VCV - Open source, FREE modular software. First look and noob tutorial.

[@darghe]

The first 6 minutes are truly amazing. Not only do you deliver a lot of basics to someone who has no clue about sound creation but you easily adapt to the tool as you go.

[@InventionTherapy]

You don't need to mix or split the output for stereo. Just use two patch cables out from one output to the channel 1 and 2 (L and R). It took me awhile to figure it out but you are not limited to one patch cable per connection.

[@DirkIronside]

Thank you for that observation! I was dismayed by the apparent limitation until I stumbled upon your note!

[@oldbatwit5102]

Hold ctrl then make the second cable or you will just delete the first. There isn't a 'multiples' in my version.

[@mcsilvaaraujo]

David Woodside e

[@happyeddy317]

How

[@cemegonuts]

i just killed 3 hours watching your video and building my first rack myself. this is so freakin awesome. i just want a big blizzard to come so i can be locked up with this thing. i am hooked and your demo helped me get started. i'm am completely fixated now. I subscribed and will be viewing all yer junk on this rack thing. i'm loving it. THANK YOU!!!

[@ctrlectrld]

2 years later COVID19: Hey it's me, your blizzard

[@shiftrunstop]

@@ctrlectrld Would love to know if it ever ended up happening.

[@weekendnacho]

Im a bloody beginner to modular synthesizers and love this tutorials. please keep on explaing the simple things as you are! love your videos

[@daniloprates]

Gave a like on the first "I'm a module" second 😂

[@mookie714]

this video helped me greatly in understanding how to create patches in a eurorack environment, thank you so much for making this!

[@davidmock4637]

Just got this today! Would have not known about it unless I watched this channel from time to time. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@TerenceKearns]

Awesome tutorial. Awesome product. Love that it runs on linux. I found out about it due to Andrew Huang mentioning it in his free stuff for 2019 video. Cheers.

[@MrRayinsf]

Great tutorial. The comparison of an Oscillator to a lawnmower is genius.

[@sabbathian]

Damn it, another piece of software I never heard of, and now I have to install it, get high and spend days in it.... thank you :)

[@asleyicegold4789]

You.are truly a.brother of mine (: haha

[@KOSMIKFEADRECORDS]

So lucky you have the time!!

[@mikeexits]

@@KOSMIKFEADRECORDS We all have the time, we choose how we use it. Hope you use yours in a way that fulfills you and makes you happy!

[@elijah4929]

Fam ❤️

[@attackman4458]

So tru😂. It sucks being me I’m interested in modular and creative/complicated subjects but I’m a kronk brain I have a tun of learning difficulties so me doing that while high is practically impossible!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

What an incredible way to learn about modular synths before wasting money on it. I've been curious about modular but don't have thousands of dollars to waste on gear so this is great way to get exposure before jumping in.

[@Keepmakingstuff]

10 minutes in and he recreated the whole Terraria soundtrack, I'm sold

[@morin1997]

This is simply amazing! You have the right spirit for feeling and creating the music! :D

[@vegeta897]

Love how rapidly you're putting out these videos!

[@Eeta_Zeeba]

I'm not following hard enough to know if you had any plans to cover VCV Rack 2, but hearing your comments on clouds made me check. The current version has the freeze and mode all figured out. Thanks for getting me going with the software again!

[@gloriousliar8747]

I am really liking this pop-up series. Hope you continue.

[@antonfruytier]

Imagine the video ending right after 2:11. "so there you go, goodluck with it" lmao

[@sethtaylor7519]

That could really be all you 'need' to know before starting this. haha

[@EurocorpFx]

Hahaha :D

[@ixemul]

For stereo (or any multiple connection) you can just hold Ctrl and drag, i.e. drag from a source to output 1, hold ctrl, then drag from that same source to output 2. Or drag from the same Osc to 4 different filters or effects, etc.

[@KariSinkko]

I actually would of dived out of the video 6 minutes in but I find synth intriguing and I have to agree, the tactile nature of a physical object is somehow more intuitive. Good video.

[@frankbuss]

You don't need a mult, you can just hold down the ctrl key while dragging a wire and it allows you to "stack" multiple wires from one source. And of course there are LFOs, in "Fundamental", at least in my Version 0.6.0. You can search for it in the white title bar by entering "lfo". And don't forget to click all free plugins on the website, then download them.

