Episode 15 : Let's build an ambient patch
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2025
- In this episode I build a Brian Eno inspired patch and I challenge YOU to build the same patch with your individual tweaks and ideas.
Add a link to your version of the patch in the comments below. Let's build a community of 3 voice ambient patches.
I like this one because my computer fan speeds up and harmonizes with the pads. Really adds to it.
hahahah you kill me
wow hope it has an external clock to synchronize itself
That’s the necessary evil of Java.
Anyone who references Brian Eno and prime numbers has my RAPT attention. Heh. I learned so much about modular synths, ambient music production, and VCV rack from this video. Beautiful sounds, too. Thank you for making :D
Thank you so much for your kind words. Glad you're enjoying it.
I’d say Klaus Schulz and Rodelius
I find your voice strangely hypnotic and relaxing. You are the Bob Ross of modular synthesizers.... Your replaced the squirrels and trees with reverbs and lfo's
I recently start exploring the world of modular synthesis... but i think i already fell in love watching this video. Thanks.
i've been an avid fl studio producer for around the span of 4-5 years, i recently stumbled upon multiple videos where modular synthesis have been mentioned and it sparked a curiosity in me. i found vcv rack and was stunned at the freedom and accessibility that it provides! i'll be tuning in here to learn how to make these incredible patches.
Cool, i love ambient music. Didn't know there is such a tool out there. I have to learn how this works. Thanks, seems I can start by learning from your videos. 😄
Thank you very much. I'm actually starting a new "Modular Basis" video playlist. Comments like this inspire me to get back to work on them :-)
This is entirely awesome. I followed along and made the first thing I would call musical in rack. I love this series.
Thank you very much.
@@modularcuriosity I followed along and came up with this. This is my first recording ever so pardon the low quality, still figuring out how to set up rack to record well. soundcloud.com/trumanob/establishment-vcv-rack-ambient-patch This series is fantastic, thank you so much for making all of these episodes.
@@trumanobrien9364 Very Nice. I like the little "ping ping" notes in the back ground. It adds so much more to the swelling chords. [edit] I just listened to it again. That really grows on me. The echo'ed notes over the swells adds so much more depth to the patch. I really like it.
Very informative video as usual !
Well done !
I love how much difference it makes if you build exactly the same patch BUT teak the Clouds & Rings a bit differently^
Great patch^
Finally a good place to start making an ambient patch lol
Great tutorial. I understood Rampage so much better after following this tutorial. Thank you very much.
Got my sub, great video man. You’re really good at explaining things in a way that’s tolerable to hear. Hope you do more patches!
Thank you so much for making this video. It has been very helpful.
Excellent tutorial vid! I tried some randomizations and added the Neil texture synth into the mix. Fun stuff. Thanks.
Love your approach! Very beginner friendly and fun :-)
This is ace, I’ve spent all morning tweaking away at this. Thanks for the inspiration, new sub for thee sir, peace ✌️
Your second Rampage was never hooked up to your VCA for that voice. It was the sweeping filter doing all the work.
Somegeezer yeah, I noticed that when I watched it . I never connected the channel 1 output to my VCA. 😉
It's great that it worked out, though. The magic of modular. =D
I also realized that if I took the "End of Cycle" output from the rampage and use that as my clock, then I would automatically have my clock rate and rise-fall rate sync up. So when I made the comment earlier in the video that "I'd like the timing of the rampage to match my clock" I should have been thinking "Then use the Rampage as your clock".
This is really lovely and very helpful. You're a great teacher.
Thank you so much. That's very kind.
What a great video! I'm doing my homework...
Thanks for your vids, man. Nicely done.
This sounds wonderful! Great stuff!
this is so fucking good.... omg its introspective and angelical, and some dark in there. thanks! :)
Thank you so much. Really! I appreciate it.
this was awesome ! please do more of the same !!! :)
This video is awesome! Thanks!
amazing harmonic amazing !
oh, sounds beautiful !!
Wow. Thank you for this.
just downloaded the software today, itd very fun to rebuild this but if l up the drive as high as yours i get s weird wobbly overdrive and the single voices dont come trough as clean as in your video.. i feel like it only happens when i the 2 voices trigger the same note... i will finish the patch tomorrow maybe ill find out myself. lovely sounds mate!!
Aww man thanks so much for your videos! really well explained and every module is properly explained! been following religiously all the way from Italy :) and trying to watch the videos in order not to miss things.. actually I can't wait to finally catch up! I just have one question for this episode: What modules are those visualizer things that you are using? thanks!
I'll have to check when I get home from work, but it's one of the scope modules.
