Using VCV Rack 2 in a hybrid set-up

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Good day, folks!

This may have been addressed elsewhere, and I just have not found it, but I’m looking for answers to using VCV Rack (Pro) in a setup where I use hardware synths, a trusty Sony Walkman, and a no-input signal chain. Everything but the VCV Rack is routed into Logic Pro X.

My question: How do I ‘route’ VCV Rack into Logic Pro while using it as a performative live instrument? All my hardware is running into Logic Pro, and LPro is the output, save for VCV Rack.

Scenario:

  1. LPro Track 1: Make Noise 0 Coast – glitchy random noise and textural component
  2. LPro Track 2: Sony Walkman > Delay > Reverb playing a pre-recorded sequence
  3. LPro Track 3: EQD Hizumitas > Proco Rat (Filtering) > Reverb a steady but unpredictable textural component

VCV should ideally be track 4, where I run:

  1. ambient/evolving pads
  2. a Sine Sub frequency
  3. Lo Drone
  4. Mid drone
  5. Quantised Hi frequency sequence that is clocked by a Bernoulli gate or the Random module All these 5 tracks are fed into a Mind Meld mixer, send-return, et al. And the output I’d like to run into logic so it sits there with the 3 other main tracks.

Can someone help me with a guide that can help me understand the steps I’d need to take to get this going?

EDIT: the VCV Rack plug-in on Logic Pro (at least at my end) is quite shi*e. The workspace size is tiny; choosing modules is a pain because the hover is not accurate, adjusting knobs on modules is a pain, connecting cables is…forget it, a bigger pain.

Much appreciated, folk and a huge ‘thank you’ in advance :slight_smile:

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Hi!

Do you have VCV Pro or do you use the free version as a standalone application?

When you use the pro, youcan run VCV inside your daw as a plugin. When in standalone, you can route its audio internally with routing software like Loopback or something similar.

Let me know which of the two you are using and we will go from there!

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Hello @koen.kaptijn - forgot to mention that - it’s the Pro version

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Then you can use VCV as a plugin. I am not a Logic user, but @aetrion-music has made a instructional video on how to setup/route VCV inside Logic.

Hope this helps!

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Thanks for mentioning my video. I wouldn’t say its a proper instructional video, but feel free to ask questions if anything is unclear.

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