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Your Pal Rob
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Everything I make is free through my Ko-fi page.
The Beauty of Mathematics Part 1 // Math in VCV Rack
A brief description of prime sequences and calculating pitches in Hertz; what these mean and how you can use them. Includes examples of sounds.
Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob
You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/
Download the spreadsheet here: ko-fi.com/s/21f4547117
You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/
#vcvrack #modularsynth #eurorack #synthesis #audio
Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob
You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/
Download the spreadsheet here: ko-fi.com/s/21f4547117
You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/
#vcvrack #modularsynth #eurorack #synthesis #audio
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Huge Tones & Drones in VCV Rack // Black WaveTable VCO by Erica Synths
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A brief description of The Black WaveTable VCO by Erica Synths; what it is and how you can use it. Includes examples of sounds. Download the example patch here: patchstorage.com/black-wavetable-synth-example-patch/ Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ Check out the other Erica Synths modules here: library.vcvrack.com/EricaCo...
Easy Generative Melodies in VCV Rack || Proteus by Seaside Modular
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A brief description of Proteus by Seaside Modular; what it is and how you can use it. Includes examples of sounds. Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ Check out the other Seaside Modular modules here: library.vcvrack.com/SeasideModular You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ #vcvrack #modularsynth #eurorack #synthesis #audio
Enhance Your Groove With Swing // VCV Rack Tricks
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A brief description of swing; what it is and how you can use it to enhance a groove in VCV Rack. Includes examples of sounds. Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ #vcvrack #modularsynth #eurorack #synthesis #audio
Let's Make Drums In VCV Rack // Part 2
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A brief description of how to make a kick, snare, and hi-hat in VCV Rack; What modules to use and how to use them. Includes examples of sounds and a downloadable patch. Download the example patch here: patchstorage.com/drum-templates/ Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ #vcvrack #modu...
Easy Smooth Chords in VCV Rack // Harmony by Squinktronix
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A brief description of Harmony by Squinktronix; what it is and how you can use it. Includes examples of sounds, and downloadable patches. Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ Check out the other Squinktronix modules here: library.vcvrack.com/squinktronix-plug1 You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ #vcvrack #modularsynth #e...
VCV Rack Quick Tips // 3 Easy Sample Tricks
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A brief description of 3 tricks I use with samples in VCV Rack; How I manipulate samples to quickly and easily generate a patch. Includes examples of sounds, and downloadable patches. Download the samples here: ko-fi.com/s/759bc3174e Download the patches here: ko-fi.com/s/4bbf359f76 Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You c...
The Noise POWER HOUSE // Noise Plethora by Befaco in VCV Rack
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A brief description of Noise Plethora by Befaco; what it is and how you can use it. Includes examples of sounds and a downloadable patch. Download the patch here: patchstorage.com/noise-plethora-example-patch/ Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ Check out the other modules by Befaco here: library.vcvrack.com/Befaco You can ...
VCV Rack Tutorial // Artificial Rainstorm
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A brief description of how to make an artificial rainstorm in VCV Rack; discussion of all modules used and how to connect them. Includes examples of sounds, and a downloadable patch. Download the patch here: patchstorage.com/artificial-storm/ Find my patch collection here: ko-fi.com/s/4bbf359f76 Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob....
Node-Based Sequencing in VCV Rack // Neutrinode by ShaBang! Modules
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A brief description of the Neutrinode by ShaBang! Modules; what it is and how you can use it. Includes examples of sounds. Download the example here: patchstorage.com/neutrinode-example-patch/ Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ Check out all of the ShaBang! Modules here: library.vcvr...
VCV Rack Tutorial // MIDI Playable Polyphonic Synth
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A description of how to make a polyphonic MIDI playable synth in VCV Rack; what it is and how you can use it. Includes examples of sounds and a downloadable patch. Download the patch here: patchstorage.com/midi-playable-synth/ Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ #vcvrack #modularsynth...
A Unique and Powerful Sequencer: Ions by Geodesics
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A brief description of Ions by Geodesics; what it is and how you can use it. Includes example patches and sounds. Download the patch here: patchstorage.com/ions-example-patch/ Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ Check out all of the Geodesics modules here: library.vcvrack.com/Geodesic...
