Creating a slowly evolving ambient background Voice | Tutorial for VCV Rack 2

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Based on the background voice that I created for the Urban Meanderings patch ( • Urban Meanderings | Ge... ), this tutorial shows step by step how that slowly evolving ambient background voice was constructed in VCV Rack 2
Modules used in this patch:
- Impromptu Twelve-Key
- Bogaudio Offset
- Bogaudio LVCO
- VCV Sequential Switch 4 to 1
- VCV Octave
- VCV Merge
- Bogaudio FM-OP
- FLAG Prodigal Son
- Surge XT VCF (Filter)
- NYSTHI Hot Tuna
- MindMeld MixMasterJr
- Surge XT Reverb 2
- VCV Audio
- Instruō øchd (Instruo Ochd)
- Audible Instruments Bernoulli Gate
- Bogaudio S&H (Sample and Hold)
Final patch available at: patchstorage.com/slowly-evolv...
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__ Setup __
- VCV Rack 2.4.0 on Windows
- Audio and video captured by OBS
- Video editing in DaVinci Resolve 18.5
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__Chapters__
00:00 Intro
00:28 Building note sequence
02:15 Add FM-OP voice
03:33 Add Reverb
04:49 Adding low frequencies
05:35 Modulating the FM-OP
08:35 Add Prodigal Son voice
10:03 Filter Prodigal Son
10:53 Modulating the Filter
12:57 Sample and Hold modulation
16:20 Modulating Prodigal Son
17:43 Moving root notes
18:16 Outro

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  • @FlagAudio
    @FlagAudio10 ай бұрын

    Love seeing Prodigal Son in the wild! Thanks for the smooth tones!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks! And thanks for the great modules, I love playing with them in in the wild 😉

  • @bmuxbeats
    @bmuxbeats2 ай бұрын

    Awesome patch - everything was explained in detail. Thank you so much making me much more familiar with the techniques of modular synths. 👌🏻💯

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    2 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @ryanpemberton7056
    @ryanpemberton705610 ай бұрын

    Have been watching your videos for a while, really enjoying the music and wishing I understood the patching techniques you're using. I was hoping for some tutorials from you and so I'm stoked to see this. I learnt a lot and would love to see you do more! Thank you!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you, I'm glad you got something out of the tutorial. I may create some tutorials in the future, but I'm very much still in the phase of learning and experimenting with VCV/modular myself. So it will probably be only sporadically that I end up with a part of a patch that's interesting enough to become a standalone tutorial.

  • @markusfrber1515
    @markusfrber15158 ай бұрын

    The tutorial again is excellent, very clear and detailed. The techniques shown are very modular. Thanks for that - I'm looking forward to more.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it 😊

  • @bwackv
    @bwackv10 ай бұрын

    I'm new to music and slowly learning with VCV. My goal right now is to make ambient tracks. Your tutorial, which I just finished, was so helpful. I really appreciate your pacing and that you explain each and every step, presuming nothing. Thank you! Also, I enjoy listening to your music.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you, it's great to hear that you found the tutorial helpful.

  • @X4n1c
    @X4n1c7 ай бұрын

    omg!!! this is such a beauty!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    7 ай бұрын

    You're welcome :-)

  • @deanmoore7239
    @deanmoore72398 ай бұрын

    Awesome tutorial, thank you. Just found your channel, looking forward to delving into your videos.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks, glad you liked it.

  • @MikeUIibarri
    @MikeUIibarri9 ай бұрын

    Excellent! Thank you for sharing your patch!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you, my pleasure 😉

  • @Kyoshi2012
    @Kyoshi20129 ай бұрын

    Love this fat wavsound.. thnx for the trouble! Patch works like a charm too!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad you like it, and that everything worked :-)

  • @MarkusAliasCmn
    @MarkusAliasCmn10 ай бұрын

    brilliant patch, and very well explained. thanks a lot.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Happy to hear you liked it.

  • @greghawley7852
    @greghawley78526 ай бұрын

    Very nice. Thanks for taking the time to walk the world through this. Helpful!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful 😊

  • @melkesedek
    @melkesedek10 ай бұрын

    I learned a lot! Thanks for a very good tutorial

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I'm glad that it was helpful.

  • @chitlun
    @chitlun8 ай бұрын

    This is excellent sir!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you kindly!

