After watching @Omri_Cohen’s video on the VCO LAB module (https://youtu.be/iTE15_leyXQ), I played around with the frequency for the sync input. I used Ahornberg’s Flying Fader to control the frequency modulator for the VCO, and then used Stoermelder’s Transit to assign CV values.
Then I mapped my MIDI controller to Transit’s snapshots and fade control to create a simple instrument.
Really fun to jam with: 240801-vco_lab_one_shot-02.vcv (12.7 KB)
That does look like fun!
How did you embed that video? I use YouTube all the time, but this is something else.
I uploaded to Imgur. It has a 1 min, 200 MB limit for videos, but it’s free, anonymous, and so far permanent hosting. Plus, many platforms automatically embed the URL with a player.
Thanks. I need to try that for short technique demo vids that I don’t really want on my YouTube channel.
I think you can make multiple (Youtube) channels? If you want…
Tangential I know, but… a one-minute limit is an interesting creative constraint. I’m on the lookout for constraints to use in future monthly challenges here on the forum.
The songs in this classic are each about a minute long:
D Boon could actually say something in one minute. Love the Minutemen.
@jphil If I understand right, you are using pitch or mod wheels to modulate various CV parameters on the VCO Lab?
I was lucky enough to visit LA in the early 80’s a couple of times and saw them twice. The drummer in a band I was in wrote this great book:
I forgot about that! I love that record. The guy who played woodwinds in my punk band played oboe on “meet the residents” when he was 13.
Actually, the only thing I’m manipulating with the midi controller is the attenuation for the FM input of the VCO. You can see the yellow label above the attenuator knob where I noted the correct value to anchor the signal.
The FM square wave from the VCO is being fed into the sync input of the VCO LAB, which is used to trigger the oscillator at audio rate in “Retriggered audio one shot” mode.
I then used the Flying Fader to control the scale of the frequency modulation of the VCO, using the OFFSET module to remap the signal into range.
Finally, I identified certain harmonics levels on the Flying Fader, and used TRANSIT to morph between those values. The keys on my keyboard are mapped to the TRANSIT snapshots, and the MIDI knob is mapped to the FADE parameter, which controls how fast or slow it transitions between the snapshots.
The actual notes are being played by the PHRASE-SEQ-16, I’m just triggering different harmonic levels and manipulating how fast to transition between them.
The texture of the oscillator itself are being driven by a Mod7 multi LFO attached to all those green cables off screen to the bottom right.
Most of the setup was already done by Omri, I just rejiggered the patch and added the MIDI controller. You’re welcome to checkout the patch file under the video if you want to take a closer look.