Free VCV Rack Patch: Rainy, Windy City with Cop Sirens and Thunder
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A brief environment patch made for the Built-In Challenge; what it is and how it sounds. Includes the free download. Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob Download the patch here: patchstorage.com/a-night-in-gothem-yourpalrobs-built-in-challenge/ You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ #vcvrack #modularsynth #eurorack #synthe...
Let's Make Drums in VCV Rack Using Only The Stock Modules
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A brief description of how to make a kick, snare, and hi-hat in VCV Rack; What modules to use and how to use them. Includes examples of sounds. Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ #vcvrack #modularsynth #eurorack #synthesis #audio
Stylize Your Patch in VCV Rack: Purfenator by DanT
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A brief description of the Purfenator by DanT; what it is and how you can use it. Includes visual examples. Shout-out to @MiffReal for making this great module. Check out their channel here: www.youtube.com/@MiffReal Lots of free stuff on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/yourpalrob You can find my web-page here: yourpalrob.crd.co/ You can get VCV Rack here: vcvrack.com/ Check out all of the DanT module...
What are Oscillators in Modular Synthesis? VCV Rack Examples
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What are Oscillators in Modular Synthesis? VCV Rack Examples
Samples to Beats in VCV Rack: drumPlayer+ by Sickozell
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Samples to Beats in VCV Rack: drumPlayer by Sickozell
The BoomStick Low-pass Filter by Vult
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The BoomStick Low-pass Filter by Vult
Sequencing Chords: Progress by Hampton Harmonics
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Sequencing Chords: Progress by Hampton Harmonics
Instant Rhythms 2: Polygene by RareBreeds
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Instant Rhythms 2: Polygene by RareBreeds
Ducking in VCV Rack: Sidechain Compression
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Ducking in VCV Rack: Sidechain Compression
Branchable Sequencing: Glass Pane by Path Set
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Branchable Sequencing: Glass Pane by Path Set
Big Sound Small Module: PonyVCO by Befaco
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Big Sound Small Module: PonyVCO by Befaco
Randomize Your Patch: The Bernoulli Gate
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Randomize Your Patch: The Bernoulli Gate
Let's Make a Drone in VCV Rack (Didgeridoo Vibe): Full Tutorial
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Let's Make a Drone in VCV Rack (Didgeridoo Vibe): Full Tutorial
Insanely helpful video, thank you so much. Your other contents also look very solid, definitely gonna check those out as well. KUTGW.
Thank you, @xat9259! I'm glad you found it useful and I appreciate the feedback :) I practice shredding with this synth build a lot lol.
Ok, but how do I do meth in vcv rack?
Haha! With so many free modules, there has to be one for that right?
This is insanely helpful and clear. Thank you!
Thank you for the comment, @burningpaper I'm glad it was useful to you 😁
I’m curious. What calculator are you using? It’s not one I’ve seen before.
Hey James! Thank you for the question. It is the stock calculator that comes with the Kubuntu flavor of Linux 😁
@@yourpalrob Thanks. It’s been a while since I checked out a GNU / Linux distribution. Looks good.
Nice explanation!
Thanks again, @TheVoltar100! 🤘😎
Nice vid! After going through the spreadsheet you missed the big punch line on inputting math to VCV Rack. If you're inputting a voltage and, say, want to go up a semitone in a 1 volt/octave input you can use "+1/12" in the text entry box. Or pick how many steps you want to go up or down and just have it do the math.
Dude!! You're so right. That is the slickest way to use the math input along with calculating pitches. Thank you for pointing that out! I totally missed it lol 😁
I can barely understand this, because I'm not one of _those_ Asians that has a calculator built inside of their heads. 🤣 Solid video as always, dude. It's quite interesting, seeing people do stuffs with those crazy microtonal stuffs.
Lol! Microtonal music is insane. I really enjoy it, but I have such a hard time making it. I'm much better at the "no wrong notes" mentality but I'm locked into 12EDO.
@@yourpalrob Hmm, I wonder how Jazz would sound like with 31EDO. 🤔 31EDO Giant Steps, the Dark Souls of Dark Souls of Jazz.
Haha, you would need a special instrument or the entire band playing trombones.
Type in note letter into osc tuning dial. Thats worth the price of admission! 🤜🤛
It's a great feature! It doesn't work on every oscillator, but all the ones I tried worked fine. 😁
I didn't know you could input expressions in the text fields.. pretty cool! 👍 Can you think of any use for that?
