Plaits Sound Exploration in VCV Rack - Part 1

[@Jessilumpkins]

These videos are super fun to watch!

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@dianabloomdesigns]

I love getting to see you learning and exploring this way of working in real time!

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

thank you!

[@ARTBODY1]

There are some cool tools that you'll see by a lot of VCV Artists : The scope to see the waveforms, the analyzer to see the spectrum of the achieved sound

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

Thanks! I’ve used the scope here and there, but I’ve never heard of the analyzer! Thanks for letting me know!

[@leftcoastline]

Theres so many good clones out there for most of the unique mutables, all is not lost if you want to go full mutables and can get past the aesthetic differences.

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

That’s awesome! I would happily have a mismatched look to have the sound of some of those mutable instruments modules like plaits and rings

[@leftcoastline]

@darleneelizabethmusic the originals were made open source, so for the same reason you can get the exact sounds from their vcv clones, you can get the exact sounds from the many clones by major (and minor) module producers. After Later, CCTV, CalSynth, TLM Audio, Big T Music, Michigan Synth Works and dozens of smaller producers. Anybody but Behringer ;) Many make a large selection of them, and/or in black or light panels, so you can still have them all in a cohesive look. You can also get them in alternative sizes and control layouts if you're building a mini rack or prefer sliders. The hardest part is deciding from all the choices.

[@StanleyKubick1]

i really liked the plucky bit with the delay

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

Thank you very much!

[@TonyThomas10000]

Check out Surge XT Twist VCO. It has the same Plaits engine with a visual display and a lot of modulation possibilities.

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

thank you so much for the recommendation! I'm really excited to try it, I just went and searched it in the VCV rack library, and grabbed that one and half of the other modules they make - they all look so good!

[@TonyThomas10000]

@@darleneelizabethmusic Surge XT stuff is awesome and open source. Also, check out Vult stuff...especially the Leakage Voltage Processor: "Gain control, Offset, Sample and hold, Slew limiter, Envelope follower, and Noise source."

[@MasamiNatsuka]

The transition from soft sounds to the sort of haunting quack at 29:29 made me jump a little 😂 Great job! I also really like the set up of your room. The lights are nice ☺

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

that's fair! I wasn't expecting the sound to change so much when I switched the mode because I had left all of my filter setting and everything the same, but it definitely changed a lot! thank you so much! I was really wanting to bring some colour into the room a little bit, I'm really glad you liked them! ☺

[@Jessilumpkins]

Haunting Quack did not dissapoint. Also I think it's my new favorite set of words.

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

😂 I might have to make a song called Haunting Quack now! 👻🦆

[@MasamiNatsuka]

@@darleneelizabethmusic yes!! Ambient music for the ghostly pond!

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

@ ghostly pond 😂

[@ARTBODY1]

If you use AUX to connect effects like plateau you should normally turn the DRY signal all the way down and WET all the way up. That is because the Mixer itself mixes the effect signal to the DRY signal, so you'll only need the wet signal. Else you get , i think, a 2 sample Feedback loop. Each cable is, as i know, 1 sample delay.

[@darleneelizabethmusic]

Thank you!! That’s something I know to do in Ableton with sends, but everything here looks so different I didn’t even think of it 😂

[@ARTBODY1]

@@darleneelizabethmusic I think that the workflow in a DAW like Ableton is completely different to that in modular synthesizer systems. What has always helped me a lot was separating the individual functions global clock mixing and global effects sequencers, chords... creative sound design with individual effects modulation gates and triggers The chaos at the beginning is definitely the number of modules if you want to work with a DAW-like note and pattern-based control, maybe the tracker module from Biset is right for you kzbin.info/www/bejne/mobUanupjNx3qdk The clock module from Biset is also cool because it is synchronized with the tracker Or there are a few modules from Entrian that allow you to import MIDI files. The nice thing about VCV is that you can play around a lot and there is actually no wrong way sometimes, for example, modulation in the audio area is much cooler than with an LFO have fun