SUPERBOOTH 2024: 4ms - MetaModule

video upload by sonicstate

"At Superbooth 2024, Dan Green from 4MS unveiled the highly anticipated MetaModule*, a groundbreaking module that brings virtual software patches to Eurorack hardware. Designed to merge the benefits of software and hardware, the *MetaModule features over 160 built-in modules, including popular offerings from Mutable Instruments and various third-party companies like Vogue Audio and Chowdhury DSP. It's possible to import further modules using the plug-in system, so the system can keep growing.

What sets the MetaModule apart is its ability to seamlessly integrate with VCV Rack*, a free open-source software platform for Eurorack virtual environments. Users can create patches on their computer and easily transfer them to the *MetaModule via SD card or USB stick, allowing for a versatile and tactile experience.

MetaModule Price: 649 USD"

The MetaModule from 4ms Company

You might remember the MetaModule from this previous post.

Press release follows:

The MetaModule puts real knobs and jacks on virtual software modules. It lets you step back from the computer and make music with hardware, while keeping all the benefits and flexibility of software plugins.

Ships with 165 Modules
The MetaModule is a eurorack module with over 160 built-in modules from 4ms Company, Befaco, HetrickCV, Nonlinearcircuits, and Eightfold, plus clones of popular classics such as the Mutable Instruments modules, fun physical modeling algorithms, and lots of handy utilities.
All of the included modules are also available on the computer using the free program VCV Rack. Whether you make patches on VCV Rack and transfer them to the MetaModule, or if you just create patches directly on the MetaModule, there are plenty of creative modules to inspire new ways to make music.

MetaModule Plugins
If the built-in module aren’t enough, you can load more modules as plugins. Already there are over 200 modules in third-party plugins from Bogaudio, Valley, ChowDSP, NANO Modular, and the list is growing.
We have an SDK available to make it easy for VCV Rack plugin developers to convert their plugin to a MetaModule plugin. Our licensing terms are non-restrictive: developers are welcome to distribute their plugin in any way they wish, commercially or not.

Mapping Knobs and Jacks
The MetaModule has 12 knobs that can be mapped to virtual knobs. Each knob can be mapped to up eight virtual knobs, and each mapping can have a different range and offset. You also can save a group of mappings as a Knob Set and switch between Knob Sets with the encoder. You also can map the 8 inputs and 8 outputs to virtual module jacks.
Also, the MetaModule is a USB MIDI host, so you also can map MIDI CC, note, gate, and other parameters to knobs and jacks.

Expanders
There are lots of ways to customize your MetaModule. A Wifi expander allows you to wirelessly transfer patches from your computer. Add eight more knobs with the Knob expander, or buttons with the Button expander. A CV/Audio expander adds more high-resolution inputs and outputs, and the Gate In/Out expander adds not only gate jacks but also TRS MIDI and I2C.

Under the Hood
There are six CV/Audio inputs, two gate inputs, and six CV/Audio outputs. The CV/Audio jacks are all 24-bit, 48kHz DC-coupled, -10V to +10V. A USB-C jack accepts MIDI devices and thumb drives. Patches and plugins can be loaded via a USB drive or SD Card, and internal flash memory lets you save patches you always want to come back to.

The processor is more advanced than anything 4ms has used yet, and is among the most powerful processors found in Eurorack. It uses a dual-core Cortex-A7 running at 800Mhz, with a Cortex-M4 co-processor. There is 512MB of fast DDR3 RAM. It runs bare-metal without an OS, so startup time and latency are blazingly fast.

Retail availability: August 27, 2024
Price: $649 (USD)

Easel Chapter - Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People

video upload by Todd Barton

"Every Buchlaphile and especially Easel owners must read this enlightening and exciting chapter by Ted Gordon @ted_gordon on Instagram
https://www.routledge.com/Modular-Syn..."

"Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People brings together scholars, artists, composers, and musical instrument designers in an exploration of modular synthesis, an unusually multifaceted musical instrument that opens up many avenues for exploration and insight, particularly with respect to technological use, practice, and resistance.

Through historical, technical, social, aesthetic, and other perspectives, this volume offers a collective reflection on the powerful connections between technology, creativity, culture, and personal agency. Ultimately, this collection is about creativity in a technoscientific world and speaks to issues fundamental to our everyday lives and experiences, by providing insights into the complex relationships between content creators, the technologies they use, and the individuals and communities who design and engage with them.

With chapters covering VCV Rack, modular synthesis, instrument design, and the histories of synthesizer technology, as well as interviews with Dave Rossum, Corry Banks, Meng Qi, and Dani Dobkin, among others, Modular Synthesis is recommended reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and practitioners of electronic music and music technology.

Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license."

