Venom Release Announcements: Latest version 2.14.2 with filter enhancements submitted to Library and available for download

I checked the self oscillation output frequencies, and I am finding the tracking to be better than what you report by an order of magnitude. The error reported by the Nysthi Hot Tuna varies a bit by VCV sample rate, as well as by frequency. But at 48 kHz going from C4 to c8 I find that setting the attenuator to 99.96% gives a “perfect” result.

More importantly, I checked the self oscillation output against the Venom VCO Unit sine as well as the VCV VCO sine, and all were in perfect agreement with each other. So I am wondering if we are running up against the limits of floating point math and sample rate.

So I will not make any tuning adjustments to the filter.

Not criticizing. Just noticing. It can follow V/Oct, that’s the main takeaway. So tuning differences would not occur due to using different sample rates, because I was also running 48 kHz.

But, I did not use a tuner to check, because a tuner might have difficulty tuning to resonant (but still narrow band) noise. I just checked by ear (and minimizing the detuning beating) against two sine and V/Oct sources. In this case using two instances of Bogaudio REFTONE which let you easily set/select notes and octaves, and conveniently outputs both a V/Oct and a Sine. So, could just be my aging and failing auditory perception against the accuracy of a tuner. Definitely don’t fix what ain’t broken.

Whoops, shame on me. I did not read any of the documentation before fiddling knobs.

Finally, on using the Multimode Filter(s) as resonator(s).

Feeding it variations of (low pass) filtered noise yields great varieties of distortion behaviour in sweet spots. E.g using Squinky Labs Colors.

Again, another great module. Thanks for your evergrowing contributions to the VCV Rack community.

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The Benjolin patch is one of the most outstanding patches I’ve ever had the pleasure of using. Thank you so very much for your amazing dedication and hard work.

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I’ve added the Wet ↔ Dry Morph modes along with some other enhancements to the Multimode Filter. The changes are available in my Dev blog for now.

I have submitted v2.14.2 to the library. I don’t know when the update will appear in the library. In the mean time you can get the binaries below.

Version 2.14.2 Changes

Enhancements

  • Multimode Filter
    • Five new Morph modes
      • BP ↔ Notch
      • Dry ↔ Wet LP
      • Dry ↔ Wet HP
      • Dry ↔ Wet BP
      • Dry ↔ Wet Notch
    • New input coupling option button
      • DC (default) - old behavior
      • AC - This can eliminate saturation asymmetry when the input has a DC offset
    • New Gain VCA polarity option button
      • Unipolar (default) - old behavior
      • Bipolar - This can only have an effect with Gain CV
    • Gain range extended to 10
      • CV now scaled at 1 per Volt instead of 0.2 per Volt
      • Effective gain now clamped to 0V - 10V or -10V - 10V, depending on VCA polarity
      • This can be a breaking change for old patches with Gain CV
  • Wincomp
    • Added context menu option to normal B input to the previous sample from the A input so Wincomp can function as a crude slope detector.

Bug Fix

  • Multimode Filter Notch output was sometimes inverted

Read the updated documentation and/or checkout my dev blog starting here for more info.

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