[@GogiRegion]

(+Frank Buss) You have no idea how useful the Ctrl thing was to me.

[@kevingilmore6099]

I'm pretty sure its Command not CTRL - at least on a Mac.

[@oldbatwit5102]

Frank.... Thank you, thank you,thank you.

[@Yizak]

Sounding incredible at the end

[@ICManygrins]

You're great teacher. You're pretty fast and I can't ask questions. Reminds me of college, especially grad school. Thanks for sharing.

[@Shogoeu]

"That's how easy it is to make music" All i can think about seeing this is "Buttons!"

[@Antonio173UK]

Benn this is amazing! Thank you! I absolutely love your album Pale Blue Dot, the 15:15 mark on the video was giving me those PBD vibes. Thanks for sharing.

[@Microtonal_Cats]

47 people who clicked "Thumbs Down" have each maxed out several credit cards on modular hardware.

[@karl.weaver]

Mr Henson maybe?

[@wheresmydrink420]

@@pacearrowspeeding you tell em

[@pacearrowspeeding]

@@wheresmydrink420 You may like the idea of not having to have your info spoon fed to you because yes you learn more that way and believe me I get it, it's just that some of us are busy a f and trying to learn fast

[@BrentODell]

lol

[@SmolecBeats]

back in the days the thumb down button existed

[@XYtoTheDoubleG]

Man this was sick!! Super impressed! Especially with the price tag!!! I would love to see some in depth tutorials on Rolands new Eurorack digital multi effects/modules. They're are a whole bunch of em and the whole customisable aspect is mind boggling to me. I don't see how each module stands out from the other

[@Chierushi]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, you made it easy and fun to start working with something brand new for me. This made such a positive impact for me - thank you, Benn!

[@djantix1200]

Thank you!!!!! Very siiiiiick!! Been playing with this for hours! Cheers

[@Saurosapius]

Thx for the terminology, this info was golden and fast for me, nice job!

[@bchspace]

Your eyebrow also looks modular and I love it.

[@ArthurMcGDM]

That last tune you made was great.

[@ts4gv]

A follow up to this would be awesome

[@cmd_f5]

I know it's not news to the synth junkies or sound designers, but that freeze and verb is cool. I love s&h stuff and wavetables. FM is beastly too.

[@kirtandreamrezzer]

This is a great place to start, designing systems and experimenting, before spending thousands of dollars on hardware.

[@EU_DHD]

This took so long that this is my favourite song now.

[@hartinmermann8115]

The Bitwig Grid is also really nice !

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

That's cool. There must be a place to share and listen to, just different interesting patches that people have come up with.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Cool, thanks.

[@HauptmanNase]

@Benn and Gear at one stage you asked how to send stereo to to the audio. You dont need a multiplier, you just pull two cables out and send them to the in 1 and 2 of the audio module

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

That GUI reminds me a lot of Blender, for some reason...

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Ah, I see: from the source code, it uses oui-blendish, that’s why.

[@neilboardman6640]

Pluging Nooooooo-ads

[@dany2217]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 What is oui-blendish?

[@ninavillegasbenitez]

suggestion: would you maybe make a part II to this video with the newest version of VCV? would be awesome!

[@byramike]

At 15:00 you make it into the bow noise for a second that I love. But when I try to make the bow on my own VCV, it makes no sound. I copied just about everything to try to get that tone but I can't get it to work. :(

[@KellissonFelipe]

Excellent video, looking forward this project.

[@jacktrade1621]

*this software gets brought to my attention*Nobody ever heard from me again, just calm notes floating among the clouds. :)

[@orsheeboo]

When the "Space" knob of Elements is at zero, it plays the output of the strike/blow/bow module out the left channel and the output of the resonator to the right channel. It's not a bug, that's how the hardware version of Elements works.

[@justinaw7490]

Best tutorial on the subject. Thanks!

[@mapds85]

Thanks a lot mate =D It really showed up the possibilities of it. That will be my beginning with Modular Synths iihhhuuuuuuuuu

[@ThisIsDownstate]

thanks for this its very inspiring the 'somewhat interesting thing' you made by the end is somewhat fucking beautiful i really appreciate your videos, this one has given me something to dive into during a really hard time the video really helped me get my head around starting to work with modular (i just moved to japan so this is a dangerous place to get into that stuff, its everywhere : ) peace xx

[@THEREALDATALORD]

YOU SYNTHESIZED MY LEFT EAR!

