This really isn’t the right place for this inquiry. It would be better at ELTA Solar 42 Emulator v2 and challenge. If you couldn’t find that topic, it would be better as its own new topic.
anyway…
I remember running into this myself at one stage. I think the source was a cable management module somewhere in the patch that wasn’t needed, and was interfering. I tried all the Solar 42 patches I could find on my local machine, as well as downloading some of my Solar 42 patches on PatchStorage and from the link above, and I cannot reproduce the problem anymore. So I am not sure what is going on.
You’re right, this is the wrong place, sorry. But in the meantime I was able to find the source of the problem. It’s the Submarine ‘Wire Manager’ module in the third row that I hadn’t noticed before. Orange was clicked on there and this ensures that all new cables turn orange. Now everything is fine.
Mouse Paddocumentation- Use your mouse as a controller
Poly Fadedocumentation- Phasor driven cross fade between channels of a polyphonic input, with envelope shaping
Quad VC Polarizerdocumentation - A compact emulation of Mutable Instruments Blinds, with polyphony and other enhancements
VCO Unitdocumentation - VCO Lab’s little brother with all the same features, except only one waveform at a time. Be sure to check out new waveform morphing, including the even waveform
Enhancements
Mix Pan Expander
Add polyphony support to CV inputs
VCO Lab
Add waveform morphing shape modes
Sine: square ↔ sine ↔ saw
Triangle: sine ↔ triangle ↔ square
Square: triangle ↔ square ↔ saw
Saw: square ↔ saw ↔ even
Sum of Level parameter and Level CV now limited to 100%
Module context option to disable Level limit
Old patches default to unlimited
Level CV can now be configured for unipolar or bipolar (ring mod) input
Default is unipolar
Old patches default to bipolar
Level CV Ring Mod context menu option renamed VCA unity = 5V
Square Full PWM shape option color changed from blue to orange to match new VCO Unit module
Bug Fix
Bay Modules
Fix crash on some platforms when a linked Bay Input is deleted.
Benjolin Gates Expander
Fix LED gate indicators broken in v2.9.1
Bypass
Trigger button did not work properly via PatchMaster control when in momentary mode. It now works properly as long as Trigger input not patched.
Mix 4 and VCA Mix 4
Bug fix for Pre Offset when using the Mix Offset expander
Venom 2.10 has been submitted, and should appear in the library soon. In the mean time you can get official binaries in the link below:
Here are some videos and patches introducing the new modules and some enhancements.
Lately I have been seeking a module with the functionality of Quad VC Polarizer. It seems to have arrived in the Rack Library just as I needed it. Your work is much appreciated @DaveVenom!
Cool. I would never have thought to create that module had it not been for @Schabbes inquiry about Southpole Bandana.
When designing my earlier Mix modules, I looked at a lot of other existing modules, and Mutable Instruments Blinds / VCV Quad VC Polarizer intrigued me a lot. But it wasn’t until @Schabbes inquiry that I looked even deeper, and realized the design is cooler than I realized, and I thought about what enhancements I could add to make development of a Venom version worth while.
New phasor input slew rate parameter, defaults to off
Removed audio pops when changing internal phasor direction
Reduced audio pops when changing channels or start channel
New context menu option to disable “Reset if direction off”
(breaking change) Ping pong internal phasor rate is now 1/2 displayed rate to preserve constant rate of channel switching
Bug Fixes
Repaired default themes system that was broken in v2.4.1
The wave folder handles both LFO and audio rate modulation extremely well, with available oversampling. It can function as a wave folding VCA and/or ring modulator. I haven’t found another wave folder that sounds the same, so you may want to check this one out.
The Poly Fade enhancements make a huge difference when using CV modulation. Be on the lookout for a video from Omri that features the Poly Fade, coming soon…
On 2024-12-17 I published minor release 2.11.1 with enhancements for VCO Lab and VCO Unit, but no new modules. It hit the library right around the new year. But I never made an announcement… until now.
Enhancements
All modules with oversampling options
New context menu option to select the quality of the oversampling filters
New patches default to 10th order (better)
Pre-existing patches use 6th order
VCO Lab and VCO Unit
Improved audio quality of square and saw waves with DPW anti-aliasing
Added context menu option to disable DPW
Pre-existing patches default to DPW disabled
Added option to set the sync trigger thresholds
Default continues to be 2V high, 0.2V low, which works for both unipolar and bipolar triggers
0V high, -2V low triggers at 0 crossing point, but only works with bipolar triggers
Removed max frequency limit
Bug Fixes
VCA Mix 4 and VCA Mix 4 Stereo: Band limiting (oversampling) VCA Mode options were improperly implemented
I am particularly happy with the improvements that DPW anti-aliasing brings to the saw and square waves of VCO Lab and VCO Unit. Thanks @hemmer for your help in understanding how DPW (Differentiated polynomial waveform) anti-aliasing works. Studying the Befaco Even code really helped.