Great explanation! Now for the homework...
looking forward to a play after work ;-)
It's awesome , you have a video for make industrial fx ?
Subd because of this vid thank you
What is that reverb module with green knobs? Sick patch btw.
autodafe reverb! you can get it in the free autodafe pack here: www.autodafe.net/free-stuff/autodafe-module-pack-for-vcv-rack.html
The pack also has a really awesome sequencer :)
VCV Noob here. Following along but can't find the AS 8-channel mixer in the plugin library. Is it still supported? Oh, and yes, amazing tutorial! You are a great teacher.
Try seaching for "AS" on the VCV website. The author is Alfredo Santamaria and there are around 46,000 downloads. The actual mixer name is "AS Mixer8ch". Hope that helps.
@@connor991 , you are my hero for today! Thanks a lot!
Cough.. cough.. feeling a little wonky. Looks like I will have to stay home today. What to do...
ua-cam.com/video/gOiPfttsfAg/v-deo.html
You sound a little like that guy on the Taofledermaus channel (if a bit younger 😄). He experiments with things too: the weirdest and gnarliest SHOTGUN SLUG designs ever known! 😆😆😊
Nice! I'll have to check him out. And thanks for thinking I'm the younger one ;-)
Thanks a lot, ive been looking for a tutorial like this, Very informative. My only question is, Is there a reason why you used 3 clocks instead of just one and plugging everything there?
I wanted the 3 different voices to interact with each other in weird, unpredictable ways. I didn't want the 3 voices synch'd to the same clock, so each voice swells in and out in time with a different clock.
Great video, too many by others gloss over the details.
What if I want to trigger it with an external midi instrument? But just start it off and then let it modulate while I play over it
Is it just me or did the Turing Machine get removed from the software ??
I don't think so because I'm working on a new path right now with 3 Turing Machines.
@@modularcuriosity I managed to find it, I also followed this video step by step and my result sounds nothing like yours :( lol Either way I love your channel and you are helping me massively in terms of learning modular and what cables go where so thank you
where can I get all those modules?
vcvrack.com/plugins.html - heaps of free modules here!
the clippppppinggggg
Thanks!!
what this visual component called please?
those quantum modules isn't free, how can I get it for free or find any replace to it?
The Quantum Quantizer is from the ML Modules library which is still free. I can see how people would confuse it with the Quantum Multiverse modules which do cost $15. But it's actually a module named "Quantum" which comes in the ML Modules library.
@@modularcuriosity THANK YOUUUUU, JESUS I'M DUMB. I LOVE YOU MAN
@@luthfanakbar6842 No worries. :-) Have fun.
cannot follow this, even the first module is missing when I just downloaded VCV
Some of the modules have changed between the time I filmed this and the new 1.0 version (we're actually on 1.1.4 now so it's still changing) SO any Mixer should work in place of teh AS Mixer I used last year. Any simple clock should work for the clock and so on. But the core modules like the Turing machine are still there. You will, however, need to download all the free modules from the library page of the VCV Rack web page.
I hope that helps.
ohyez...
Happy new year, guys! I've only just discovered your channel this afternoon! Can you give any introductory tips regarding VCV? If any of you guys would like to do a split, mix, chat, or just have fun making music and sounds; here is a link to the channel the kids & i work on from time to time: Soundcloud.com/jodymcdougle
I understand it used the same scale but how is it in the same key?
Think of it as each voice sharing one of the notes of a chord. In fact, if I eliminated the 4th it would be a Cm7 chord. I just added that 4th because it adds a nice passing tone. Since each voice is limited to only use those 5 notes they're essentially building different inversions of the same chord. So it's not even really "the same key", it may be better to think of it as "the same chord, but with different voices in different octaves."
but how is it in tune?
Ah, I think I see. The quantizers are taking the control voltage from the Turing machine (which could be any note in any key) and it limits them to the closest of the notes I've selected. So when I selected C, Eb,F,G, Bb in the quantizer that maps the input of the quantizer to the output notes I've selected. This works because modular synths are based on a 1 volt per octave range where the integer volts (1v, 2v, 3v etc) are all C notes. So that bottom note in the quantizer is literally saying "allow all the C notes through and if I get a voltage which is a little bit off like 1.1volts then move it to the closest note I've selected, which would be 1 volt or C" Now, if a note comes in in another octave, such as 3.12 volts the quantizer will push it to 3 volts which is a C, but 2 octaves up from the 1 volt C. I hope that helps.
Great episode! Here's my patch made with mainly Vult modules ua-cam.com/video/2hr9hTlcalw/v-deo.html