I haven't messed with it much, BUT! If it can take variables, then it could be powerful. You could put like (VCO1 + 300) or something to the tube of that and it would play 300Hz higher than your first VCO. That might be cool!
Awesome work as always bro
Yo CrusaderGeneral! Thanks dude. I appreciate it! 😁
Regarding primes for rhythm, that's a neat method I've not used. How I've used primes is via a clock divider. I have a master clock running at some rate equivalent to the fastest burst or drum fill I want, then divide that down to run sequencers / rhythm generators. I'll take, for instance, a /5 to the drums, and a /7 to the melodic sequencer. The pattern lengths aren't something I've fiddled with, but I sure will now.
Oh! That's a great technique! I'm going to use that lol.
As someone who only ever uses spreadsheets when required by employment, and hasn't had a class on them since the 90s, thank you for the little tips, ie filling in the first 2 cells, and dragging down!
Oooh, I wonder how open the functionality of inputting math on the pitch knob is? Can you input functions? Thinking some backdoor fm, possibly? Will it execute arbitrary code? Lol.
Lol! I haven't messed with it much, but if I had to guess I bet it is pretty open.
Xg
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I call that a "cicada method" cause some sort of cicadas have either a 13 or 17 years development cycle, so their hatching time is possibly not overlapping.
I like that! Cicada's are cool. I think I'll start calling it that too 😁
Stealing this for sure
Nice explanation👍
Thank you, @TheVoltar100! I appreciate all your comments!
I have the eurorack module and it's maybe my favorite sound source! I legit often think about getting several of them and I'm glad VCV rack saved me all that time and money🤣
Haha! They are so nice. I would love to have the physical one. The sound is HUGE! High on my list of modules to get IRL.
Thanks. I really enjoy your videos and always learn something neat.
Thank you, @zamphzibaha! I'm glad you like the videos! I have a good time making them too and I'm happy that people find them useful 😁
Nicely done!
Thank you, @dpbennett! I appreciate the encouragement 😊
I love this VCO ! Cool video you did about it :)
Thank you, @letmefeelthevibes! I like this VCO a lot too. Top 5 on my frequently used list :)
The trouble with these hardware emulation modules is the GAS they give me. "Oooh, this is an awesome module." (Wallet cobwebs)
Haha! So true. Need that GAS therapy after seeing one of these.
Vous êtes vraiment génial👍🏻
Thank you, @TheVoltar100! You're awesome too! 🤘😁
Ha, I did not know this VCO was polyphonic! I just assumed it wasn't because it's really old (I'm fairly sure it was in v06 in about 2019, I haven't used it for years!). I'll have to revisit this so cheers for the tip. My go-to free wavetable VCOs are the Blamsoft and Surge XT ones, and I also use the Morphing Terrarium from the Synthesis Technology premium collection. I'd totally forgotten about this one 😂
Hey, @VirtualModular! Thank you for the comment. Haha! It is pretty old! The hardware version is not polyphonic so I was happy to see that the software one is. Blamsoft and Surge XT have such great modules in their kit. I'll have to make some videos on them. I have the XFX Wave set up for a horror drone and I love it.
@@yourpalrob yep that one can get quite atonal, especially if you mess about with the harmonics. Shame that can't be modulated!
I'd just tried this out, and my only gripe is that the range for the frequency is non-standard instead of Hz, v/oct or 0-1.. when trying to enter a text value, it's not readily apparent what the value will equal in Hz.
You're spot on! I think the tuning is weird too. I always add a tuner when I use the Black WaveTable because the frequency knob is unconventional. If you switch between fine and coarse as well, the manual tuning becomes slightly flat. So odd, but it is kind of a fun quirk I guess. I usually just feed pitches through the v/oct and it ends up working fine 😁
unreal! thanks! and there goes my evening! All for the best! Whats up next, Robbo?
Thank you, @samigumiran6174! I could easily spend an evening with the Black WaveTable VCO too haha. Up next we have a math related video and then I've been working on a big update to the VCVRack Cheat Sheet so I will showcase that. I'm excited for the release! 😁
@yourpalrob Suggested swerve for April fools or whenever you want to have a vid that's way different: 4 hours of you manually tuning a piano, with the only vocals from a noisy tape recorder placed inside the piano, consisting of mumbling and muttering curses. (Distant voice, almost dominated by sympathetic piano vibrations) "Ouch!, stupid f@^*ing wrench." Camera only showing close up of the hammers.
