so good!

[@Burntcoffee_]

Loved hearing the flute over this! Great walkthrough as always, love the use of granular.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@aLoudSi1ence]

I have no idea what you were doing there but the end result was that awesome that I wanted it to just go on and on, specially with the flute. So cinematic. Subscribing!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@macintouche]

Another piece that made me travel in the past. Peter Gabriel had signed an extraordinary film score: 'The Last Temptation of Christ' At the end of the patch when the flute arrives, I thought I heard the doudouk. To make this soundtrack, Peter Gabriel had an incredible editing. Well done what talent Omri !!!!!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you so much!

[@avantagonist]

the state of the patch around 5:50 (before the supercell comes into play) is just about the best setup for a texture-y talking "neuro" bass I've seen (drop down to A3). Similar to patches you hear in Massive/Serum/Vital but more interesting movement with less fx. No notch or comb filters or stereo image stuff, just an EQ and modulation. It's really elegant!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@ursbasteck]

Man, again this thing with your videos prompting me to do stuff :) Thanks for that constant stream of inspiration!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much :)

[@pavelluzanov3157]

Thank you @OmriCohen-Music, your videos and explanations are very helpful and inspirational

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@m0bis]

thanks. the VCF, chronoblob and plateau shimmer was just what i neeeded in my patch!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

omg i love drone music more than anything and this video basically taught me how to do it myself thanks so much!!!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad I could help!

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

This is incredible, with such low number of modules, beautiful. To start, I'd hate to build on it and "damage" these awesome sounds...... Yet, will try! Thanks Omri!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much! Let me know how it goes!

[@ilyandilymusic]

As always, incredible sound design! What would be a nice way to pitch shift this patch? So we could play the note in some sort is sequence tied to clock. Like going from A4>F4>D5.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks :) I guess that instead of the RefTone module, you will have to use the sequencer. Make sure to set Saws to C as well.

[@ilyandilymusic]

@@OmriCohen-Music awesome I’ll give it a shot!

[@pietrobevilacqua]

Simply stunning Omri! Thanks again again and again

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Stunningly beautiful

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@DarkSideofSynth]

@@OmriCohen-Music You're welcome. You inspired me, and yesterday I build a similar patch to jam to. Free patch and synth jam coming soon. Have a great day!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@DarkSideofSynth Hey, that's great! I would love to have a listen :)

[@DarkSideofSynth]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thanks. I'll post the link once published.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

@@OmriCohen-Music Well, it is only very, very loosely based on yours, and quite ominous, and no where near as good, but here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haK7l3ppesiJb8k Have a great weekend and happy, spooky Halloween! Alles Gute!

[@martysanchez3890]

This is so sick! I just got into modular and VCV Rack and I'm definitely gonna try this out!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Let me know how it goes 🙂

[@joethompson5619]

So cool Omri!, I love this patch droning to my ears 🤓 I’m going to make a similar patch and hopefully it’ll be as good as yours!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Let me know how it goes :)

[@DennisDJSaklak]

I just had a 'What the fuck????' moment !! This is pure Art Omri. greetings

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@michaelgavazzi7710]

Great! Thanks for this video. Very poetic and enriching for the composition.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ЕвгенийАртемьев-з2м]

You inspirate me to new music experiments. Thank you!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

That's amazing, thank you!

[@tropfen]

as always stunning outcome! thanks for being a constant source of new inspiration.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@teemakz1]

Seems so boring to re-opening a serum after that lol ... High quality video ! This is Gold. Big UP Omri !

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@BeatMax2023]

Amazing sound. Thanks for sharing!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like it!

[@DrReinerHutwelker]

Excellent! - Thank you!

[@4jjiijj412]

Thank for sharing!

[@solarserenity1722]

Thank you, Omri! Very nice explanations!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad it was helpful!

[@solarserenity1722]

@@OmriCohen-Music About sharing results as you requested. I tried three times to post the link on the SoundCloud with results here - all 3 times link was deleted. I suppose that youtube kills concurrent links because I don't believe that you have done this.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Man, I have no idea what KZbin is doing... I get so much spam in the comments that KZbin is not touching, but comments that have something to do with the video disappear without any notice. I tried to fix it, but it's not working so I guess it's not a good idea to ask for links. Sorry...

[@xorphase]

Thank you for everything you teach us. The Vector Mix module is not available for ARM64, is there an alternative that is similar?and Complex Simpler? Greetings from Spain.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! You can use the Vector Mix from HetrickCV, and combine it with the XY module from JW, or from VoxGlitch. Both can record movements :)

[@TheGrrson]

Nice sound!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like it!

[@username3525]

Thanks so much for this!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AndrewAHayes]

Parts of that drone are just pure Mordor!

[@9kaeve]

Beautiful!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you!

[@riccardominuto]

I can't understand why when I try to replicate this I'm not able to get the same overtone from the wet voice of the filtered bass... Any idea why?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi, can you send me the time when the sound is not the same?

