i want to extract a 1V/Oct pitch control signal from my Audio, coming from acoustic/electric instruments. Its about monophonic instruments like Bassguitar for example.
this one should do it, right ? (i´m new to VCV Rack)
is there any other options ?
i don´t need it to be super precise, but little latency would be good to have
(not at home right now. Can´t test / need to know now, cause if that works out, could i probably avoid to order that pedal for my bass, that i´m quasi “right now” up to order (lol) )
I love to create guitar effects in Rack, and have probably had a go at creating most things. I’ve used Entrian Follower for a guitar synth patch, that also has a V/Oct output, but isn’t in v2 yet. It worked up to a point, and the latency depends on how low you can run your sound card. The tracking was kind of variable though, you have to play quite slowly and occasionaly you’d get a random pitch. Haven’t tried the Nysthi module but I imagine you’d get similar results. I ended up buying a Boss SY-1 for guitar synth instead and use Rack for wierder effects and ambience.
Another option is to stick the bass into a VCO sync input, that will give you some crazy sounds. I’m planning to do a video on this soon.
Source Audio Spectrum ;)…kind of a modern (digital) “Auto Filter” thing
Yeah, thats where i´m heading towards too.
(dealing with VST FX in a VST Host so far)
I can do when i´m back home. Thats not the case right now.
Yes, i understand that audio 2 pitch (1V/oct) is a sensible thing.
i at least want to control the filter frequenzy for a “wah- / autofilter-” type of thing.
…so, thats not a such sensible task, in that sense.
Some unprecision or fails in tracking would not matter too much i´d guess.
So you say, that module should do the job ?
i know what you mean, lol.
But thats not what i´m looking for here
Its not about crazy sounds for me.
its really just about what we´d call “keytracking” within a Synthesizer.
Got it, auto filter is an easy one! You don’t need V/Oct, just an envelope follower. Or you can trigger an ASDR if you want more control over the envelope.
Wait, I’ve just realised whatyou’re trying to do! Use a pitch output to open the filter more on higher notes. That’s a nice idea actually, I’ll patch something up in a minute.
Cheers, I haven’t tried that yet but if it’s up to the usual standard of your modules it’s probably great! I hadn’t used P2V before, but the pitch tracking works surprisingly well with guitar. It’s actually a lot better than Entrian Follower in 1.6…I might even do some more synth guitar patches now!
Thanks, I think the sound is better than my ability at attempting to play funky basslines on guitar! I rolled some low end off with some HPF on the mixer channel, but it’s fairly massive otherwise. It works a lot better than I thought actually, and with careful playing it’s definitely usable. One thing I noticed is the envelope followers are quite sensitive to input levels in Rack, obviously the level of VCOs is much higher than bass/guitars so you may need to boost it. I use an Audient Sono which is an AD interface with a valve stage pre-amp built in, I found if I just DI it won’t trigger properly. If you’ve got Host FX then an amp sim plugin should do it. I’ve got the free BlackSun one, and a Friedman DS-40 which is a nice vintage tone, both work well for plugging straight in. Enjoy!
shit, i heard a Bass, haha. But now, that you are saying it
yeah, now i hear it. Its a good match in fact.
I can check tomorrow night with VCV rack.
Yeah, i have a dedicated HW Bass pre-amp + freshly also a compressor for my bass, and a low latency AI. And yeah, i also have some few VST amps, in case i want to add some.
I´m completly fresh to VCV Rack, have it since two weeks or so. But i´m not new to (HW) modular as such. AND, i´m allready used to “patch” with VSTs in my VST-Host, which allows for quite free patchings/routings.
( i just have completly NO clue vs. VCV RAck, and all its modules / i´m really in my earliest starting phase with VCV )
