Lovely.
Off topic, but I hope you’ve heard this, if not, you’re welcome 
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No I had not heard that one before. I love that guys music! That was really cool thanks!
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Both this and the Space Robot Jam 2 video are enchanting. Amazing!
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Wow, thank you!
So I was working in my shop and listening to music. I clicked on a Judas Priest concert, they played Metal Gods, and I decided right there I need to make a patch covering that material for a robot video! I dove into creating the song, and man, I am really struggling with it. I could play it on the guitar, but the modular approach is so much more difficult. I don’t really want to delve into the piano roll sequencer, because it gives me FOD fear of DAW. I could get nowhere with Reaper, back before VCV. Even the dum da da dum da da rhythm is more complex than you would think. It may take a week of experimenting, but I have to do this. lol 
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Edit: The best way forward is to use Squinky Labs Seq++ for most of the guitar parts. I guess it is a piano roll style sequencer though.
Ugh… Converting guitar tabs to piano roll is so ugh…
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I uploaded the Metal Gods VCV Rack only video to youtube. This was challenging for me. I think it turned out ok. This soundscape will be used in the next Space Robots from Outer Space adventure. Yippy!
Here’s a video of one of the robots after I finished it. I used VCV Rack for the soundscape.
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Here’s a little test video I made using the new Canon R50 camera. The improvement in detail and clarity are impressive. Stop action sucks, but that’s ok. lol Of course VCV used for the music.
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Krautrock in space
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This was a stretch for me, musically, and creatively. Very challenging. Give it a listen and report back. This took a long time to do.
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I like it. Is the van flying through space a nod to john carpenter’s “dark star”? ooh, and I just noticed all those instances of Seq++!
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Well done on taking on such a complex patch + video project, Jim. I think it turned out really well. I particularly enjoyed the “guitar solo”, and got a kick out of the “intergalactic kegger” reference too Lots of great, humorous details spread all over. When I saw that truck in space I immediately thought of your first tune I paid attention to (still my favorite) - “Space truckin”. Great work!
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Thank you Squinky! I just like those old VW busses. I actually never saw Dark Star, but it’s dialed up for tonights viewing pleasure.
thank you Lars! There were some things I wanted to do over, but I also wanted it to be finished… haha I think maybe a Space Truckin II (stop motion video) may be a thing. Thanks again
I took an older patch, Starbase Evolution 4, and added some babbling brook sounds. I created this video using the audio from the patch. Those crazy robots…
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Nice patch Jim. I’ll have to call you “the robot man” soon
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In what seems like another life I was called Jim Frye the Robot Guy. I started a company in the 90’s called Lynxmotion. We created robot kits using microcontrollers and hobby servos. Bipeds, quadrupeds, hexapods, tracked and wheeled rovers, ect. I ended up selling the business to Robot Shop out of Canada in 2012 and retired. I am a robot nut. haha!
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An impressive body of work, Jim 
! Today we have robot vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers in a bazillion households, but back then it must have felt like true innovation. Respect!
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