[@DerekRobertsteig]

I've been playing with this too! Thanks for the video!

[@Mercie22]

We're all the first at something; truly.

[@nielswil]

I was looking for a modulaire vst and came across VCV Rack. Still try to figure it out how it works, but it looks amazing.

[@CamxCam.]

I've heard of vcv rack, but never tried it. I hope I like it, because I'm not sure whether the convenience & price of VCV Rack justifies _not_ buying modular hardware. That warm analog sound is the only reason I'm interested in modular at all, because it's so financially intimidating.

[@Unifono2012]

Very nice introduction. Waiting for the Reaktor Blocks Video ;)

[@slipperysalmon]

How do I make the lawnmower sound again?

[@gorillaau]

slipperysalmon I thought it was a motorcycle. :-)

[@greencoffeemug12]

Just sample a lawnmower

[@kevingilmore6099]

It's a riding mower...

[@stateazure]

Is there no chaos/random module for this yet?

[@Neuri]

thanks dude i learn so much from you

[@UnstableAudioProductions]

I cant find VC Mixer. Is that something you need to download seperate?

[@darindervish]

just beautiful

[@antigravity.pajamas]

Long shot, but would like to see a comparison video of Dexed and Valley's Dexter module, just since they both ostensibly emulate the DX7.

[@jeremiericard5501]

HI. To do have output on 1 and 2, you can click an drag the output of the vca in input 1 of audio interface and than click on output 2 of the audio interface and drag to your output vca. That will combine the output of both 1 and 2 output. (Just know that I just watched the first 7 minutes of the video I have no ideas if you have a better solution further...)

[@MrGratefulheart]

I downloaded this program yesterday... I'm a total newb with modular... but I do understand the basics of synthesis... you've done a great job of making VCV accessible... Thanks!!

[@MrGratefulheart]

but I was able to get a sine wave with PD!!! :)

[@PandanusOdoratissimus]

19:40 it's awesome and musical algo gen !

[@tom_something]

I guess you can sort of make an LFO by patching an alternating sequence (here functioning as a low-frequency square) into an ADSR, stretching out the attack and decay and release while taking the sustain down to zero to make the slow square coming out of the sequencer kind of sine-ish?

[@Michael_Lak]

Thanks, significance of the different coloured patch cables?

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Interesting. Was hoping the virtual Modular Synth software market would get another free addition like the very amazing (but also very cumbersome to use) SynFactory from many years ago which was my first introduction to software Modular Synthesizers at all.

[@user-uu1nw1bl9j]

Around 5:40, what are you doing after you say, "it's not really loud, is it?" because I have the same (module) set up as you and I almost don't hear anything, even on 100% volume.

[@user-uu1nw1bl9j]

It was because of the exponential form the vca. Any idea why that would decrease the sound so extremely? I had level 100% up.

[@wuzzle67]

2.0 is finally out, now has a Pro edition with DAW integration support! Check it out!

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

16:49 Would the VCO not run at a low-enough frequency?

[@Allthingsambient]

I have a question are all the vcv plugins that you added, are they all paid plugins to make music?

[@Allthingsambient]

Because that's like 27 plugins

[@unslept_em]

there actually was a cloud generator in the list of modules. it's the e-series e340 cloud generator

[@scottk3292]

Since CPU limitations are a thing, why do I see no options to "render" a sound (slowly) or even a whole track, like 3d programs do with images? Couldn't there be a non-realtime, much higher quality option?

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

What is a Synthesizer labeled that can accept an analog audio source into it for manipulation? I am trying to find VSTs that can modulate audio from a DAW Buss, so that I can manipulate the audio going through it.... But I do not know what to call them, so I don't have a search term. :-/

[@TwoThreadsAhead]

lol that intro is gold

[@MeatyController]

RellyAlexander "I'm a Module!" t-shirts anyone? This could be the synth runner up to the guitarists ALL THE GAIN!

[@robertsyrett1992]

I didn't realize they greeked the names of the recreated modules. That, is hilarious.