Haha! I just saw this comment. So funny! April fools 2025 here it comes. 🎹
Thanks for another really great video
Thank you, @zamphzibaha!
Your videos keep getting better! Easy to understand, well explained, and always with some creative ideas.
Thank you, @seangarland! I'm glad you've been enjoying the content so far, and thank you again for the support! You rock! 🤘😎
I have a large multi-voice drone patch I've been building with instances of Warp Core (Infrasonic) and Saich (Instruo) at the core. I was looking to breathe some new life into the sound and this video gave me just the inspiration I needed!! I replaced my Warp Cores with the Black Wavetable modules, using Frolic/Glee (Sapphire) modules to modulate the CV inputs. Then out to Valhalla Supermassive (because, of course 🤣🤣 ). It sounds AMAZING!!!
Awesome! That sounds like a great patch, @MeditativeInstruments. Drone patches are so good. I really enjoy listening to evolving ones with swelling harmonics. It sounds like your patch is one like that. Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you liked the video! :)
@@yourpalrob I'm really excited about some of the new changes that have happened in VCV Rack. I make some really large patches, because I use VCV Rack as a DAW for live performance (mic'd acoustic flute w/ VCV drone). I was hovering at 75% CPU usage until a recent update, where suddenly the same patch is running at 34% CPU. I don't know what they optimized, but I like it!! 😇
I noticed that too. I think some of the major modules were updated recently as well to optimize CPU usage. A lot of my big patches are slick now too and I love it. I can add more to them now haha. I've been wanting to try a live setup. Your live flute and drone setup sounds sick! I'm going to try to make something similar but for harmonica.
@@yourpalrob I've been building and incrementally improving a really big patch I call the "RackDAW." It mimics some features of a DAW like Ableton or Bitwig. One of these days I'll get busy and release it on Patchbay with a video on how to use it. The current version is a virtual audio-engineer's console, integrated with the studio microphones (using the VCV Audio-8 module). Microphone arming, transport control, channel & master volume & panning, and manual chord selection is mapped to a LaunchKey49 controller. Mic input, sample recorder, and multiple sample playback thru one "Mic Submixer" (I like the Venom modular mixers). A 2nd 4-channel submixer for background loops & VCV patches is sent to a side-chained compressor (sidechain input from Mic Submixer), then on to a master mixer. All mixer channels controlled by the Launchkey faders & pan/mute controls. The "RackDAW" doesn't make any sounds on its own. It's just the audio engineering infrastructure. I export all my good drone sounds as "Clips" instead of saving them as patches. I run the RackDAW as the actual patch, then import a saved Clip to add a saved soundscape. Clips don't need to be wired to an audio-output module. Instead, I wire them to a Venom 4-channel mixer strip before saving the clip. Then, from within the RackDAW patch, I can simply import the clip I want, wire its output to an open channel, then with the controller keyboard, unmute it and set the volume levels. I use the Record/Play section of the Launchkey's transport control section to manage microphone arming (Record button), loop reset (Stop button), loop clear (Undo button), etc. I like the "Lilac Loop" module for live looping. I plan to make a video of my RackDAW patch and publish it on Patchbay, but at the moment I'm deep in the middle of an audiobook project.
@@yourpalrob yeah man! Do it! Show us what you got!
Once you go black...
Lol! 😂
great stuff as always
Thank you, @mikecurley3070 🤘😁
First!
Thanks!
No problem, @aleksdizhe! Thank you for the comment 😁
@yourpalrob thank u for making video with using only default modules :)) would be great to see more of such videos :)
Right on! I'll totally make some more with just the defaults. In all of my videos, I only use free modules so if you see any you like you can always download them from the VCV Rack Library. 🤘😄
"1:09" perfection achieved
Haha, thank you for the comment, @IwatoHyena!
@@yourpalrob Thank you for your diligent efforts. Years ago, I created a few animation tutorials on my sister channel, iamYork, so I am acutely aware of the significant time investment and the often minimal rewards involved in producing these types of videos. As a hobbyist in modular synthesis, a professional sound designer, and a film editor, I greatly appreciate your articulate and easily comprehensible explanations, which make for a truly enjoyable experience. Your conceptualizations of modules alone inspire numerous ideas for my own setups. Keep up the outstanding work. I am an avid admirer.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it! I've been having a lot of fun making these videos, even though it sometimes takes me a while to create them. It's really nice to know that folks have found them useful 😁. Many more videos to come!
