A year into Eurorack - What changed, what was added, and some sounds

[@musictreeproductions5994]

I admire how well you're utilizing the modules in your rack and how you're integrating with VCV to keep it streamlined. And that patch was nothing short of gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! Subscribed!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I really appreciate it, thank you!

[@IceLocus]

Fantastic! Those granular modules look awesome! I'm still planning my modular setup so this is great to see your sonic journey.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! Yeah, this case is so much fun!

[@Steve.Benedict]

Nice tour of your setup and a look at some of the ways you use everything. Really informative. Gives me more ideas of where I might want to start :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

hey, man, thanks so much!

[@dreamdealer]

amazing journey Omri, you got some great modules, and our rack is looking like an amazing playground, combined with VCV then you have endless possibilities here, can't wait to hear more jams.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much! Yeah, it's a portal to another universe... Cheers!

[@BobCharlotte]

Really gorgeous sounds here; love how you blend all this different sources. Thanks for the video!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much!

[@Almanacs]

Very interesting journey and beautiful patch! Thanks for sharing this

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@deepsynth3495]

Love that neve drive knob, really enjoying your channel

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, that's a fun one :) Thanks!

[@AmericanAstroMonkey]

Omri I knew from the early days of VCV Rack that you'd enter the Rabbit Hole so to speak. You can't beat the overall processing power of individual units of hardware. No glitching. Very nice video and lovely ambient developing sounds at the end. It's a great journey we the synthesis community love being on. So may our journey into sound continue and open our minds to enjoy whatever Soundscape we discover.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you so much!

[@rhomboman]

So nice Omri 💚

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@anassk8]

Spirit Diving patch !! .. very beautiful setup, thank you for sharing all the details with us .:. congrats .:.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you so much!

[@junjiito7100]

What a great overview/insight into your system! Really enjoyed this :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@snoopyoverthehills]

what a great system!!!

[@benjaminizzo2551]

Freez is super fun with a s+h and eg. Put a ratchet on the hold button and it's 🚀🚀🚀

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks, man! Yeah, it's super fun :)

[@unclechrome1095]

What a year it has been. I have enjoyed watching your rig grow and you with it. I will continue to stay software only (Keysteps don't count!) and get my supressed hardware lust quenched vicariously by you! Cheers!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, I guess it's like smoking, it's better not to start with it... Man, it's a never ending story...

[@substan_music]

very nice patch and video !!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks a lot!

[@ToasmYT]

Great insights. Really nice patch. Subbed.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Awesome, thank you!

[@AdrianBond]

Very nice.

[@ionio2948]

a dreaming setup!!! Very nice and sound fabulous!!!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Glad you like it! Thank you!

[@HarryFullerCT]

The Morphagene was my second module after a Maths then I added a Disting these to use with a Mother-32 and DFAM as well as a Dreadbox Hades and Erebus. I added the ES-3 and ES-6 recently too. The Magneto has been on my wishlist for quite some time. It looks like I should get an Arbhar too. :) Thanks for posting this.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks! And yes, Magneto and Arbhar are amazing instruments, I'm so happy to have the chance to have them in my case.

[@tinypatches6939]

This Rack is an absolute Effectmachine - great to see how people build their own instrument!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I call it "my little granulation station" :)

[@MmostlyRandom]

I've really enjoyed watching your journey the past year (oh btw I finally got a morphagene the other week which I'm completely blaming on you, I've wanted one since I seen your 1st video on it ;) I also am in love, it's such a great module

[@MmostlyRandom]

also I'm glad you like the BIA (I knew you would ;)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh sweet! Yeah, Morphagene is such an amazing tool... And I'm in love with the BIA...

[@TM1861]

Loved this!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@danielpirone8028]

On the Mac you can bond multiple interfaces into 1 aggregate device. Would help with your multiple ES modules and VCV

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, also on Windows there are workarounds, but they never worked for me...

[@burgetron]

very cool explanation of your current set up and how you came to it. in a similar boat myself. if i had to pick something to recommend to add - and without sounding like that guy - but with how you liek to control each voice i can but find maths to be just a game changer for you. it can be hands on-hands off-both....yes its in everyone's rack...but in this specific rack.....totally a portable tape machine spaceship

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! And yes, really, you think Maths is the next step? That's interesting, I will definitely dig deeper, thanks!

[@burgetron]

@@OmriCohen-Music 'next step' is not the term i would use - as evident by your video steps can change - but i think it would be a powerful tool in your arsenal

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Enjoyable watch

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@UntitledDemon]

I too have been into the euro rack for about year now.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh nice! How is your experience?

