VCV Rack / OrbitalChords / Modular Jam / Synthikat

[@functionform]

This is seriously impressive.

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Excellent VCV Rack work. Just getting my head around VCV and this is just great for 'what it can do'. Marvellous patch.

[@Synthikat]

thanks a lot! :)

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Very nice jam and quite a setup! Luckily it's only virtual cables ;)

[@Synthikat]

Glad you like it :) Thanks.

[@ISMSKL]

NIce jam! I like those rythmic glitchy bleepy/squelchy things but still can't wrap my head around how to make em. I'll keep watching your vids to learn! Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[@CircRhyth1981]

I’m obsessed with this

[@Synthikat]

happy to hear this :)

[@radokirilov7801]

I think this is a great track! I'm listening it on repeat all night!

[@Synthikat]

I really aprecciate this! Thank you

[@tokoshiro5]

this is beautiful, I'll study your patch someday ahahaha

[@daveh465]

Love it!

[@BurningKitchen]

Woah this is epic, the best video I've seen from VCV!

[@Synthikat]

thank you so mutch!

[@oglvnae]

Beautiful as always ! love your work

[@Synthikat]

Thank you very much for your kind feedback! Have a nice evening.

[@oglvnae]

@@Synthikat thank you, good evening to you too !!

[@phytoplanktone]

Great track !

[@RheyneMusic]

Nice one! Reverb sounds excellent, too.

[@Synthikat]

Thanks Rheyne!

[@barrowmeoct04]

I listened to this maybe 15 times back to back this afternoon, then I suddenly got to thinking, 'what if' the rocket boosters you can see roaring as the space craft powers into outer space, what if that roar you can clearly hear, is not actually the sound from the rocket boosters that you can see, but the genius of the creator of this jam? And I thought no, no, it can't be. But if it is OMG what a brilliant idea, an insane idea. I'll never know I guess, but it's worth trying it out if that isn't what you did. Brilliant production.

[@Synthikat]

First of all thank you for your kind feedback and your time listening to that song. Actually a good idea with that booster but this sound at the end is coming from the nasa recording of the space craft. Its the only sound not coming from VCV. But i think you could copy that pretty good with a LP filtered noise and some modulated distortion (especially at the end the sound gets so fucked up because the microphones of the recording starts to distort). I think that launch was pretty loud. :) And again thanks for your feedback. Cheers!

[@barrowmeoct04]

You're welcome, I honestly think it was very well put together with the surprising end to it as well, it put the icing on the cake to the music I was already enjoying. Although I've been listening to modular music for a few years now, I am completely new to VCV, and wouldn't know where to begin with hardware. That rocket booster sound though, it's beautiful, that powerful crackling, bunsen-burner-like sound, times 1000,000, I don't know what it is, love it. Thanks again.

[@barrowmeoct04]

Update, you were on point about the low pass filtered noise, I literally just saw someone discussing white noise, and using a filter (hardware) which created the exact sound of a rocket booster. Glad to have stumbled on your channel, you came highly recommended by 'Modular Curiosity' and 'The Art of Sound'.

[@najiramusic]

oh man, this sounds huge!

[@Synthikat]

thanks bro :)

[@chortearl]

this is great, beautiful sound design

[@Synthikat]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy listening. :)

[@yannfontaineproject]

J’adore

[@reggietelly]

This is the bollocks. Bass is lovely lovely very Underworld

[@matiasgoinheix366]

Reminded me of Underworld too

[@7177YT]

woah very nice indeed!

[@Synthikat]

Thank you :)

[@dranorter]

Right around 2:40 I started craving a different chord sequence. Really good overall though.

[@Synthikat]

Yeah you are right some chord changes over time would really make that patch more interesting. Thanks!

[@ursbasteck]

Lovely chords indeed!

[@Synthikat]

thanks :)

[@TjSBMD1810]

Meisterwerk, da will ich auch hin! Do you have tutorials explaining how you can bring in the random elements?

[@Synthikat]

Danke! Übung macht den Meister ;) No sorry but take a look at generative synthesis techniques/tutorials on youtube. Also on patchstorrage you can find some good patches to learn from.

[@TjSBMD1810]

@@Synthikat Danke für den Tipp. Found a video from omri cohin v=OBR6LmDb3Uk will take a look.

[@PabloRodriguezwhyCharlieWhy]

I just wonder if I ever can do this with VCV or MiRack...... I'm a newbie on this!!