@yourpalrob looking forward to them
Great tutorial! One question - at 9:40, couldn't you connect the Caudal module directly to μMap and just use the offset & scale? Seems redundant to put an offset module and an attenuvertor inbetween.
Thank you for the comment, @AB-wf8ek! You totally can just use the μMap's offset and scale; however, I find the additional attenuverter easier to dial in than the μMap alone. μMap's controls are very sensitive in my experience so having a module with a little more wiggle room helps me. If you want a slick minimal module set up, you should totally skip out on the redundant modules :)
@@yourpalrob Nice, okay just checking if there was something I was missing. Thanks for the reply!
Is this what turning the wet knob all the way up does? 😂
Haha! Yes, 😂
Awesome stuff man! Subscribedddd
Thank you, @psychrockvinyl! I'm glad you like the content so far!
Can make this a sleep machine!
Totally right! It would be a good one with the sounds set to gentle modulations.
For tuning oscillators, if the knob lets you put in a value in Hz when you right click it, you can put in pitches like "E5" and VCV will set the knob to the frequency for that pitch. That right click menu also lets you put in math expressions.
Solid! Thank you for mentioning this. VCV Rack is awesome.
I really love all your single module description videos! I've learned so much :) thank you
Right on! I'm glad they are useful to you. Those are my favorite videos to make too! 😁
Nice 👍🏻
Thank you, @TheVoltar100 😁
The first module I used and it works immediately xD
Lol! Thank you for the comment @czesc_xyz! This module has a big update since this video and it has an expander now too. I need to make an update video.
Nerd tutorial wanted!
Right on! Thank you @aaronrosenthal5310! I'm going to work on a math video 😁
The thing i don't get about this module is: how is it different from a having a set of pitches and triggering them at random intervals? Without some pattern to the triggers for the listener to pick up on, what's the point?
You could make this module with other modules, similarly to many other modules, but this one is conveniently packaged and has evolving tones and trigger times with a nice display. You don't need to have a set pattern with these triggers to make pleasant music. The continuity can be produced in the key and a rhythm from other modules could glue it together. Even that isn't necessary for ambient patches.
Excellent tutorial 👍🏻 from France
Stack from BogAudio is the ideal tool for transposing a CV sequence.
True! That's a great module!
Can you do another vid using this and teletype
Yeah! I haven't used Teletype yet however so I'll have to learn it first. Thank you for the comment, @sinistar3198!
Hey, thanks for making this excellent walkthrough of Proteus! Currently working on turning Proteus into a hardware module.
Hey @bluenautilus! Thank you for the comment and the awesome modules! Proteus is a killer module that so many people enjoy. I'm sure folks are excited to see it in hardware 😁. Thanks again!
I could imagine Rob talking about audio hertz/frequency with an intro like: _"Sir, excuse me sir! Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour, 432Hz?"_
Lol! 420.69Hz is almost A flat. Definitely the Lord and Savior frequency.
@@yourpalrob Heh! Sounds like a tuning Toby Fox would use for his music. _Queue in Megalovania_ I need to learn how to play that, one day.
I'll keep an eye out for the video of you shredding on it! 😁
@@yourpalrob Doubt I could come close to RichaadEB's version though 😂
Lol, you're being modest.
Saturday morning VCV tute with Rob! Nice. Btw, you’re getting funnier.
Haha! Thank you, @samigumiran6174. I've been trying to make videos where folks might learn something but also have a little laugh. I'm glad it's working 😄
Hot damn
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Love your "straight to the point" method in your videos. I'm a complete beginner in this modular synth stuff and I find your approach to be very intuitive and easy to follow and learn. Can't wait to watch more of your old stuff and newer stuff in the near future :D
Thank you, @simonherbert4089! I'm glad you like the content so far and that it has been useful to you. Also welcome to the modular synth world! 🤘😁
Fellow nerd here. I have a method (and a spreadsheet) for calculating notes for both 12EDO and 31EDO. Interested in your approach. I humbly request the calculating video
Oh dang a spreadsheet! That's awesome. lol, I'll totally make a math video.