Expeditions in Space and Time

Music & Patches
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Great. Sorry about that. Sometime when I’m working on a patch I’m in the zone and know what everything is doing, and then I open it up again and I’m like. . . WTF?:smile:. Anyway, I just used impromptu sequencers to trigger events. But resetting it all is a bugger. Thanks Dave. I would love to hear what you come up with.

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Thank you so much. How many patches will there be to complete the song? I’ll see what NIN inspired material I can get out of it.

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Computers now have primary control of critical functions. . .

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Love it :slight_smile: nice use of well-chosen samples and phtat bass and then the stab/echo … :crazy_face:

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Thanks Screenslave. You’ve just made my day. :blush:

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My take on Acoustic Sequence #1 is now available at Dave Venom music and patches - Passing a Gray Day Away, and Acoustic Sequence #1 - #72 by DaveVenom.

I’ve really enjoyed working with your patch/composition.

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Fun with Quantizers

So I was inspired by this post:

to try to create a patch that restricts chords to a certain range. This is as minimal as I can get it:

Chord1
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So this keeps your chords within a one octave range, so if a note goes above the range, it drops it per octave until it is in range. And if it goes below the range, it raises it. You can set the range low cut using the bogaudio REFTONE module. The range high cut is an octave above this. Playing with this can give some interesting variations to your chords.

Here’s the selection file: Voice Leading3.vcvs (13.0 KB)

Thanks to @chaircrusher and @k-chaffin for the inspiration. Its an easy way to quickly add chords within a defined range to your patch. Just replace the TWELVEKEY module with any sequencer providing the root notes. Here is an example:

(Edit. Ignore all of the above. This is exactly what Orange line Fence does. What a great module :slightly_smiling_face:)

Another nice trick I learned is this:

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In the context menu of VCV QNT there is a plethora of scales available. But these are all in the key of C. Instead of transposing it after the quantizer, (which will transpose your root notes) , you can use this approach and no notes will be transposed except obviously the ones that need to fit into the scale. (This is actually what modes are.) Set your key with REFTONE and your scale with QNT.

Here’s the selection file Quant1.vcvs (3.6 KB)

And here’s an example switching between A minor and F minor with the sequences mainly in C.

Have fun.

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Here’s an addictive little tune, made with the methods described above:

Recollections.vcv (8.7 KB)

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Very nice

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Every now and then you throw together a patch, which is not meant to be anything spectacular, but then you just cant get enough of it.

This is one of those:

The Abyss.vcv (9.1 KB)

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Yeah, those are the best. I see you’ve discovered the joys of XFX Wave. Very cool patch, digging it.

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Thanks, yes XFX wave is instant satisfaction.

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The chord sweeps :yum:

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Something new…

Enjoy.

Here’s the patch:

R2_081d.vcv (11.8 KB)

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Nice! Love the bass coming in at 2:15. Has a bit of a John Carpenter vibe which is always nice. Good one!

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Thanks Lars :slightly_smiling_face:

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Another unending Eno-scape.

Just for fun,

here’s the patch:

Enos2.vcv (7.3 KB)

I am really impressed with Count Modulas Polyphonic modules, they use almost no CPU regardless of the amount of channels you use.

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I really like this one (Something new…). Especially the 5 and 7 over 4 or whatever is going on. And the effective noisy beat. Could you share the patch file so I can have a look around.

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patch is linked right above the tube link :wink:

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I probably wasn’t clear. I was talking about “Horizons”. On my end there is no link above or below the youtube video.