Aright guys new to vcv rack and wanting to achieve the ro minimal micro house sorta sound and wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction module and patch wise , Thanks .
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the artists I enjoy from that genere are really heavy in the use of samples, really transient focus percussion (very short and clicky sounds), lots of digital textures and deep basses. definitely take a peek at some of the different samplers VCV has.
for the percussions I recommend you to toy around with any Oscillator you like (if you are new just pick the one that looks cooler) and patch it in different ways using Frequency Modulation, Ring Modulation, Self-patching and so on (check Omri Cohen videos on YT is you are not familiar with this terms). then send the result of this experimentations through a VCA with a very snappy envelope modulating the volume and voilà, you got yourself and random percussion glitch generator.
for the sequencing use whatever modular you want really. for starters I’d rec you impromptu gate sequencer, since it’s very intuitive and has most of the basic functionalities you’d want from a sequencer (song mode, probability per step, different time resolutions, etc.). just keep in mind what makes these generes sound like they do it’s composition, so pay attention to what kind of songs you like and how they arrange these sounds. most of them and very cyclic, place their in unusual ways and leave lots of space between them.
effect-wise, while they extensively use compressiong and saturation, I think you will be fine with a send delay and a reverb.
anyhow, experiment a lot, check the songs you like on a DAW (to see how their frequency curve looks like, the volume of the overall mix) and have fun.
keep in mind that my enjoyment of micro house may be very different from what you are used to. I’m very into early 2000s shows like Jan Janelik, Valdislav Delay, Villalobos and alikes.
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Appreciate the reply ! Love Villalobos also , do you know if it’s possible to load my own samples or one shots into vcv rack and mangle them in there also ? I’m also not too sure if I want it be more percussion or textural percussion based if that makes sense . This is the kinda shit I want to achieve . And also Que Belle epoque by Villalobos .
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