Member Introductions 😃

[otto (Otto Aanmaa)]

Hey! My name is Otto Aanmaa and I live on Kimito Island, on the southwest coast of Finland. I am 54, married, no children.

I started making music in the 80s. Back then I had a Roland TR-606, TB-303 and SH-2000. The music at the beginning was experimental and ambient. In the 90s, I made a lot of pop music and music for TV shows. After the turn of the millennium, I moved on to help my wife, who makes handcrafted bags. I currently make music on VCV Rack.

Earlier this year, I released three albums of my late 80s music.

[deellama (Dave)]

Hello!

I started on this journey in my teens in the late 90s building up weird stuff and beats (in Reason and Audiomulch) while pursuing life as a musician and music teacher. Long story short…the dream changed up a bit and I found myself riding ships, then doing financial math, and gigging all along the way. Currently I am a working jazz bassist (part-time pro).

While my first love was the bass my second was a software synthesizer. After all these years I still haven’t quite jumped to hardware…but I’m dangerously close to buying some actual knobs.

I found VCV a few years back and I love this software. My main rig is Reaper and Reason Rack VST but I take vacations into VCV often. It’s a synthesizer paradise and has taught me so much about the art and science of our strange pursuit.

[deellama (Dave)]

@otto

Otto Aanmaa

Hello Otto! I looked up your website and its really nice. Listened to the samples of your music too, very cool.

[Pineapple_Dave]

Howdy y’all! I figured, since I’ve been lurking around here for more than a year, I should introduce myself! Here’s a bit (a lot) about me:

TL;DR: I found VCV, learned it a bit, and now really love it.

I am a young and fairly inexperienced synthesist hailing from Texas, who has been a musician all his life in one way or another, (I can sing, beatbox, play handbells and drums), but only recently came across the absolutely magical world of synthesizers, drum machines, and the sounds they create. I’ve always been interested in making my own music, (going as far back as making some really horrid tunes on Garageband), but only in the past year or so (the start of 2020), have I taken that interest and expanded upon it. Thanks to general boredom, and later Covid quarantine, I ended up watching a lot of YouTube videos, and stumbled across various music YouTubers you know and love (or hate, depending on the person ), people like LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER, Red Means Recording, Hainbach, Ricky Tinez, Andrew Huang (who I used to watch waaaaay back in the day), Cuckoo, Simon The Magpie, etc.

Watching stuff from these creators meant that it was inevitable that I stumble across modular synthesis, and once I did I was immediately intrigued. Following down that rabbit-hole eventually led me to (surprise surpise) @Omri_Cohen and his videos on VCV. Well, I found VCV really cool, but also really confusing (and I still do sometimes). I downloaded the software, poked around with it for a bit, and then forgot about it until quarantine rolled around. Suddenly, I had a lot of extra free time, and a great chunk of that was spent beating my head onto the brick wall of VCV until it made sense. Thanks to a LOT of videos (thank you Omri ) and plenty of experimentation, I now understand enough of modular synthesis that I can make music that isn’t completely garbage.

Learning VCV, along with a few hardware machines that I’ve purchased, (2 Pocket Operators, Korg Volca Drum, Elektron Model:Cycles), has been a great and eye-opening experience for me, one that continues to this day. A huge thanks to @Vortico for making VCV available to aspiring musicians like me. It has been invaluable. I’d also like to thank the community here at large for being such an open and inviting place.

As a side note, I am excited to announce that my first proper VCV-only album (name and cover art pending) will be coming out August 6th! It collects 9 of my best tracks that I’ve made so far throughout my VCV journey. I hope you’ll give it a listen when it comes out, and maybe some constructive feedback, if you’re so inclined.

Cheers, Pineapple Dave

[TheHorseValse]

Hi,

I’ve been around for a while now, so it’s time for an introduction.

From a small village in Hungary, I ended up here in a similarly tiny community in Wales. (Cardiff area, great for hiking.) Coding in high school, mechanical engineer course in the university. Never graduated, of course, I found more interest in clubbing and reading about evolution or anything else in other science topics. ( Wasted years?? Do not do that, kids, even if it’s enjoyable! ) Currently working as a warehouse admin in Bristol/Avonmouth area.

I’ve always loved music but never received any education and have never been particularly good at it. As a kid started with FastTracker 2, sampling my audiotapes for sounds, then Reason, Nuendo, Logic Pro, and VCV Rack lately. I never had the stamina and willpower to stick to it and learn it properly, jumping all around with years of gaps in between without improvement or practice. I was also DJing for years, but I enjoy beat-making more.

Lately, I am into classical music, listening to audiobooks and watching youtube videos on the topic is one of my favourite ways to spend my free time. (Robert Greenberg, Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Zander, Listening In, Inside The Score, Sideways, 12tone and more…)

I am also into nonfiction books, audiobooks, youtube videos about science, music, films and personal development. (Veritasium, Vsauce, Physics Girl, Star Talk, Numberphile, Nerdwriter1, Tom Scott, TED, Andrew Huang and more…) And of course, who doesn’t like a good movie and cinematography?

So much material is available for the new generation online, it’s heaven. (Can be a trap too…) When I experimented with FT2 and Reason as a child, I had to click everywhere to find out what it does. Lack of online videos, manuals, or sufficient English language knowledge makes it all harder.

Omri Cohen is my great mentor lately when it comes to VCV and modular!

My goal is to get better at music, get some gear, build a small home studio and create some freebie goodies. (Once my output has an acceptable quality…and yeah, I mean it!) As we all, I still dream about dropping my day job or switch it to an audio-related one… Or having a room full of analogue gear, so I don’t need radiators winter time…

Until then, it’s a great hobby on a budget!

I hope to learn from all of you and to have a great time at once!