[@mikaelvalentin7119]

like nr. 303

[@Synthikat]

thank you very much :) cheers!

[@2JohJoh2]

Great Bass !!!

[@Synthikat]

Thank you :)

[@mrz80]

's tough to hear the bass listening over the computer speakers at work :D. Maybe the headphones... Oh, THERE it is :D Wonder if the boss-types would get bent if I hooked up a sub under my desk...

[@carycrank]

Awesome patch. I need more space in my real system :-) you have a new follower, very good channel mate!

[@Synthikat]

Thank you very mutch! :)

[@aethereuslive1031]

amazing!!!

[@Synthikat]

thanks!

[@radokirilov7801]

Amazing sounds! Thank you for this! I'm new in modular patches...I ready do love them! Can u give me some advice on how to make similar pactch for thouse filtered glitches at the intro?

[@Synthikat]

Thank you! I will make a tutorial for this in the future. I am building similar sounds in this patchbuilding video. Maybe u can learn something there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGHaaGeCh8p8q6Mm6s

[@radokirilov7801]

Thank you for the answer bro! I really enjoy this video! Can wait for next video ! :)

[@Vandalsounds]

Awesome.

[@Synthikat]

Thanks a lot :)

[@cinebient5343]

Awesome!

[@Synthikat]

Thanks!

[@quentinlagarrigue8099]

beautiful

[@alexandrejousse3091]

AMAZING!

[@Synthikat]

Thank you :)

[@ramihtrarodonovichavfx5150]

🙌

[@monkeytheo]

Spacenight 2.0 !! 👍

[@Synthikat]

oh yeah :)

[@thelightshineth9089]

Loving all your videos, they are a huge inspiration to get into this program. Quick question... it looks really complicated... Is there a lot of pre-planning involved and wrapping your head around a lot of advanced/technical stuff? Or is it more a matter of experimenting and just plugging a bunch of stuff in and seeing what happens? Can you get a fast workflow going, or does it take a while? I'm familiar with traditional synth techniques and stuff. This just looks like a lot to keep track of!

[@Synthikat]

Thanks! I mostly start with an idea of a technical concept to build a sound i got in my head. Sometimes i work 2 or 3 days on a patch and sometimes i am ready after 3 hours of patching. I am pretty happy with my workflow in VCV Rack. But of course a good knowledge about synthesis helps you to get good results quick.

[@mrz80]

I would start with building a simple patch that mimics a synth you're familiar with as a jumping-off point, then add on from there.

[@neurostructure8717]

This is a great

[@xquizit79]

very Simian Mobile Disco

[@jamieslocks1822]

Is there a start to finish tutorial on how to make songs like this?

[@Synthikat]

Jamie's Locks i am not sure. But you should check out the tutorials from Omri Cohen.

[@PopeRichardConwayIII]

where did you get all these modules??

[@Synthikat]

Here: github.com/VCVRack/Rack/wiki/List-of-plugins

[@MidKnightKid98]

Synthikat Does VCV work on Windows XP?

[@Synthikat]

I think so but i am not sure! Just give it a try its pretty easy to install! I am working with Win7.

[@GershyJazzy]

Really amazing. Many thanks for sharing this. I wonder if you use (here or any of your VCV Rack videos) any paid VCV plugin, or they are all free stuff.

[@Synthikat]

Thanks! I use paid and free ones. But in this patch they are all free.

[@ts4gv]

How beefy of a computer would a patch like this need to run well? I know it’s a tough question but could most computers handle it, or would you need to build a specialized PC? Could you get it done for $1k? Thanks

[@Synthikat]

its an about 8 years old win PC i7 32GB ram. It was new about 2.5k i think.

[@scyhte82]

how are you modulating the macro oscillators edit button? i'm currently playing around with the vst fork called veeseevst but never found a way to do this. is this specific to the original vcv? i see no modulation input here as well so how actually does this work?

[@Synthikat]

You can set it to "Meta Mode" (right click) in the menu and then the FM input modulates the mode selection.

[@purefilth4201]

hey, im on vcv 0.5.1 and lots of my third party plug-ins don't show up... for example jw-modules or Aepelzens just dont show up in the program... but others like the Vult pack do work well. Is this a known issue? i thought it might have to do with compability issues anyway if by any chance you know how to fix this would be very much appreciated!

[@Synthikat]

Hey, did you tried to reinstall already? Are the modules in the right folder? Can u see all the dll´s in the folder?