[@johnkrummrich4948]

Instruo Cs-l. That in to vcv rack is probably the next thing you need

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Instruo stuff is amazing!

[@purfakt]

I just received it a couple of days ago, it's a BEAST!

[@johnkrummrich4948]

Purfakt hi who did you order yours from Mine has been pre ordered for a month

[@purfakt]

@@johnkrummrich4948 I got it second hand on Reverb!

[@MikeUIibarri]

Good stuff.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@scottkinder4888]

​ @Omri Cohen I highly recommend you add an ALM Pamela's New Workout. After LOTS of modular swapping, it's one of my desert island choices. It can bring out something in pretty much every other module, and for all your granular and looped modules, you can go absolutely nuts with different (but related) clocks, and modulate Basimilus to unrecognizable dimensions. No affiliation, just a delighted user. Love your vids. Scott

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey Scott, thank you! I will definitely look into that, I just wish the black version was still available...

[@scottkinder4888]

@@OmriCohen-Music rare beast!

[@endless_arps]

So good , you convinced me to get the morphagene and arbar ♥️

[@OmriCohen-Music]

You will love them!

[@marcoose777]

I hope these hardware experiments aren't too distracting Omri ;) Keep up the good work

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Distracting? From VCV you mean? VCV is the Alpha and Omega :) Cheers!

[@XiXora]

Your layering of sounds that doesn't sound like a random cacophony is something I'll never get to.

[@zeroalpha_nz]

@Omri Cohen. That patch is amazing man, have you released a track with it? Thanks for the tutorials. Much respect from New Zealand , stay safe

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey, thanks so much! And no, I didn't record it...

[@BobbyLachapelle]

Wow!! Great setup. I'm wondering if you ever tried the Reflex Liveloop. I'm thinking seriously at this on. Keep the great work you do, it is very inspiring.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh wow, nice! I will check it out for sure! Thanks :)

[@davidowle3772]

Dumb question... can the es-3/6 be plugged into the es-9? I thought that was one way to expand the i/o of the es-9... 🤷‍♂️

[@SitFlyer]

No. The ES-9 doesn't have any ADAT connection which the ES-3/6 require.

[@davidowle3772]

@@SitFlyer ah... yes... of course... as they flashed across the screen it looked like the same optical s/pdif connector. I shouldn't be so lazy, since all I had to do was have a quick peek at the expert sleepers site. 🤓

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, you can expand it with the ES-5 though

[@GeorgeLocke]

I was hoping to hear you talk about how the physical modular is different from VCV - in particular, why is it worth it to you to pay the considerable cost to get modules that are exactly/nearly exactly reproduced in VCV.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, that's a whole video by itself...

[@GeorgeLocke]

@@OmriCohen-Music I forgot to say I really enjoyed this video! Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@marcelomoura7584]

my dream is to start my hardware rack, unfortunately the brazilian real is very undervalued and everything is very expensive and inaccessible, but one day i will have my rack

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I hope and wish that will will be sooner than later! All the best!

[@AmericanAstroMonkey]

Marcel look to the Spanish and Eastern European developers. Brazil would be a great place to start developing and manufacturing hardware.

[@DissolveinSepia]

Hey, there is a few Brazilian manufacturers if you'd like to check it out look at Pantala Labs, Vinicius Electrik and EMW.

[@psynthetiksound5800]

I think you can use more than one interface in VCV just by using one AUDIO 8 module per interface, no? I made a patch where i had an audio 8 module set to asio and my interface, and then another audio 8 module set to wasapi and sending audio to a plugin in obs for recording, and i imagine you could go on forever

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, it will work on Mac, sort of, but it's not supported and can cause all sorts of issues. I guess you're on Mac right?

[@psynthetiksound5800]

@@OmriCohen-Music nope, windows. But granted i have never tried with 2 audio interfaces, but as it is routing audio only within vcv and not affecting your pc's audio routing i would think each audio 8 module would operate completely independent of eachother, maybe give it a go?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@psynthetiksound5800 Oh, I did.. it crashed each and every time...