Kind Regards,

The Horse Valse

[balrogk (Michael)]

Hello again! Been a few years ago I bought an electric guitar. It caused me to stop using VCV Rack. I can say now I am doing well playing. Enough to get back into VCV. I had my main pc go out. I can repair, but it’s Win 7 and I cannot stand Win 10. Well, my lack-luster HP just died, HDD. It’s hadn’t the power to run VCV Rack properly. I am expecting delivery of a M1 Macbook this week. That should be problem free I expect!I did save my patches to an external HD so I am not at a loss. also captured screen shots for certain patches.

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[Frost (Diver)]

Hello,

I’m from Gent Belgium. Few years ago it all started with some fieldrecordings, a Monotron and a Pocketoperator, some Volca’s, ipad-apps, Octatrack, Digitone… then Ableton came along….

When 2 days ago I started looking at VCV, and BOOM ! VCV2 is here…

Really happy to have found this community. No sleep for 2 days and brain is melting, but totally worth it !

[Urunc (Urunc71)]

Hi.

My name is Urunc and I live in Stockholm. I’m a musician who out of necessity had to learn music production. Learning music production made me aware of the importance of the craft. Today I ask my self. Which is more important ? The creation it self? Or how to post process the creation with all the tools we have? What do you guys think? Is the producer as important or more than the artist?

Couple of years ago I’ve discover the modular world. What a strange world indeed. It looked complicated and intimidating for mathematically challenged persons like me, yet I realised instantly that with modular I could do thing I couldn’t do or would have hard time doing with my DAW.

To be able to play with the controlled randomness of all parameters of musical expressions with ease made me an instant believer.

As a beginner I’m looking forward to learning from all of you. I also want to thank everybody involved with VCV from the bottom of my heart for making modular world accessible to not so wealthy people like my self.

Keep on patching

[ScreenSlave]

@Urunc

Is the producer as important or more than the artist?

I would liken it to writer + book designer. The musician is like the writer with the original content; the producer is like the book designer who packages the content for public consumption. In terms of the finished product, both are important and neither would succeed in the same way without the other.

In the end, the content creator must be more important.

[TanaBarbier]

Hi !

My name is Tana. I compose electroacoustic music, IDMish music, drone/ambient and others (=> here ) ). I also play a bit of guitar (mostly with a noise/punk/metal band). I make a living teaching synthesis, sound design, and other audio related things. I discovered VCV last February and I love it. I just upgraded to V2, but I have to say that I almost feel like staying on V1 for a while, it is so powerful, fun, and different ! I love the workflow and the sound. I would like to thank everybody for this, developers of past and future modules, users, and of course the person behind VCV.

[chaircrusher]

My great grandfather was from Pontypridd. Your narrative is one I hear a lot, where music is an avocation. To call musicians like us hobbyist amateurs is technically true but minimizes how important making music is to us. It’s a life enhancing activity, central to our identity.

A friend of my mother’s once said “anything worth doing is worth doing badly.” Keep up your explorations & don’t hesitate to share when you feel ready.

[grk.synthesizers]

Well, I broke down today and finally invested in VCV Rack 2 Pro with drums and sound stage as well. I’ve like working with the Eurorack system; but, this this will save me a lot of time with patching trials and errors. I have been using that other place’s Voltage Modular; but just have a rough time with modules that are similar to the physical ones; but, not totally the same. It’s fun; but, VCV just seems like a better way to replicate what I have physically.

Enuf of that … Point, click, and install. Then play

[RequiemMachine]

I’m a multi-instrumentalist producer from Ohio. Mostly Metal and Rock but Electronic music of all kinds. All of my music has some form of electronic music in it. Almost 30 years of experience as a guitarist, bassist, drummer, keyboardist and vocalist…not to mention lots of touring experience. Relatively new to Modular synthesis. Started by playing around in a friend’s studio then picked up Softube Modular on sale. I recently stumbled across some great youtube vids on VCV Rack, downloaded the free v2 and absolutely fell in love and bought v2 Pro. Since getting VCV v2 Pro, its been slowly taking over my synth duties in my newest tracks. I’m might be a bit addicted lol. Hoping to start investing in some hardware modules in the future.

[djDamaru]

Learning about music and yoga/evolution. I love experimenting with hardware - and pretty new to software… apart from some processing p5 synth exploration and some puredata… Looking forward to learn more with vcvrack!

[Ungifted]

Hi! My name is Bianca and I’m total new and rookie to VCV Rack 2. I want to say a big thank you to Omri Cohen and DivKidVideo - I’ve learned so much from your tutorials! My first goal is to set-up a somehow fixed rack with prOk-Drum-Modules to be sequenced from my elektron digitakt… wish me luck, that I dont get lost in the amount of possibilities. I’ve already spent the whole last night only with the kick drum /o.

Cheers from Hamburg (Germany) Bianca

The kick drum set-up testing:

Elektron Digitakt sequencing VCV Rack 2 is fun.

[BRUTAK (БРЎТАЌ)]

номи ман БРЎТАЌ I’m on my personal music trip аз астероидҳо

[muddyfumster (symon)]

Hi everyone, I’m a rookie just started using vcv rack in November BIG thank you for the dedication making vcv rack happen Cheesy pun but it has been a game changer for me and have truly delved into Alice’s world

[rsmus7 (Stephan)]

It is not the language, but we have another user with your IP too, so the problem is multiple users with the same ip. So please change the ip or delete one account.

[tape-mekons]

hey gals!!! my name is brian. i remember going to the neighborhood music shop like 40 years ago and wishing i take all the gear home with me. vcv rack has made that dream a reality*, and i am ever so grateful to this lovely community of devs, dreamers, educators and curmudgeons for realizing it.

cheers.