Ebb and flood: a modular bio-modeling of the tide

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"Tides and music have a lot in common. Hydrographers decompose tides into their “harmonic” constituents and investigate how ocean basins 'resonate' with certain oscillations, while anthropologists and historians explore how tides have shaped the “rhythms” of social existence (Ancient Hawaiians, for instance, synchronized their daily lives to the tides by singing chants to the moon).

In this video, I recreate some of the complex forces behind the tides, by using precisely-calibrated oscillators, adders, and other modules. I then use this 'bio-model' to drive two musical patches – the first in VCV Rack, the second in Eurorack.

0:00 Patch 1: Harmony of the Tides (VCV Rack)
4:10 Patch 2: Lunisolar voices (VCV Rack + Eurorack)

A few books were useful (and inspiring) for this project:
Jonathan White, Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean (2017); Rachel Carson’s classics, The Sea Around Us (1951) and The Edge of the Sea (1955); and Paul Schureman, Manual of Harmonic Analysis and Prediction of Tides (1958)

Credits for photos of Bosham at low tide: Alan Markham amnd "diamond geezer" on Flickr."

New Modules \ July 2025

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 132991224

Here you can find the document of tips and tricks - / 119073839

4ms XOX - 00:00
Nexus - 04:12
Lowstepper - 07:47
Singuine - 10:24
MC1 - 13:31
HetrickCV Shaper - 14:00
Teknological - 14:33"

How to use the LFOxEG from SurgeXT in VCV Rack

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find this patch, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 131668747
Here you can find the document of tips and tricks - / 119073839

Introduction - 00:00
Basics - 00:24
Rhythmic sequence - 04:16
Sequence shape - 10:13
One shot sequence - 19:20
Bass - 24:49"

"Space Lullaby" by John 4

video upload by Don Cross

"'Space Lullaby' - a VCV Rack patch created and performed by John 4."

Venom 3D modules | Creatively Morphing Between Signals

video upload by Omri Cohen

You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 131595562
Here you can find the document of tips and tricks - / 119073839

Introduction - 00:00
Pan 3D - 00:24
Cross Fade 3D - 06:53
CV - 11:54
Audio Rate - 14:06"

Exploring pinging techniques

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find this patch, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 130856747
Here you can find the document of tips and tricks - / 119073839

Introduction - 00:00
Basic concept - 00:12
Triggers vs Gates - 03:58
Using CV - 05:17
Twin Peaks - 10:16
Resonators - 15:39
Phaser - 22:36
Horus - 25:21"

The only multi-tap delay you need / Sapphire X Omri Cohen Echo

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / patches-from-131092911

Introduction - 00:00
Basic functionality - 00:31
Chord example - 03:59
Pad clip - 08:12
Reverse Flip Freeze - 09:18
Serial vs Parallel - 14:18
Flute clip - 17:31
Send Return ENV - 18:32
Guitar clip - 23:22
Misc - 24:23"

ALM MUM M8 Now Available in VCV Rack

video upload by ALM TV

"The VCV MUM M8 brings our unique MUM M8 low pass filter into VCV. The MUM M8 is based on the 'switched capacitor' filter design used in the classic Akai S950 12 bit sampler with the addition of resonance, voltage control, clipped saturation and a dedicated VCA. Here we take a look at some patches showcasing the unique sound and features of the module.

The VCV version provides a realistic sounding emulation of the hardware module’s features with the addition of an optional clock noise setting producing increased bleed like a poorly calibrated hardware MUM M8.

The original motivation for the MUM M8 came from discussing filters in classic samplers with the artist Jack Adams – aka Mumdance. Jack suggested investigating the S950’s filter well known for its use in classic early jungle and hardcore. From that point onward Jack provided inspiration, help and feedback in the development of the filter. Big up Mumdance."

VCV New Modules \ June 2025

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 130073915
Here you can find the document of tips and tricks - / 119073839

00:00 - Introduction
Octa - 00:05
Word Generator - 04:21
Logical Audio - 06:37
Venom - 09:17
Cella and JW - 14:02"

Build your own looping station / Memory System Mega Tutorial

video upload by Omri Cohen

"Here you can find the memory modules - https://library.vcvrack.com/Stochasti...

