Sound-Design with Ring Modulation in VCV Rack

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Here are the patches - patchstorage.com/sound-design... You can get a couple of extra patches on my Patreon page - www.patreon.com/posts/37699928 Ions video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHauk6CXYpKDg9E Energy video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn_NhnaMnJ6Clbs FM-OP video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHPQd6F3Zb6mi8U Amalgam video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5eyg42Xa7mneNE 00:00 - Introduction pt.1, Amplitude Modulation 06:37 - Introduction pt.2, Ring Modulation 09:56 - Patch 1 17:21 - Patch 2 22:12 - Patch 3

[@samleff3962]

You taught me everything I know about modular, Omri! And now in quarantine I decided to go for it and start with my hardware modular rack! Cheers and greetings from Mexico

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh nice! Did you get already anything? What did you get?

[@samleff3962]

@@OmriCohen-Music I got a mother 32 to get started and a clouds for now :)

[@russ254]

@@samleff3962how’s it going three years later?

[@Yeebok]

Here i am wondering about ring modulation.. oh look Omri has already sorted it out!❤

[@edwardnixon1782]

Omri, these tutorials, going back to the FM series, etc, on the 'fundamental' synthesis styles are major stuff! The fact that you take the methods to such creative highs is a wonder. Thank you. And thank you again. It's such a wonderful resource this VCV for making these ideas clear and enticing. Yes!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

That's amazing, thank you so much!

[@geoffreyhoffman2739]

The depth of your knowledge is truly inspiring! Awesome video, as usual.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DeepAmbientDrone]

I cannot get enough of the noise at 28:50 ^^. Thanks for the video Omri.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@imwaiting]

someone missed the like button

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks, I'll see what I can do :)

[@rjrferens]

Thank you sooooooo much for these amazing tutorials!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like them!

[@sonaxaton]

These are amazing tutorials, and you're having so much fun with them too!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like them!

[@LarsBjerregaard]

Very nice video Omri, interesting things you can do with ringmod.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you very much!

[@Steve.Benedict]

Always awesome! So interesting how much of this is the fundamentals of how radio works, but this is so much more fun :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Totally :) Thanks!

[@Gruftgrabbler]

Super inspiring to try this stuff out! I did knew the theory behind that before but nether thought about using it this creatively :) THX

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks!

[@Val_Cla]

I didn't know much about ring mod ! This was really good 😄 thanks for the vid 🙂

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad I could help! Thanks!

[@sh0ckvalue989]

These types of videos make me want to go back to college for audio engineering. :) Nice work as always Omri.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh sweet, thanks!

[@collinstump9706]

Love it! I now better understand the basics of ring modulation!!! Thanks for taking the time to put this together and explain every step. :D One thing that I didn't understand. For the drums, you sent the inverted mix to the mixer. Is there a reason for this?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad it was helpful! About the drums, I guess it was just easier to have two copies from two outputs but I don't think there was a special reason for this.

[@GeorgCarlson]

Most excellent, as always!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@macronencer]

You synchronised a modulator from the carrier, which was already modulated by something else before being RMed to that modulator that was synced to it... it blew my mind! But it sounded amazing. :) I always knew ring modulators were one of the most undervalued synth components (especially in pre-built synths). It's the one thing that I really wish they'd included on the MatrixBRUTE.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, it's fun and interesting to experiment with :)

[@radcliffe2192]

Thank you! I discovered not so long ago that you can also modulate your amount of sent signal (to effect bus and what not) at audio rate and get same timbre of ring modulated signal but only wet one, leaving dry signal as is.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh nice, I will try this, thanks!

[@piepkrasknor3989]

Thanks for your amazing tutorials, Omri. They are really helping me out a lot. I have one question though. At 2:44 you demonstrate that when you modulate a carrier running at 300 Hz with a modulator running at 200, you get the fundamental (300 Hz) and two side bands at the sum and difference of the carrier and modulator, so at 300 - 200 = 100 and 300 + 200 = 500 Hz. A minute later you raise the frequency of the modulator to 400 Hz, which results in the fundamental at 300 and two side bands at 100 and 700 Hz. In your calculation you say "400 - 300 is again 100 Hz". You subtract the frequency of the carrier from the frequency of the modulator, while in the previous example you did it the other way around. Is this correct?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi, thanks so much! Well, when the band will reach the zero point, it will be inverted and will start climbing again so if we calculate 300 - 400, we get negative 100Hz, but what will happen is that when reaching zero, it will go up so it will be 300 - 300 and then + 100. Does this make sense? You can see this also on the analyzer if you bring the modulator to a higher frequency of the carrier, you will see how the band hits zero and then starts to climb again.

[@piepkrasknor3989]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thanks for that explanation. And you're faster than any helpdesk I know, haha. Perfectly clear now.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@piepkrasknor3989 I'm happy I can help :)

[@RobertCharlesMann]

Finally ... I understand. Thanks.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@anorymous8614]

Oh my, oh my!

[@Herbuel]

Hello. First of all, thank you for all the content you publish! So interesting! Question: I really don’t understand the part about AM, and typically the role of the POLARISER. I understand that the signal can’t go thru the VCA if it is negative. But how it goes thru when inverting the carrier? After many tests, I still don’t understand… Thank you! Alain, Fr

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks! The thing is that it's not the audio that's not going through when it's negative, it's the modulation not effecting the VCA. This means that there will be silence when the modulation is negative. If you use a polarizer, the audio will still go through even if the modulation is negative. This will result in no silence. The result of the audio being inverted is just a side effect, if you will. Does this make more sense? Feel free to email me if not and I will try to send you a few examples.

[@Herbuel]

@@OmriCohen-Music That makes sens inded! So we could create a system which inverts the modulation when it is negative, so has to accept the carrier during this time? Alain

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@Herbuel Indeed! Have a look at the AM\RM module from BogAudio. It can rectify the modulation and create AM instead of RM :)

[@MrTyger19]

Very informative

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@cerealboxstudios]

These videos are so informative and fun… but at some point I need to stop watching videos and start making my own patches on VCV :D Thank you!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yes, I hope actually that you will want to go patching after a few minutes :)

[@Lasvegasparano666]

amazing work, alway good teach =)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@giovannigramegna8566]

10.00 Patch 1: Omri plays the sequence. Sounds amazing already! Man, you need to calm down.

[@anatrax8]

Thx for that nice sonic show, one day for sure with this one I should be the new lord of the ring ;d. " Ils nous l'ont volé ! "

[@Doc_Underkraut]

Great! Thanks,......!!!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you too!

[@phielp]

oh yeah

[@gilormsplay]

Wow, where's it all going to end? pity the poor muso.

[@cosmicloops3471]

21:25

[@danhod1]

:O

[@valiumdupeuple]

It feels a bit akward when you say repeat "oh yes" 😅