I’ve been busy working on a new VCV Rack module called Sapphire Nucleus. Here is a sneak preview. You can tell I haven’t even finished the panel design artwork yet. But I wanted to share this because I’m excited by the wacky sounds I get out of Nucleus with very little coaxing!
Oh yes! Based on that preview, I think you have a winner - to my ears the best sound generator you have created so far.
I think it would pair beautifully with my Benjolin.
Or a live duet jam could be cool - You playing the nucleus, and me a Benjolin. I think the audience would perceive distinct instruments, yet also sense us responding to each other.
the low droney tones from 7:30-11:00 are wild and the warped percussion after is just too fun
superb work, love this preview, the plugin is exploding, almost literally!!
Super trivial ask but is there any chance we might get a light grey and or dark module scheme?
I would be open to adding multiple color schemes in a future release, after I have stabilized the design of Nucleus. That will be a plugin-wide refactoring job that will require a release cycle of its own.
Oh man, that would be a blast! I’m definitely looking forward to crafting two or three minimalist “fixed rack” patches centered on the Nucleus. I can imagine playing one of these hypothetical patches as an instrument to accompany a jam session!
Here’s another drone session I recorded tonight:
I’m starting to learn more about the construction of ambient sound textures. Here is a demo of something I learned recently: feeding a series of notes through deep and 100% wet reverb can create an ethereal choir synth pad.
If you have the premium VCV Host plugin, then by all means get the free Valhalla Super Massive reverb/delay plugin and load it into Host-FX. It is amazing for ambient patches. My favorite go-to setting is the SFX->Nebulae->Planetarium preset.
If you don’t have Host yet, then I think Super Massive is all the reason you need to get it!
Awesome, thanks for the tip, @DaveVenom !
This recording is intended as a contemplative meditation soundtrack. It uses a pair of my upcoming Sapphire Nucleus modules as a bell and gong. Om Shanti Om!
That looks nice!
I’m really excited for this module Don. Can’t wait!
I had some fun making some chaotic glitch lunacy this morning using the release candidate version of Nucleus. At this point I’m only making changes for bug fixes – I intend to submit Nucleus to VCV Rack for approval on Friday.
One of the original goals for Nucleus was inspired by Instruō øchd: to provide an ample supply of low frequency control voltages that work well together.
Along those lines, tonight’s jam session takes you on a deep space journey using lots of slow CV-driven movement. Here I use two Sapphire Nuclei, one as an audio frequency voice, the other as a low frequency chaotic oscillator for CV inputs.
“Reverb is Life” — Omri Cohen
Beautifully disturbing!
I was thinking the same thing. I thought this patch might serve as a haunted house soundtrack generator for Halloween!
Disturbingly Beautiful 
Any idea when this great module is going to be in the library? The patch sounds superbly dark!! Oh gloriouso!