[@soejrd24978]

Do a revisit, so much has changed

[@twainnell41]

Love this channel❤

[@maizefarms11]

this was super helpful, thanks!

[@MichaelWatersYT]

I tried this and it didnt work. Im on a different version and i cant plug in to the audio output from the oscillator

[@parksrobinson3606]

did you ever figure this problem out? Im having the same issue and no one is being helpful

[@Skiddoo42]

Inputs and output jacks light up when you select them. They should be plugged in when you first start up. The MIDI-CV and Audio 8 modules have options on their screens, click around till you find the config that works with your computer's audio outputs. You'll have triggers on your keyboard. I was actually surprised that I got this to work first time... very lucky for me I, normally I suck at this stuff. But only one of my laptops works with this, the other keeps crashing due to an Intel chipset spec.

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

That was a great tutorial! I would love to see some of the Make Noise and Intellijel stuff.

[@sonicjohn2195]

great tutorial, thanks a lot man. super helpful for a noob like me

[@soejrd24978]

You should take a look again, there are a ton of user-made modules now. A ton!

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

Benn, HOW did you capture your voice like that? I didn't see a record button or anything.

[@christianholmstedt8770]

Subbed immediately and I don't even know any of your other videos.

[@toitoitoy]

thanks. Modal/Clouds PD tutorial would be super interesting! Subscribed.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Can you use the mouse wheel to turn a knob? That seems like it would be easier than trying to manager a circular drag.

[@martti7363]

Should do an updated video on the new plugin version!

[@malcolm_mal2055]

Can you hook this up to a daw and record it from inside the software or would you have to put up a microphone next to the speaker? I saw some videos by Andrew huang and as well as other people said that you just always record when playing with modular for reference when trying to remember stuff and so on so having the option to go from this app to daw would be amazing and suuuper easy

[@justlisa1599]

Hi Benn. Can you noob it down a bit more? I can't find a module that says VCA on it. I can't figure out how to get my Keystep to make any noise with this. The other tutorials also skip over some details. Or start talking about 'clocking' and other outboard gear which is WAY over my head. Patch cords scare me. That's why I still don't have any guitar pedals. Are you using a midi controller for this or your computer keyboard? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. : ) (I've been using Arturia Lab and a couple of the full version synths as standalones and in my DAW . I thought I was ready for a bigger challenger. Maybe not.)

[@oldbatwit5102]

I don't have a VCA either so I used VCA2 and you can make more than one of these.

[@jonaskairys3718]

Hallo. I can not mace it runing on my MacBook Pro. It instals well, but it not lets to choose sound card. I cant get in audio driver selection and can only choose Core audio or Bridge. the same with midi module. Can choose anything but MIDI driver. Please - help..

[@sufisafavi5531]

How do you plug it to the sound card? Can't find the preferences etc. 🤔Oh and how do you get all those modules cause I just find a few in mine. Should I download them somewhere?

[@andrewyerkes4287]

Clear descriptions, but I can't hear any audio from the synth.

[@dustrickx]

when Ben was going through an "euhm" phase =)

[@ericmulama]

Hi. I can see that when you right click you have many modules. when i right click mine i just get a few just fundamental. How do I get the rest on there?

[@35o125]

could you help me with installing plugins? I've downloaded sourced zip files from the web page, and moved them to plugins folder together with Fundamental folder, but I still cannot see the plugins when I right click in the Rack's background. I can only see basic Fundamental plugins. on iMac for some reason only the Fundamental folder contains the plugin.dylib file.

[@Solodchuk]

Hi great video,can you tell me where to download your patches to the VCV.I really liked your result.Thank you

[@TheJPKaram]

Great video, but for some reason it always sound totoally different what i am doing and what is in the video, Like my SEQ-3 has a waaay higher pitch for example, any ideas why ?

[@manosprotonotarios5187]

first oscillator sounds too digital - is there a way to use higher sampling rate and higher bit to make it sound more analogue?

[@TwoThreadsAhead]

This is legit amazing :O

[@tulpadusha]

love it! thank you very much!

[@voyager134]

Hello Ben and Gear,I can't open it in my W7-64 sp1 in standalone mod and so vst on FL12.5- 64,any idea for this inconvenience?Thanks in advance.