Dreamer Development is the name I publish my VCV Rack modules under. I’m Chris Graham. This thread covers all of them. Please post feedback, questions and bug reports here.
Dreamer Development plugin, 2.0.9
- Clarity: colours every port by signal type, with a ring marking input or output, the same on every module. Cables take the colour of their destination and show the direction of flow. It also traces a single cable, zooms with a pinch, and picks up cables with a click. Each feature has a switch on the panel.
- Test Gear: right-click any port and clip on an instrument, such as an oscilloscope, a frequency analyser that reads the peak as a note, or an audio monitor.
- Dark: darkens the panels of modules that ship only light artwork. It works in memory only, and removing the module restores every panel. Dark is experimental and a work in progress.
Dreamer Help plugin, 2.0.1 (pre-release)
- Help: option-click any port, knob, switch, light or module title to see a note on what it does. The database currently covers 4,189 modules across 376 plugins. More modules will be added as help information becomes available.
MPX, Modular Polyphonic Expression
MPX is a work in progress and has not been officially released. Builds for all four platforms are available on GitHub. MPX is a cable protocol and a family of modules that pass notes, expression and harmony between modules over a single MPX cable.
- mpxChart: reads iReal Pro playlists and plays their charts onto an MPX cable.
- mpxProgression: a dozen common chord progressions, such as ii–V–I, twelve-bar blues and a Dorian vamp, chosen with one knob and shown as a chart.
- mpxComp: chordal accompaniment. It voices each chord and leads the voices between changes.
- mpxArp: an arpeggiator on the chord from the cable, with note lengths that can overlap.
- mpxEuclid: four Euclidean rhythm voices on one MPX cable.
- mpxRand: varies one attribute of the notes (duration, level, pan, timing or tuning) with white, walk or Perlin randomness.
- mpxMonitor: shows the harmony and notes on an MPX cable and passes it on unchanged.
- toMPX: gathers ordinary control voltages into MPX voice cables.
- fromMPX: converts an MPX cable back to ordinary polyphonic control voltages.
- polyToStereo: a channel strip per voice, with level, pan and a stereo output.
Preview video: https://youtu.be/yHlDrvFJXpk
Dreamer Development and Dreamer Help have been submitted to the VCV Library.
Threads this replaces
Discussion of these modules will continue here rather than in the following threads:
- Clarity: a module to enhance Rack UX: Clarity: a module to enhance Rack UX
- Clarity: ports and cables coloured by signal type, with click-to-connect patching: Clarity — ports and cables coloured by signal type, with click-to-connect patching
- Test Gear: sixteen test tools that clip onto any port: Test Gear — sixteen test tools that clip onto any port
- MPX: a proposed cable type for notes and harmony between plugins: MPX — a proposed cable type for notes and harmony between plugins, and a question about packaging it
- Discussion of Help in Quick reference for input port properties (Idea): Quick reference for input port properties (Idea)