[@Steve.Benedict]

Hey Omri, I hope you don't mind I have another question on this video. You say you switch to ES-9 since Rack only supports one audio interface in the current version so you can't use the ES-3 and ES-6 together. But you already use the Motu as your audio interface for Rack? So is this also because Motu only has one ADAT connection and that is what you send the ES-9 to? Otherwise you would have to do multi-unit cascade thing or something? Trying to understand some of the details here, I am window shopping hardware and will probably be getting into trouble soon :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi Stephen! Well, until I had the ES-9, I used the ES-3 and ES-6, which were connected to my Motu interface (it has 2 ADAT connections). The thing is, the ES-9 is already an interface so I cannot use (for now) the Motu AND the ES-9, which means that I cannot use the ES-3 and ES-6. Now, I only use the ES-9 with VCV. The only way I use the Motu is for amplifying my flute and mic, but it's connected to a separate computer and has no connection to VCV on the laptop. Does this make sense?

[@Steve.Benedict]

@@OmriCohen-Music Oh I see, yes that all makes sense now. Thank you for explaining! I didn't understand the Motu wasn't even going to VCV Rack...

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, I was just using it for live performances to amplify some instruments. I hope that it will work nicely with 2.0

[@mmturner89]

Lovely set up! I'm curious though, Arbhar, Morphagene, Clouds/Microcell AND Nebulae... Do you think you could make do with, say one or two of those, and if so what one's would keep and why? I ask because I had Clouds and swapped it out for Nebulae. I now have Arbhar and Nebulae, but I am thinking about replacing Nebulae with Morphagene BUT I do wonder if Arbhar is really all I need and I am being greedy...

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks :) Well, I have to say, Nebulae is a weird one for me. How do you like it? How do you use it? About Arbhar and Morphagene, they're not really the same type of module so I'm not so sure I can decide between them, but i would go with the Morphagene instead of Nebulae for sure. Especially if you have Arbhar already, Morphagene can add a whole different dimension to your case.

[@mmturner89]

@@OmriCohen-Music Sorry, I forgot to say I have Ludadh too, and that + Arbhar is a killer combination... Maybe combined they are somewhere nearer to the Morphagene? Morphagene vs Nebulae is perhaps a better comparison, and I must say the workflow I see on the Morphagene looks great to me. I never really clicked with Nebulae, even though I think it is great and does everything I got it for... Unlike Arbhar that just fits with me really well.. I guess it's just like that sometimes. The coolest thing about Nebulae for me is having pitch and speed independent of each other. It definitely has that over the others, but like you I acquired an ES-9 to use with Ableton and I feel that I can do everything and more to my samples within that much better vs Nebulae. There is also something slightly 'glassy' and 'digital' about the sound of Nebulae when it comes to manipulating samples from vinyl which I do most often.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh man, nice, you have the looper also. How is it? I'm also not so sure about Nebulae still, I have to see what to do with it... About Morphagene, I guess that it's more of a sampler or a tape machine rather than a granular processor, and that it what makes it so unique. If I were you, I would wait a bit to see what I can get with Arbhar and the looper, or I would sell Nebulae and get Morphagene instead. By the way, is there somewhere I can listen to some of your music/sounds?

[@mmturner89]

@@OmriCohen-Music Lubadh is so good! Probably my favourite module. I love bouncing captured sounds between decks and altering the pitch/speed while modulating the start and end points of a loop for lovely evolving textures. You can get great results very quickly and the sound you get from the inputs gives you a very authentic tape character. The delay and tape decay modes add so many more possibilities as you experiment and see how the two tape decks can react with each other. It is so much more than a looper! I highly recommend it. As for my music, that is a work in progress... I have been a eurorack doodler for about a year now, but I didn't really have an adequate computer to make any finished recordings (spent all my money on modules instead... Not the smartest choice haha) However, I have recently invested in a new Mac and aforementioned ES-9 so watch this space! I plan on being very active with the online modular community from now on :-)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@mmturner89 I already ordered Lubadh once, but canceled it and got Magneto instead... I will have to see how I feel like replacing Nebulae with it... And that's great, make sure to let me know when you have something uploaded , I would love to take a listen :)

[@sunchylde]

Not bad for just one year... Very "hip" setup I'd say ;) and crazy expensive in total contrast to the (almost) full for free awesomeness of vcv. Thanks for all the tutorials btw :)

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I appreciate it, thanks!

[@andrak5946]

Nice! But what changed in you whit the interaction of the hardware?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! And yes, that's a subject for a whole video by itself... But in general, I tend to be much more hand on with hardware, and in VCV I just let things run by themselves.

[@moldythoughts4765]

2hp grain and bastl instruments grandpa are missing for the full granular trip... big up!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

More granular, more fun!

