ArpHarmony Challenge (March 2024)

Alphagem-O · March 29, 2024, 5:27pm

Nice idea, well done! Plotting the pitches of the 4 arps on an oscilloscope shows how they all move around at their own speed.

4 arps pitch_20240329

Alphagem-O · March 29, 2024, 5:46pm

Like it! Seems to be a pretty complex setup. The toggling is interesting. Never used the Pluck module by TyrannosaurusRu before, but it could be worth a deeper look.

Squinky · March 29, 2024, 6:24pm

I assumed they are driven off different clock divider outputs?

Alphagem-O · March 29, 2024, 6:37pm

Yeah, I think they do. I was more thinking of how the faster arps fill the spaces of the slower ones, and how you can see the pitch of a slower arp control the pitch of the following faster ones.

henk.lasschuit · March 30, 2024, 11:48am

Yes, the idea is that a faster 4-step arpeggio is played twice during one step of a slower arpeggio.

kinseydulcet · March 31, 2024, 12:49am

Hi, everyone! Dave Venom made a corrected patch of my entry from earlier this month, Oceanic Refrains. The past version I posted still had some non-free modules in it and my original pass of removing them cause some problems, particular with the intonation but also a synth line got deleted. Dave’s version fixes those things from the original plus some, there’s notes. It sounds great, though! I couldn’t be happier to finally have a clear, fully free version. I was just starting out when I created the patch, I wasn’t entirely sure what I had bought and what I didn’t and then the microtuning was it’s own issue. So, thanks Dave! I’m happy to share this.

Ocean Refrains Free Version v1.2.vcv (29.2 KB)

Luca-Feelgood · April 3, 2024, 10:28am

Thank you for the ArPhArMoNy Challenge. It has been a pleasure and I have enjoyed many of the entries. And they were all so unique. wOw

Squinky · April 4, 2024, 1:03am

I was very impressed with these patches. I would like to include them in the next update of the manuals, probably as a separate document for just this purpose. Please let me know a) if you don’t want me to include your patch b) if you have any additional information you would like to me include (your name - a website - whatever).

Once I have something together I’ll post a link to it so you can review it before I actually include it somewhere where people will find it.

If you want to communicate with you can send me a PM (that way we won’t pollute this thread too badly).

Thanks!

Squinky · April 7, 2024, 7:18pm

I’ve started the document, and put in the first two entries. If anyone has suggestions for other information that should be here, or ways to improve, now is the time to let me know.

I’ll wait for feedback before finishing this, and eventually making it more publicly available.

Thanks again!

PS: if anyone want’s me to change anything or add more info for your entry, I’ll be happy to do that.

github.com

squinkylabs/SqHarmony/blob/b16/docs/arp_harmony_challenge/arp-harmony-challenge.md

# ParpHarmony Challenge (March 2024)

On 3/3/2024 VCV user Alphagem-O launched a challenge for users to create patches that used both Harmony and Apreggiator, and to limit their submissions to free modules. The [original post and submissions](https://community.vcvrack.com/t/arpharmony-challenge-march-2024/21722) are on the VCV Community site.

The submissions were all quite interesting, so I am copying links here. I will attempt to present all the submissions in the order they were submitted.

Note that I have reduced the resolution of some images. The full res versions can be found in the original post.

Note 2: If you click on some of the links (like the .vcv links) they may open up in github. If you want to download them, right click and download.

## k-chaffin entry

"This is a “duet” between my Meander module and the Squintronix Harmony and Arpeggiator modules. Meander provides the chord progression and various rhythms as well as playing an accompanying melody and arp in the same key as Harmony and Arpeggiator. Meander provides the progression chords root to Harmony. Arp provides an arpeggiation of the Harmony 4 voice chords. There is a lot of parameter automation going on for Meander. This is in A-maj (Ionian) and is a traditional 12 bar blues progression. BASICally provides two scripts to translate between Meander mode and root and Harmony mode and root so that Harmony plays in the same key a the Meander."

Submitted screen shot:

![screen shot](./k-chaffin.jpeg)

Link to a [soundcloud recording](https://soundcloud.com/cyberpunken/squinktronix-arpharmony-challenge-blues)

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Squinky · April 7, 2024, 7:19pm

btw, click on the link - don’t just look at that awful raw summary, above.

btw - anyone know a better way to put links to github here that don’t look so terrible?

Jens.Peter.Nielsen · April 7, 2024, 7:28pm

maybe this:

[my github link](https://github.com/squinkylabs/SqHarmony/blob/b16/docs/arp_harmony_challenge/arp-harmony-challenge.md)

my github link

Squinky · April 7, 2024, 7:30pm

What did you do there?

Jens.Peter.Nielsen · April 7, 2024, 7:32pm

ctrl-k (hyperlink), command-k on mac

in the previous post, I did that twice, went and put three ´ before and after to get the quote.

Squinky · April 7, 2024, 7:51pm

Ah, tx, I’ll play around with that. I don’t usually use a mac for posting, but clearly the thing in the library to insert a link should do it…

Alphagem-O · April 7, 2024, 7:56pm

It looks great, but probably will cause you a lot of work with replicating all the details.

So, if you want to trim it down to the links of the original submission in the VCV Rack Forum and the audio/video, that would be fine, too.

Obviously, having the information right there is nicer, so it all depends on how much time you would like to spend.

A small typo: The title reads “ParpHarmony Challenge”.

Squinky · April 7, 2024, 8:01pm

well, I’m not planning on finding all the comments and stuff, but I think finding each entry and copying out some details won’t be that much work. Actually, copying the screen shots, re-sizing them, and copying them to my github is probably the “most” work, but it looks bad without them, and it’s still doable, I think.

Alphagem-O · April 7, 2024, 8:06pm

It looks nice, so no objection here.

Squinky · April 8, 2024, 12:12am

OK, I think I have them all up there. Let me know if I made a mistake (quite likely). Or if you have a different version of things you would like me to post. the “secret” URL is above.

k-chaffin · April 8, 2024, 12:29am

Looks good!

Luca-Feelgood · April 8, 2024, 12:34am

Nice work and looks great.