#292

Wow, reducing the frame rate helped. I also toned down the screen resolution significantly. Looks like the graphics card is the culprit, and the fans are still on, but it’s definitely better.

Thanks for your insights!

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#293

I hadn’t realized changing the frame rate is an option now - it was added in 1.1.5 on 9/29/19, so relatively recently! This is likely to be an absolute gamechanger for those of us on Macbooks. It’s been clear for a while now that the major problems with running VCV on Mac so far have been GPU-related more than anything else.

(Edit: I guess you could change it by editing a JSON file in previous versions, too. News to me!)

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#294

As this is now my main form of making music, this is really a game changer for me. I’ve loved finding my way to modular music making (it’s clear this has been the way for me all along) and until I can get in to the physical rack world and split myself between these tools, this is majorly it. So, getting this running more stable is huge.

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#295

Keen on giving this a go as a Microsound Tape System:

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#296

So I had been using polyphony as a way to create and route stereo buses off and on for a little while, but I recently ran across a couple newer mixing module families that formalize this technique rather creatively:

While the MindMeld mixers seem ideal for anyone looking to use VCV in place of a DAW, I’ve really taken a liking to the GTG’s more extensively modular approach to mixing (I particularly like its Metro Bus module’s ability to spread a poly voice out across a stereo field). Both, though, go a long way in highlighting the versatility of the platform.

These are nothing groundbreaking, for sure, but I do appreciate the way something so seemingly trivial can enhance one’s creative flow.

Here’s a modest little patch where I gave some of the GTG modules a go:

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#297

A bit of noodling here using all the outputs of @scanner_darkly’s Orca’s Heart muxxed into four sets of four-voice polyphonic control of an FM oscillator and EG from Bogaudio, with Geodesics’ Entropia sequencer modulating the FM-Op’s feedback to complicate the rhythm a bit, and spreading the FM-Op’s output across a stereo field using GTG-Rack’s Metro mixer module, as well as parallel stereo effects processing using Valley’s Plateau reverb and Vult’s Rescomb filter via GTG’s Bus Route module.

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#298

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I just released Volume 2 of the Unfiltered Audio modules!

This pack contains Yoko and Sunder, our two powerful multiband splitters. Yoko splits audio into frequency bands, while Sunder splits audio into amplitude bands. These bands have stereo sends and returns for creating powerful effect chains.

A full manual can be found here: https://www.unfilteredaudio.com/pages/vcv-manuals

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#299

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#300

More and more, Rack is becoming my “I’m messing around with my (hardware) modular, just hit record” solution. I have an ES-9, but really - I could do this with any sound card. My start up “new patch” is a mixer, audio 16, tuner and the NSYNTHI master recorder.

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I still record to Ableton, I don’t think of Rack as a DAW…it’s more like how I used a cheap laptop, linux and Audacity a few years ago when I rejected computers. I’ve gone back and forth on “hybrid” systems in the past, but for whatever reason…this current configuration, Rack, ES-9, hardware modular…it’s great. We’re kind of in a golden age of hybrid…when I use Ableton, access to their CV tools for clocks and sync with the modular…so many options.

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#301

Same here, but with an ES-8. I use Bitwig for more polished stuff, but it’s nice to just have everything laid out and consistent the way it is between the rack and Rack. If we had better handling of multitracking in VCV, to include mutitrack playback, I might never have gone with Bitwig to begin with, honestly (this might have also been the case if I had ever managed to get bridging between Audacity and VCV working). It will be nice once they get a VST version out, as I probably wouldn’t have any reason to choose between VCV and a DAW with former’s simplicity improving the experience of the latter.

#302

There is a multitrack recorder but it smooshes the tracks into a single file that not all daws (including Ableton, not sure about Bitwig) understand.

Other than 4 track tape and Linux / Audacity… This is the fastest to record I’ve found.

In a separate track… I’ve had a few solidly broken glitchy vcv prototype scripts. I’ll share them. They sound awesomely bad.

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#303

You could just use 4 instances of NYSTHI master recorder and use a single source to trigger all 4 to start at the same time. The default files will go to your rack folder in documents. I have only ever done it with one instance but I don’t know why it wouldn’t work with 4 or more.

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#304

Hi. New here. Greetings to everyone.
Anyone using a Monome Arc with VCVRack? I am interested in seeing what can be achieved. Thanks!

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#305

finally getting around to learning modular synthesis through VCV rack and am excited for my journey ahead.

have set up the following as my stock modules as i want to stick to start learning with only a smallish setup.

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i know it’s a fairly tough question, but does anyone have any input on anything i’m missing out on? looking to generate some slow-moving melodic ambient pieces and eventually start bringing samples in.

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#306

So, I’d throw in some modulation like Tides or other LFO for general movement (marbles can be good for swapping between Orca patterns or transposing). Then, plateau as a sweet and super solid reverb (I use it for regular daw work I love it so much). And finally two FM oscillators. They son d fantastic, soft, melodic and can modulate each other beautifully if you control it right.

Happy exploring!!

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#307

Plus one to what @kasselvania said – you really need some modulation sources in there. Tides is a great one sticking with your Mutable Instruments set, or just the stock VCV LFO modules are fine

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#308

Likely not what you want to hear, but if you are just starting, I would start with the core modules and Omri Cohen’s VCV Rack for Beginner’s video series. Once you’ve a good grasp of the fundamentals, then get your feet wet with some more esoteric modules. My 2 cents anyway.

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#309

thanks for your advice @kasselvania @21echoes @yobink :star2:

must remember to walk before trying to run. very easy to get caught up in loading in a bunch of software versions of hardware modules. it all seems too good to be true for freeware!

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#310

@yobink is right. The fundamentals are so expressive. It took my 3 or 4 months to have any idea what I was doing or get a sound. 6 months before I could make a conscious choice and a year to feel like I could suggest what i just did to you. It’s slow going, but extremely addictive and rewarding.

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#311

It’s an amazing tool and GREAT for learning. You are in for an adventure, have fun!

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