You can find a few of the patches from this video, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 129682009

00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Basics
04:21 - Sound on sound
09:01 - Generative looping
14:32 - Guitar example
16:00 - Fixation
19:33 - With chords
22:35 - Glitch
27:19 - Pulsar 23 example
27:54 - V/OCT
29:45 - Delay
33:24 - Brainwash"

Techno with VCV Rack and Pulsar 23

video upload by Omri Cohen

"In this one, I'm using VCV Rack to sequence the Pulsar 23 via Midi. I have a couple of additional voices in VCV, and I process the Pulsar 23 as well. The visuals are coming from the Lowfat Milk module."

Additional resources: https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

Patch from scratch with the Befaco Bandit

video upload by Omri Cohen

"Here you can find the document of tips and tricks - / 119073839

You can find this patch, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 129021825

00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Envelopes on different bands
08:53 - Mixing
16:38 - Audio rate modulation
23:21 - Send/return"

Ambient with VCV Rack and Pulsar 23

video upload by Omri Cohen

"In this one, I'm using VCV Rack to process the different voices of the Soma Pulsar 23 synthesizer. I'm sequencing Pulsar 23 with its own clock and Shaos modules. I also have a few voices in VCV, and the visuals are coming from the Lowfat Milk module."

Additional resources: https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

Sound-Design with Recurse by Venom

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 128357889
Here you can find the document of tips and tricks - / 119073839

00:00 - Introduction
00:20 - About Recurse
02:31 - With a filter
06:51 - CV sources
10:38 - Audio rate"

New VCV Rack Modules \ May 2025

video upload by Omri Cohen

00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - Cognitive Shift
04:48 - Ondas
08:13 - HetrickCV
11:40 - SicoZell
14:53 - Moffenzeef

"You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 127975191

Additional resources: https://www.patreon.com/omricohen"

Composing with Fibonacci - Patch from scratch

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find this patch, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / 127280590"

00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - Chord
07:21 - Bass
14:38 - FM-OP
20:42 - Noise
26:27 - Glitch
30:29 - Drums

West Coast Synthesis

video upload by 4ms Company

Patch notes via the 4ms MetaModule forum:

External Audio Path:
-Audio main output on ch. 1 and ch. 2

Internal Audio Path:
-Two VCOs are entangled with their audio outputs mapped to one another’s FM inputs.
-Each oscillator then goes into its own wavefolder.
-The wavefolder’s both have a dedicated lowpass gate.
-The low pass gates are fed into a VCA for volume modulation
-Each VCA is then sent into a stereo mixer
-The stereo mix feeds into two spring reverb units for Left and Right.
-A limiter is placed on the output for master volume control and clip protection

Internal CV Path:
-Free running random voltage generators are fed into a dedicated CV mixer for each VCO.
-The random voltage amount and crossmodulation are mixed with another to create a 1v/octave signal for the VCOs.
-The trigger outputs of each random voltage generator ping the lowpass gates.
-The random voltages go into a full wave rectifier and are used as CV signals for the two VCAs: this creates random volume fluctuations for each channel.

Metamodule knob mappings:
A - VCO 1 Frequency
B - VCO 2 Frequency
C - VCO 1 Random CV
D - VCO 2 Random CV
E - Random rate 1
F - Random rate 2
U - Random 1 crossmodulation
V - Random 2 crossmodulation
W - VCO crossmodulation
X - Wavefold
Y - Decay time
Z - Random shape

Everything gates with Gate Math from Synthesizers.com

video upload by Omri Cohen

"Here you can find the fixed rack - https://patchstorage.com/synthesizers...
The other patch examples are available on my Patreon page - / 126283522

00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Basic functionality
06:07 - Random triggers
09:04 - Sequences
13:35 - Drums
16:09 - Fixed rack
17:44 - Fixed rack examples"

3 ways of sequencing VCV Rack with Harmony Bloom

video upload by Omri Cohen

00:00 - Introduction
00:33 - With VCV Pro
02:42 - With VCV Host
05:18 - With Midi clips

Additional resources: https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

Moffenzeef VCV Tutorial 11: Bad Idea #9

video upload by Møffenzeef Mødular