  • @humn_error
    @humn_error8 ай бұрын

    Really good tutorial, thanks!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    8 ай бұрын

    My pleasure :-)

  • @UnbekanntesSubjekt
    @UnbekanntesSubjekt7 ай бұрын

    Love it. Great explanations. Just entered the world of ambient modular synth sounds and I'm fascinated.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    7 ай бұрын

    Great to hear!

  • @zamphzibaha
    @zamphzibaha6 ай бұрын

    This was great, thank you far an excellent tutorial

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    6 ай бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @kolute
    @kolute10 ай бұрын

    Very cool patch Thx !

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad you like it!

  • @alkadroid
    @alkadroid5 ай бұрын

    brill tutorial thanks

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    5 ай бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @AlexVonBrandenburg87
    @AlexVonBrandenburg879 ай бұрын

    Großartig :D Gute Arbeit.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    9 ай бұрын

    Danke!

  • @AstrosX_official
    @AstrosX_official6 ай бұрын

    amazing patch , i did it right now and the ammount of flow , peace and calmness going trough my room is amazing

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    6 ай бұрын

    Enjoy 😉

  • @TinyMaths
    @TinyMaths10 ай бұрын

    Wow, the transition at about the 10-minute mark was beautiful.. the way it went from harsh to resonant; love the resulting sound at around 10:34. Stumbled on VCV rack about 5 years ago. Because I was a noob and didn't spend much time with it and had no idea what I was really doing, I dropped it; I didn't realize it could sound so good in the right hands...

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I've had a couple of failed attempts at getting into and understanding sound synthesis in the past. It's only when I discovered VCV earlier this year that it finally clicked. A large part of that is also due to the fact that a lot of good VCV tutorials have been added to KZread over the last few years. The channel by Omri Cohen is (with good reason) usually the first thing mentioned on forums 🙂

  • @airstrike5062
    @airstrike50626 ай бұрын

    this was tremendously helpful, thanks for sharing. I appreciate it's not easy to record yourself and put "instructions" out there, but believe me, this is super valuable!!! thanks again

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Glad it was helpful.

  • @jrev4228
    @jrev422810 ай бұрын

    Love your music, mesmerizing. I've just started with VCV rack, and was looking for some beginner friendly tutorials. This was instructive, concise and very well delivered. Hope you will do more. Thanks again for sharing.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words. It's a fine line between giving too much and too little detail in a tutorial, good to hear you got something out of it.

  • @anatrax8
    @anatrax88 ай бұрын

    Bravo pour ce tutoriel très doux. C'est très appréciable d'avoir autant de précisions techniquement pointues mises en application de manière si progressive et esthétique. Le tout pour un résultat fabuleux car cette nappe sonore peut être un excellent point de départ pour dessiner la toile de fond de nos histoires musicales. Un grand merci.

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you! It's indeed a technique that I usually apply when I want an unobtrusive backdrop on which other voices can be layered.

  • @markus_knoedel
    @markus_knoedel8 ай бұрын

    Great!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @QuantumSynths1
    @QuantumSynths19 ай бұрын

    Really interesting tutorials. I’d like to see more of them if you are so inclined. :-)

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I plan the occasional one every now and again when I think that something I used in a patch might be a good idea to build a tutorial video around. And the hope is that I keep finding inspiration for patches that seem to contain good ideas ;-)

  • @LuisTorres-qz5kr
    @LuisTorres-qz5kr10 ай бұрын

    Great patch, thanks for sharing. Is there a way to apply a random selection (module) for the note on the Twelve-Key? Thank you!

  • @not-things

    @not-things

    10 ай бұрын

    One way to randomize the notes coming out of the Twelve-Key would be to use a Sample and Hold module, send that through a quantizer and connect the result to the CV input of the Twelve-Key. Each time the Sample and Hold module gets triggered to change to a new value, also send that trigger to the Gate input of the Twelve-Key (so that it reads the input CV), and the output CV of the Twelve-Key will now send out what was received on the CV input. But if there would not be a need to also be able to select the notes manually on the Twelve-Key, you can also leave it out of the patch all together and use the quantized S&H output as new input CV for the rest of the patch. If you want to be able to have more control over the range of notes that comes out of the Sample and Hold, and in which octave(s) they are generated, you can put another Offset module between the Sample and Hold and the Quantize module, and use its Scale knob to control the range and the Offset knob to specify in which octave(s) they should be.

  • @LuisTorres-qz5kr

    @LuisTorres-qz5kr

    10 ай бұрын

    @@not-things Thank you very much for the response to my question, much appreciated! These details certainly help, I will give it a try.

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