Here is a video that introduces the enhancements, as well as talks about some interesting techniques that are available to VCO Lab and VCO Unit. But be forewarned - it is quite long, and very dry and technical. There are no pretty sounds with this one.
Topics covered:
New DPW anti-aliasing option
New oversampling filter slope options
Removing anti-aliasing to improve phase distortion results
Major Venom 2.12.1 release is now available in the Library! I’m not sure why I held onto it for so long before submitting. Once submitted, it only took 1 day to reach the library - very nice!
Cross fade between 8 inputs arranged on a virtual cube via 3 dimensional parameters (X, Y , Z) to create a custom mix at the output. Each dimension fades between 4 inputs on one face and 4 inputs on the opposite face. With all 3 dimensions at an extreme, a single input is selected. With all dimensions at 50% each input contributes 12.5% to the final output (50% x 50% x 50%).
This was born from a request by Jens Peter Nielsen to add support for spherical coordinates to the Cross Fade 3D and Pan 3D modules. But it works really well as an audio processor for three inputs that is similar to, but distinctly different than ring modulation.
This is a tricked out emulation of the Doepfer A-137-2 Wave Multiplier II. All the expansion pins and jumpers have been exposed as 8 additional outputs and 5 mute buttons. It has 4 LFO modulators built in for instant fat and dynamic sounds from simple sloped wave form inputs like sine, triangle, and saw.
Enhancements
All modules with DC block options
Improved the DC block algorithm to compensate for changes to oversampling and or VCV sample rate (potential patch sound breaking change) Thank you @Stubs for your post that solved my problem
I have waited a long time for this! At last the DC block fully works as intended, with minimal attenuation of low frequency audio signals
VCO Lab and VCO Unit
Added a module context menu option to measure LFO frequency in BPM instead of Hz
Added pseudo PWM shape modes to sine, triangle, and saw, as well as skew shape modes to sine and triangle.
Added linear FM option to disable through-zero
Added context menu option to set default audio rate oversampling
Linear FM now sounds consistent as sample rate and/or oversample rate change (due to DC block improvement).
VCO Unit
Shape mode now always has 8 options, regardless which waveform is selected. The square waveform rotates through the three modes to make 8. This change guarantees that cycling through all the waveform options will not change the shape mode for a particular waveform.
Poly Fade
Added context menu option to disable output channel minimization
Poly Offset Quantize behavior
Old behavior that quantizes the output no longer quantizes the offset knob displays
Added new options to quantize the offset only, which does quantize the knob displays
Multi Merge
Add context menu options to explicitly set the number of channels on inputs, overriding the actual input channel count.
Rhythm Explorer
Added 96 ppqn clock option
Added dotted rate options
Poly Unison
Detune CV now scales 10V to match the detune knob range
Old patches default to old behavior of V/Oct for Detune CV
Bay Modules better preserve links when performing duplication or copy/paste
New behavior: Duplication of linked outputs where the input is missing from the selection attempt to establish the link to the original uncopied input
Continued old behavior: Duplication of input/output pairs establish the link between the new copies
Bug Fix
WinComp
Absolute value was applied to Tolerance input, but not the tolerance offset parameter
Module now correctly sums the tolerance input with the offset before taking the absolute value
In the interest of avoiding memory allocation during the audio process, the Mix modules are now limited to a maximum of 16 expanders. Prior to v2.12 there was no limit.
I hope to publish a release demo that briefly introduces all the new modules and enhancements. But in the mean time, here are a few videos / patches that barely hint at the potential of this release.
Cross Fade 3D demo
Sphere To XYZ demo
The video is me experimenting with an early version of the module. The patch works fine with the released version.
I revisited my Subharmonicon emulation, and used the Wave Multiplier to thicken up the sound of the sine Sub 2B oscillator that was getting lost in the mix. It is hard to distinguish the effect within the mix, but the difference it made was profound.
Thanks Victor! Yeah - the Sphere To XYZ does create a surprisingly amazing sound, though I would say more of an endless spectrum of sounds! I had a blast playing with that patch.
– thank you for sharing it!
