Getting started with VCV Rack - Video tutorials

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Video tutorials, guides and material for VCV Rack

Rack 2 Standalone

Excellent beginners guide to Rack 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUJmCgCgv4

Artem Leonov / VCVRackIdeas: SEQ 3 and QUANTIZER patch from scratch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeyvB_87eKM&t=264s&ab_channel=VCVRackIdeas

Omri Cohen: Your first minutes in VCV 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-27PRPxwTg&ab_channel=OmriCohen

Peter O'Neill: Your first minutes in VCV Rack 2! - Template Patch Explanation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cf-FZchZxI&ab_channel=PeterO'Neill

Red Means Recording: Let's Learn Eurorack (ft. VCV Rack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTcP3DofZLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFQmdm_5-bs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ls9EazRn5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i249fdoIy8

Sonic Academy / King Unique: From Zero to Synth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhjkkYn9OLk&ab_channel=SonicAcademy

Rack 2 Pro VST in Ableton Live

AaronStatic: VCV Rack 2 Pro + Ableton Live 11 - Chaining MIDI

A useful approach to chain MIDI between multiple instances of the VCV Rack 2 Pro Virtual Eurorack VST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQKvmk4esLw&ab_channel=AaronStatic

Omri Cohen: What's new in VCV Rack 2 + VST in Ableton Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYoGOltW5tg&ab_channel=OmriCohen

Omri Cohen: How to use VCV 2 VST with Ableton Live 11 Suite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQemd9AovH8

Seed to Stage: Ableton and VCV Rack 2

https://youtu.be/b0a7M-uEV-c

Synthikat: VST Drums from VCV VST via MIDI

Play your favorite Drum vst inside your DAW via sequences coming from VCV Rack 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1xVcIBcD6Y&ab_channel=Synthikat

TomC: MIDI CC from 'VCV Rack 2 Pro' with M4L device 'Manual CC Mapper V2'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JU4h5Snan0&ab_channel=TomCSyncA

Rack 2 Pro VST in Bitwig Studio

Omri Cohen: How to use VCV 2 VST with Bitwig Studio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tlXPhoW8k&ab_channel=OmriCohen

Rack 2 Pro VST in Cubase

DashGlitch: VCV Rack 2.0 + VST in Cubase

Rack 2 Pro VST in Reaper

Omri Cohen: How to use VCV 2 VST with Reaper

Older versions of VCV Rack

When you start VCV Rack for the first time you will be met with the initial patch. Here our resident patching oracle, Omri Cohen, is taking you through it, showing how you get the first sounds and how the basic controls work:

Your first minutes in VCV Rack

After that you could go through his “basics of VCV Rack” playlist on YouTube and learn some more:

New to modular? Watch this first

Omri’s channel is a gold mine of VCV Rack tutorials and demos and it’s very worthwhile digging through it.

And the list goes on . . .

Jakub Ciupinski: VCVRack - Getting started
Modular Curiosity - starting with the basics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXQNhpu_vJw&list=PLxqsxQTxhCD-C7Y7BwA1svEXxtPI8tKz_&index=2

Cy Ball: VCV Rack starter tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKVhP3ccUqw&index=1&list=PLEKShNjHvtOWXTbMy-OU4F9MkStV1AjZv

Andrew Mercer (aka. Bucky Durdle) - great starter series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYa4Pua2Oc&list=PLO_Yrrwhqwd1b8Q5wPtNWIP2nz9I2JRpX

The Klirr Factor: getting started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DztClTPix0E&list=PLmQ5kUo_7Y_-KBZ7ZC9Fc84GZeBlkoKAn

KarateSnoopy - getting started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbFyPHZykYY&list=PLCRhjmqETCeOwaU9es59tzJ_j2rWX_TA8

Ablaut: starter overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOSJzDGMj8

Talking Rackheads - wonderful long-form series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrOLctNtSiM&list=PLzFy3Q4Aci2WAGmJgZdLcgs06YFdtIqyX

Leonardo Laguna Ruiz: Programming Modules for VCV Rack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z7LHAnIIac&t=96s&ab_channel=LeonardoLagunaRuiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF-swv76odY&ab_channel=LeonardoLagunaRuiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DByEBGbMv20&ab_channel=LeonardoLagunaRuiz

More tutorials by Omri Cohen
Modular synth basics, much of which also applies to Rack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9tMFyKxbrI&list=PLa9Em_H8Xs_al-r_90xYiuiz-3N8HZyf_

VCV Rack pour les nuls - 1er Patch basique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScTd0BF9Ghs

Venus Theory: A Beginners Tutorial
  • 0:00 Howdy
  • 0:39 VCV Time
  • 1:09 What We’re Covering In This Video
  • 1:48 Audio Out Of VCV
  • 2:55 Audio In To VCV
  • 3:15 MIDI In/Out
  • 4:03 Building Your First Patch
  • 4:31 The Key Lesson Of Modular
  • 5:05 Wiring The Patch Together
  • 7:17 Control Voltage
  • 9:06 Creating Polyphony In VCV
  • 10:09 What Modules To Download?
  • 12:24 Using VCV With The DAW
  • 13:58 Three Patch Ideas
  • 16:35 Creating An FM Synth
  • 19:32 A Basic Generative Patch
  • 21:12 Using VCV With Hardware
  • 22:32 Thank You VCV Community!
  • 22:58 Support Them Devs, Yo
  • 23:34 Closing Thoughts

This list may currently be incomplete or out-of-date. If you can help, please volunteer by replying with a comment. Many of the YouTube links above are links to the first video in a series, so check the playlist to the right, in YouTube.

Written tutorials are available here
This topic originally created by @LarsBjerregaard

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Beginners will thank you :slightly_smiling_face::peace_symbol:

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:slight_smile: Let’s thank @LarsBjerregaard who originally created this list, which I splitted from another topic. I added a note about this.

You’re all invited to help and contribute. The first post is now a wiki so you should be able to add new entries. Please only add useful video tutorials for beginners.

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Addition of a tutorial in French :slightly_smiling_face:

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reorganized a bit and added some links for VCVrack 2 to the top of the wiki.

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Added VCV Rack 2 - From Zero to Synth - YouTube

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