[@riccardominuto]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thanks for the reply! It's after you run Saws into Chronoblob and Plateau. Also, I've some question related to a couple of lessons from your courses on Gumroad; where can I ask you without overload this comment section 😂?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@riccardominuto I think it would be best if you can send me the patch you're working on, and I will have a look what's going on :) Feel free also to email me with any questions, I will be more than happy to try and help! You can send the patch and the questions here - omri.musicohen(at)gmail.com Cheers!

[@IceLocus]

This sounds amazing!!! 🌌🌌🌌

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks!

[@brandonlane]

Thank You!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@MrLanka-ud8wl]

sounds fantastic!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@Don_Inkshot]

Homemade Lustmord. Really cool !

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like it!

[@ionicamarian352]

thanks for this lesson and inspiration source. This drone sound is amazing, I'll try improvising over this :D

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks! Let me know how it goes!

[@matissev2530]

How do you make the cables be the specific colour you want upon creation? Thanks!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi! I'm using the Inklen module, so I have the colors mapped to 1 through 4, and I change them with the keyboard

[@matissev2530]

@@OmriCohen-Music wonderful, thank you! I am using it now too

[@josepmcomajoncoses5118]

Brilliant

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@faruambient]

amazing as usual! every time I watch your videos I order more LFOs :-D

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much :) Which ones did you get this time?

[@faruambient]

@@OmriCohen-Music I am thinking about Batumi from Xaoc. I have the Instruo and döpfer quad lfo so far, but not thats enough. I wonder if I should maybe get other sources for modulation then lfos.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@faruambient Batumi is also on my wishlist. I guess that something you can experiment with is creating your own modulation sources by mixing LFOs, modulating them, sending them through VCAs, T&H, folders, mixing them with envelopes, and so on.

[@Irgendwaslanges]

Wow! What a nice patch! Sounds like it could be from the new Dune Movie :) !

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks :)

[@tamertuna9147]

Just got back home from watching this movie....can confirm this drone would have fitted perfectly. Omri's a beast

[@bigggmoustache8868]

I love drones patches, thank you Omri!! Have you considered doing some "XYZ brand" module only videos? Like Instruo, Befaco, Lifeforms, Count Modula, etc etc. Idk, I think that'd be cool (and challenging!), seeing a whole patch of only one brand. I personally have trouble with this and always find myself reaching for comfort modules haha!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much! And yes, I thought about that, but I'm always missing the reverb... :)

[@bigggmoustache8868]

@@OmriCohen-Music Always add the effects! My current favorite is Flag Tapdancer. :] It's pretty interesting!

[@gabrielagoni8131]

Wow, this is amazing!! Thank you for your content, I started my vcv rack journey a month ago and you've been the best teacher I could ask for. I want to try to patch this myself, so, could you enlist the modules you used? Ty!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you so much! When you open the patch, it will tell you exactly which collections you're missing so you know which ones you will have to install. If you want, I can send you the links to the collections, just let me know where to send it.

[@gabrielagoni8131]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thank you! I just downloaded it, and the corresponding plugins :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@gabrielagoni8131 Have fun!

[@SanguinarySun]

Omri I have a patching question. How could you quantize pitch in such a way that the pitches used are different depending on the octave? I was thinking about making something using whole tone scale, which does not fit within the 12 tone scale, so I would need to have essentially an extended range quantizer that would alter the quantized pitches as the octaves ascend.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, the easiest would be to use a dedicated module. The VCV Scalar has this option so you can choose different notes for different octaves. There's also a free alternative from noobhour, the Customscaler.

[@daaam_g]

I love that!!!!!!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@rubberduck1976-e4b]

golden video😊❤

[@koitka2037]

If I could, i would give you 2 thumbs up for this video!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I appreciate it!

[@mpingo91]

18:4 _"You can add an arpeggio"_ - ok, but how was it created?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

That's something for a different video :) But basically, I used Interzone as a voice, and the ARP from Hampton Harmonics.

[@MiatchGrip]

me too, first time and hooked, however, is there a patch diagram or similar cause i still have issues? or suggestions, watched a dozen times, and patch aint perfect gratzi

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi, there's no diagram, no. What issues do you have? I will try to help you out.

[@Larry30102]

INCREDIBLE👏👏

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@afrosymphony8207]

i shed a tear when that flute hit at the end, sooo fucking good mahn. how did you add the arpegiattor?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it :) I used the Arp module from Hampton Harmonics and Interzone :)

[@afrosymphony8207]

@@OmriCohen-Music thanks!!