[@purefilth4201]

i'll try to reinstall. very nice work on that new album btw

[@Synthikat]

thanks!

[@вижънерихед]

FUCK! Excellent work!

[@Synthikat]

Thank you!

[@cshaw340]

I have to ask. What kind of computer / processor are you using? Whenever I try to do a complicated patch AND screen capture my quad core i7 just falls over…

[@Synthikat]

I am also always working on my limit. Win7 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4930K CPU @ 3,4 GHz, 32 GB Ram

[@najiramusic]

the biggest downfall for a lot of people is their GPU. I'm working with a 2012 windows laptop. the cpu and all that is fine but the GPU is lacking big time. Alos, IIRC VCV doesn't support multi-core processing so the speed of each core is more important at this stage than the amount of cores. who knows what the future will bring

[@RuiDaSilvaMusic]

are you sharing your patch somewhere?

[@Synthikat]

I stopped sharing patches since 0.5.0 because the most patches got destroyed because i was using modules that have changed over time. Some of the patches i cant even open by myself. But here u can find some patches of mine: patchstorage.com/author/synthikat/ And here is the old and broken version of the OrbitalChords patch but it does sound different. Some modules changed there connections or got lost because of changed names: www.dropbox.com/s/9406cossmihsqcp/Orbital%20Chords%20Old%20and%20Broken.vcv?dl=0

[@Synthikat]

when vcv rack is out of the beta i gonna start sharing patches again.

[@UltraD52]

I like it better w/o the BD

[@dreamyrhodes]

dat cool

[@Kifferei]

wowwww

[@WhitetailMusic]

How'd you constrain the pitches on the chords to remain in neat 3rds of each other? I've found it difficult to send out voltages in such a way that would cleanly quantize like that when ran through H-bar if that makes any sense - like is it sending a specific note output from 1 sequencer and then shifting that for the thirds to split it out to 3 different voices or... because I don't see 3 different sequencers just glancing over this going out to chords or not - I've been splitting it into different sequencers and then manually fiddling with the knobs to get them into a chord, just wondering if there's a better way to do it that I haven't figured out yet... (especially when working with the Quantum scale quantizer, which I've found to be pretty finnicky to work with. Also seperating the chords into 3 different sequencer runs into issues like trying to synchronize them to start their triggers at the same time, everytime I open the project they're in different positions). Sorry for the super lengthy question though, I hope that's not annoying. The song itself sounds pretty sweet, the chords are a lot more lush then most VCV rack stuff I've heard so far - really dreamy atmosphere going on

[@Synthikat]

Hey thanks for your comment. It is a good question and not to long :) I made a tutorial where i show how i build my chord patches. In this patch i did it exactly like in my tutorial. Check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fampdImFpJ1qndU I hope i can help u with that. But there is more ways than 1 to archive this chords. i like it that way because its flexible. Have a nice day or good night. :)

[@WhitetailMusic]

ooooo sweet I'll definitely have to check this out, thanks so much!

[@axeman2638]

try using the chord module in Strum's Mental plugin

[@DaveChips]

How could anyone dislike this? :s

[@Synthikat]

people who dont know that they can skip videos they dont like :)

[@HauptmanNase]

@@Synthikat never understood this downvoting..... totally deconstructive only the connaisseurs should give their appreciation Subscribed

[@TheMox78]

🤖👍🏻🤖

[@silverioleo8621]

MAKE MORE TUTORIALS

[@Synthikat]

I would like to but right now i dont have time.

[@ROCKYTILBOR]

:)

[@rockmandashzero]

Liftoff!

[@gavloft]

Couldn’t this be done in ableton in 20 minuets? Seems a very overly complex way of production.

[@Synthikat]

yes and no. the target was to go that way. making music in a modular environment is a completely different approach. its not about what is more easy. there are different ways to get the creative juices going.

[@evolgenius1150]

Don't like it... bc I don't know how to do it. ;)

[@Synthikat]

:)

[@KahroSynetic]

Too much sub

[@Synthikat]

yeah u are right man. i did not realized it anymore after some hours of working on that patch.

[@KahroSynetic]

Sounds good apart from that, good work, maybe you could make a bleep and squelsh tutorial for that too ?

[@Synthikat]

Thank you. Ok i will make a tutorial how i made that sounds. I will let u know when it is finished. hear ya :)

[@KahroSynetic]

Great ! I subscribed to your channel

[@Synthikat]

Thanks!