[@ivobol9464]

Great walkthough, thanks. I do all my midi to cv en cv to midi with the ES 9 and the midi / cv applications in VCV rack. Why did you get a hardware module for that? Just curious, maybe it has functionality that adds something else.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! Do you mean the VCMC? Well, I got it so I can make a video about it actually, but I use it since the ins and outs of the ES-9 are not enough... Also, it's a Midi controller so I can attenuate the Midi/CV, and I also have faders and buttons to control things in VCV.

[@RiczWest]

Nice. I have a Neutron & just about to get some more modules. Great description of changes & playing 👍 Do you still have or use the Neutron?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you! And yes, I still have my Neutron and I'm still using it from time to time. Sometimes I will even use only its different sections without the oscillators so I will use the delay and overdrive for example, and the S&H and LFO. It's great to have around :)

[@massimopetrozzi1451]

thank you for the video! it looks like you are using VCV for all the sequencing, clocking and the modulation (beside the noise 1U module). Do you think you will ever bring a sequencer in the physical rack?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much! Well, I'm not using VCV as a sequencer, no. I don't want to deal with latency issues so I'm using the Keystep and now also the Keystep Pro. I'm not so sure I will get a sequencer module though, unless it's something very unique...

[@markbu7bu]

Hey Omri I realy like your channel. I' ve learned a lot:) When you said its only possible to use one interface with VCV Rack I thought that it is possible to create an "interaktive Interface" within your computer so to say. I am using a mac and it is realy easy but I guess It must be possible with windows too

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you so much! And yes, it is possible, but like any workaround, it has its faults and it's unstable. Something dedicated would be a nice upgrade so I can't wait for 2.0 :)

[@markbu7bu]

@@OmriCohen-Music I am also waiting for the Es-9. I hope i dont have to wait soo much longer :)

[@genezisdj]

how much its cost to make that rack ?

[@arjanpetersen]

genezis dj 3-4K euros

[@genezisdj]

@@arjanpetersen omggg

[@genezisdj]

@@arjanpetersen why so expensive ?

[@GreifiSilmar]

Check Modular Grid, you can recreate any rack in there and it will tell you the total price (without the case). Extremely useful site.

[@genezisdj]

@@GreifiSilmar thxx

[@VladyYakovenko]

you would benefit more modulation modules

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, I have lots of modulation coming from VCV, but yeah, modulation with hands on control could be nice.

[@blaythessteuer]

love this video and patch! the 2hp freez in the 1U space is super weird to me though. you have space left in the 3U section. 1U space is comparatively more expensive, especially ~30 1U hp to 2 3U hp lol. there’s also a lot of really cool 1U modules out there!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! And yeah, you're right, there's still space in the 3U row, but it's much easier to play with the module like this since it's really small. It's isolated up there, without all the cables covering it, so I can just reach and play it :)

[@jaygregory8219]

@@OmriCohen-Music OMG it's sooo hard to play with!! Smart to have it up there. Did you see the look ma no computer guy hacked his to pieces an wired it onto a giant module plate?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, he had a better solution I guess :)

[@bradburnwilliams-synthstronaut]

**chef kiss** !

[@adrimathlener8008]

HW Modular can be expensive, so I'm glad that VCV came to the rescue. Mockba Model V -=[ --library.vcvrack.com/MM_ModelV/ModelV-- ]=- will very soon be added to my library.

[@wimwijn1]

That's one cool rack😎 you realy have your own style and sound👍👍

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I appreciate that Wim, thank you!

[@stephanmobius1380]

This is not a buffered mult rack, it's a multed buffer rack.

[@daneguitarist1]

oh my god bro, we basicallyl went thru the same kinda year in eurorack haha, i loooove granular anything, and we have similar modules haha i love it anytime you are around kansas usa ive got your first whiskey

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hey man, that's great! Thanks :) And yes, Granular is life...

[@VegaDW]

Can't imagine there's a huge modular scene down there. I'm up between Omaha and Lincoln if you're looking for someone local-ish to jam with.

[@daneguitarist1]

@@VegaDW I'd be down if you have a space and enough whiskey

[@VegaDW]

@@daneguitarist1 lol, not sure about the whisky, but space apleanty at least. My racks nothing crazy, but I do have some pretty cool modules (ZPO, Stereo Dipole, Filter-8, Bad comrade V3, 4ms VCA Matrix... + an ES-3+6 for interfacing) I'm the owner of t.me/vcvrackchat if you want to chat there and then dm to see if we can find a time to hang.

[@blockchainbullies7324]

You must get the lubadh

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I'm sure I will one day :)