[@afrosymphony8207]

@@OmriCohen-Music interzone, is that the name of a module cause i'm not seeing it in vcv library

[@marcelomodular]

amazing

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks

[@DeepAmbientDrone]

Omri, you are a magician. Where do you get the time and ideas for such great videos. You produce faster than I can watch them^^. My ToDo list that I still want to watch is getting longer and longer. Thank you so much for sharing all of this with us. I've noticed Vessek a couple of times in the Vult collection. I haven't really used it yet though, but every once in a while I accidentally pick it instead of Trummor^^. I love that you made a video with this module and then it is also an ambient patch. That's great 😊

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, sometimes I have the feeling that I create too many videos... Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PsYcOtik666]

what were you using to add the flute and arp after you made the patch?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, I played the flute on top, and the arp is coming from Interzone

[@Nakhab]

I really like Seven Seas from NYSTHI.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, that's definitely a module I should start using!

[@marcellorizzato2085]

one of my favourite patches of yours, that drone is amazing, and hearing the flute over it was even more awsome. (btw in what scale were you playing?)

[@andreatonero8553]

it's a aeolian, but played around e ;)

[@marcellorizzato2085]

@@andreatonero8553 oh thanks, that's really helpful :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much! And yes, I like how E sounds like on my flute :)

[@mpingo91]

What's your VCV Rack filter ranking? Let's say Top 5. Is Tangents there?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yes, Tangents is number 1 :) All of the Vult filters are beautiful. I use also Freak a lot, which has all of them, and it's stereo.

[@sysOpModular]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. My Ambient Sleeping Pill fix is here... This is simply amazing, learning so much from this! EDIT: A quick trial and error patch I made off of this with some midi play: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ6sgJRqmJyBapY

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Wow, that sounds very nice!

[@tebi1kurieudidon172]

There is this trick I love and use a lot as an alternative to Caudal : Tesseract with speeds modulated by 6 of its own outputs passing thru Cubic(s) to change shapes, it makes it go fast / slow And never repeats itself, it becomes this huge bank of LFOs that evolve together in an almost alive way. Is anybody doing that too ?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

That's a nice trick, I will try it as well :)

[@tebi1kurieudidon172]

@@OmriCohen-Music I am sure you'll like it, with the right values in cubics parameters you get really funny behaviors, and tesseract has so much outs that it gives you all the modulation sources you need without having to use the same twice (well almost). Also, thank you a lot for your videos, they really helped me getting started, and I enjoy them very much !

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@tebi1kurieudidon172 I appreciate it, thank you!

[@chitlun]

Absolutely delightful! I’ve recently got myself a Moog Matriarch so I’ll have to do some jamming along with this… Although, to be fair, I’ve barely switched my computer on since the arrival of the synth. Been toying with the idea of a DC coupled interface, could you recommend any particular one? Cheers for a great vid man, peace ✌️ 🍄🍄🍄

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh wow, that sounds like a great idea. If you end up recording something with it, I would love to have a listen! If you want to send signals back and forth, then the ES9 is for you. Even if you don't have any other modules, you can put it in a small case with power, and use it as an interface, having the ability to send CV and audio back and forth. If you already have an interface that has ADAT in and out, you might want to check out the new module from Boredbrain. It's basically an ADAT module that can send CV and audio via ADAT. Also here you don't need anything else but a small case and power. If you want something bigger, you can check out the Motu interfaces. They have DC coupled outputs so you could send CV out of them. In any case, if you want to send pitch, you will have to calibrate things and it might be a bit annoying...

[@chitlun]

@@OmriCohen-Music Cheers Omri. I wasn’t aware of the Boredbrain stuff and I have ADAT I/O on my audio interface… Perfect! What’s the best way to send some music to you? I have something I’ve been meaning to send you for a while now… It was a jam I did over one of your live streams, obviously I didn’t record your stream, just what I was playing along with it.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@chitlun Nice! You can send it here [e-mail]

[@MikeUIibarri]

Whoa...

[@alexmartin6042]

A W E S O M E

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@chrisnewman9693]

an endless 'Om'

[@mundelator]

👾👾❤️👾👾

[@technochitlin]

Huh. Thought I left a comment...

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I have a feeling that KZbin is deleting comments with links in them automatically... I will see if I can change this

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I think I fixed it, can you try again?

[@bigbassman9]

ARRRGHHH 11.5 minuets in and I have just realised vcv2 does not have chronoblob2 and feline, still only on version1 and cannot get back to version 1 as updated this morning.😂

[@bigbassman9]

Have since worked around it , and oh wow , Horn playing was the best improv very moving

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

Oh yeah….low drone

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

@@OmriCohen-Music got a question Omri about the beginning of your video about tuning. You used the bogaudio unit set to A4 but how is the setting on the oscillator? Is the standard tuned to C i assume? Can you clarify but it all depends how the oscillator is set i think.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@joostvanbunnik7646 Yeah, exactly. What it says on the BogAudio module has no meaning if the oscillator is not tuned to C4. By default, most if not all oscillators in VCV are tuned to C4 so it works without the need to change anything.

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

@@OmriCohen-Music thank you for confirming it.

[@frekvensnord]

amazing

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!