Befaco MIDI Thing V2 - Web Editor

video upload by Befacosynth

"MIDI Thing V2 is a flexible MIDI to CV converter. Allowing polyphonic notes handling, envelope and LFO generation as well as all available MIDI messages to be converted into CV.
This is a huge upgrade from our previous beloved MIDI Thing, which adds a screen for easy configuration, 12 assignable ports, TRS, USB Host and Device, MIDI merge OUT, a web configuration tool, and a VCV rack bridge counterpart."

Befaco MIDI Thing V2 features + VCV Rack Bridge

video upload by Befacosynth

00:34 Controls
01:08 Global menu
01:47 New Voice
02:26 Add a clock
03:28 Add to Voice
03:41 Control Chance (CCs)
04:55 Adding Gates
05:32 Drum Voices
06:33 Internal Oscilator
08:49 USB Host for external controllers
09:45 VCV Rack Bridge

"MIDI Thing V2 is a flexible MIDI to CV converter. Allowing polyphonic notes handling, envelope and LFO generation as well as all available MIDI messages to be converted into CV.

This is a huge upgrade from our previous beloved MIDI Thing, which adds a screen for easy configuration, 12 assignable ports, TRS, USB Host and Device, MIDI merge OUT, a web configuration tool, and a VCV rack bridge counterpart."

DX7 controlled by CV? Only in the virtual world

video upload by Ariel Raguet

"Arturia DX7 VST in VCV Rack controlled by a polyphonic sequencer for notes and gates, three LFO's and 19 random generators for many DX7 parameters.

Ariel Raguet

Buenos Aires, 2024/04/27

JW-Modules/SimpleClock
JW-Modules/NoteSeq16
Core/AudioInterface2
VCV-Host/Host-XL
VCV-Host/Host-FX
Valley/Plateau
AS/DelayPlusStereoFx
Bogaudio/Bogaudio-Walk
Bogaudio/Bogaudio-LLFO
Fundamental/Mut

Arturia DX7 VST
LoudMax Brickwall VST
https://loudmax.blogspot.com/"

Ambient in VCV Rack with Penta \ SurgeXT \ Guitar

video upload by Omri Cohen

"Consider joining our community on Patreon and Discord - https://www.patreon.com/omricohen
Want to learn Modular Synthesis? have a look here - https://bit.ly/learnmodular
Interested in more patching techniques and ideas? Have a look here - https://bit.ly/3o1Q3Sg"

Ambient with Biset Tree\FM-OP\Dark Energy\SurgeXT\Instruo\Flute

video upload by Omri Cohen

"I'm supposed to be on Easter vacation with the kids, but after playing a bit with Tree from Biset, I had to record something with it... Basically, it will generate sequences according to the growth and movement of branches, and I use it polyphonically to sequence an FM-OP and Dark Energy.

I added a bass with a couple of modules from Instruo, and another melody line with another chain with VCV modules and a bit of SurgeXT.

I also had to play my flute to this a bit, so I processed it with Prince Of Perception, Nimbus (Clouds), and a rind modulator following the pitch of the flute.

To this I added some noises with the Befaco Noise Plethora module.

Other than VCV Rack, I used the Wavesfactory Cassette VST for adding some analog feel, and the Valhalla Delay and Supermassive."

https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

Bank Transfer Between VCV Pamela's PRO Workout & Hardware

video upload by ALM TV

"This video details the process of transferring banks between Pamela's PRO Workout in VCV Rack and the hardware module, making it possible to replicate patches from the virtual world in your system and vice versa. VCV's context menu options ‘Export backup’ and ‘Import backup’ work with the standard Pam PRO backup files, making transferring saved banks work in either direction.

Note, for bank transfer to work properly the firmware versions between the VCV and hardware Pam's must match. To display the FW version in VCV see the 'info' section in the context menu. We reccomend making a backup copy of the bank files before transferring."

Nano Modules VCV Random - Review

video upload by Molten Music Technology

"An interesting protrusion of software into hardware, VCV Random pulls a stock module out of VCV Rack and makes it a reality. The result is a delightful generator of randomness with four flavours.
Nano Modules sent me this module for review but have no say in the outcome."

Index:
Intro - 0:00
Demo of the four outputs - 4:17
The Sliders - 8:42
Trigger Out - 18:55
Dualling with outputs - 21:05
Modulation - 25:14
Sample & Hold - 28:03
Clocking and probability - 29:09
Conclusions - 33:03

Ambient with VCV Rack

video upload by Omri Cohen

"This is something I've been working on in the last few days. I started with a drone and some textures, and slowly added more voices to it, experimenting with sound-design in VCV Rack.
The whole idea started with a few Panther Cap modules, recording and mangling an FM-OP voice.
Other than VCV Rack, I used the Wavesfactory Cassette VST for adding some analog feel, and the Valhalla Delay and Supermassive."

https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

The first VCV Rack hardware module!!! \ VCV Random by Nano

video upload by Omri Cohen

00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Basic functionality
05:26 - Random control
08:30 - Track and Hold
10:46 - Sampling LFOs
13:13 - Internal feedback
15:22 - Noise source with a filter and level control
17:00 - Adding probability to external gates
17:59 - Gate to trigger converter

Consider joining our community on Patreon and Discord - https://www.patreon.com/omricohen
Want to learn Modular Synthesis? have a look here - https://bit.ly/learnmodular
Interested in more patching techniques and ideas? Have a look here - https://bit.ly/3o1Q3Sg

What if VCV Rack was real? // VCV Random by NANO Modules

video upload by DivKid

"In an interesting full circle turn of events, VCV Rack that emulates Eurorack hardware how now come to life as Eurorack hardware in the new VCV Random module from NANO Modules.

VCV Random is a Eurorack hardware version of the VCV Rack Random software module. It's a flexible and modulate-able multi output random generator with some novel features, namely, a step shape control that adds increasing numbers of steps between random values and a 'RND' crossfade control that crossfades the sampling of internal noise and the output. The latter resulting in a unique way to control voltage changes per step and one that can modulate over time.

Info, manual and more // https://nano-modules.com/vcv-random/

Download the VCV patch for free (or pay what you want) here // https://divkid.gumroad.com/l/vcvrandom"

VCV Rack Relaxing patch

video upload by Ariel Raguet

aar_drone_027

2024 02 25

Very melodic random patch with some automated visual changes.

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Meta Morph : Eigenharp plugin for VCV Rack

video upload by TheTechnobear

"Today, I'm releasing Meta Morph for macOS, a vcv rack plugin for connecting your eigenharp.

no additional software is required, just VCV Rack and this plugin.
(EigenD does NOT need to be installed )

This is a brief video showing this vcv rack plugin, and how it can be used.

more information including how to download can be found here:
https://community.polyexpression.com/...

Support my development efforts via KoFI :
https://ko-fi.com/thetechnobear"

Zonoxious Deep Dive Part 1: Project background & Frontend with VCV Rack

video upload by Ultratroninator 3000

"The initial video in a deep dive series provides background info and details how the Zoxnoxious analog synthesizer works. The focus is on the frontend, VCV Rack, and getting the signals required to run the synthesizer from VCV Rack out to a Raspberry Pi.

Project code and docs: https://github.com/brer-rabbit/zoxnox..."

Zonoxious Deep Dive Part 2: Raspberry Pi Gadget Mode with 54 audio channels + MIDI

video upload by Ultratroninator 3000

"This second deep dive video on the Zoxnoxious synth goes into detail on the Raspberry Pi's gadget mode. The Zoxnoxious synth receives 54 control voltages as USB Audio and also USB MIDI for commands. This video shows how that is setup and used. To show the Pi gadget mode working I pull in VCV Rack and roundtrip signals from a host computer to the Pi."

Pam PRO Sync Guide

video upload by ALM TV

"Here we take a look at numerous ways to sync Pamela's PRO Workout with other hardware and software including syncing two Pams, external Din Sync, MIDI clock, LFO BPM modulation, the Pam Sync DAW plugin, and finally syncing the virtual Pam PRO in VCV Rack.

In general most forms of sync expect a standard 24PPQN clock and Run 'Din Sync' type signal set for the Clk and Run inputs. These settings can be changed from Pam's BPM menu to accomodate other common clock PPQN speeds and Run or Reset signals to align with the sync signals produced by other hardware devices."

3 VCV Rack Collections to Explore in 2024

video upload by Omri Cohen

"All the patches from this video are available on my Patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patches...
Here is the video about the Rhythm Explorer - [posted here]

Biset - https://library.vcvrack.com/Biset
Patchable Devices - https://library.vcvrack.com/Patchable...
Venom - https://library.vcvrack.com/Venom

00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - Biset
02:24 - Patchable Devices
04:57 - Venom"

ALM VCV Patches

video upload by ALM TV

"Here we demo the full lineup of ALM VCV modules including Pamela’s PRO Workout, Tyso Daiko, MFX and our bundle of free modules in a variety of different patches.

All modules featured are available now to purchase from the VCV Rack store, including the Pam PRO, MFX and Tyso Daiko alongside our FREE collection that includes the MCO, Pip Slope, Beast’s Chalkboard, Tangle Quartet and O/A/x2.

Create simple clocked triggers, complex rhythmic waveforms, quantized melodic patterns or random chaos with the Pamela's PRO Workout, access a multitude of classic hardware effects processors with the MFX, and generate classic 12-bit digital wavetable drum voices via the ‘Tyso Daiko’.

Download the latest update of the VCV Pam PRO to share and back up banks with the hardware version. The new context menu options ‘Export backup’ and ‘Import backup’ act like the standard presets in VCV but can be loaded from a hardware Pamela’s PRO Workout.

For more info please visit: https://busycircuits.com/vcv/ To purchase visit: https://library.vcvrack.com/?brand=AL..."

Generative Glitch VCV Rack 2 Patch

video upload by DATABROTH