=== very cool patch challenge, edition 47: New Year 2020 ===

Cabotage_KSM · January 5, 2020, 3:08am

Very nice! You know you can light those blank panels, right?

heartbleeps · January 5, 2020, 9:57am

Oh my goodness, I did not! They look amazing, as well! This was my first time using blank panels. I will definitely use these again, going forward.

Thank you so much!

dag2099 · January 5, 2020, 12:24pm

Looks like everyone else is improving there background game. I need to move forward. Or just give up entirely.

heartbleeps · January 5, 2020, 7:48pm

If you needed a video editing suggestion, Blender isn’t hard to learn, in that capacity. I could message you a couple of tutorials I found particularly useful to get the effects I used in that recording.

As for mixed media inspiration, I just don’t overthink it too much. Follow your instincts and I have faith that your style will inspire others, but absolutely don’t give up!

dag2099 · January 5, 2020, 8:08pm

I use Blender. I tend to put the backdrops in while I’m screen capturing with OBS. I did look at using the compositing tools in Blender but I couldn’t get the chromakeying to work in a way that I liked. I keep sort of looking sideways at Natron but it’s unmaintained and that bothers me.

heartbleeps · January 5, 2020, 9:10pm

I’ve only just started using OBS, so I haven’t used it for anything other than screen recording. I suppose, if I ever get fast enough in VCV Rack, I might start streaming myself building patches. Compositing would be a really great tool for that purpose.

I know what you mean about unmaintained projects though, but if they don’t have to interact with too many other programs to be effective, and they’re stable, I don’t have problems using them.

dag2099 · January 5, 2020, 11:05pm

Well, there’s a few people on the forum here who stream on Twitch, so be sure to tell us if you do so that we can give you a “follow”.

dag2099 · January 6, 2020, 11:22pm

So, in the previous couple of challenges I’ve been slacking, simply because of Psychedelic December. But now we are in January I have time to spend more than a day on a track so here we go:

vcp-47-nowhere forever.vcv (1.2 MB)

If I weren’t limited to 20 modules I’d have added some moody chords but I didn’t. At this point I’m sort of desperate for a way of having an arbitrary number of lines of speech synthesised dialogue. 16 lines is fine but more is more. Maybe a module like 8face that lets you have an arbitrary number of named “scenes” that you can scroll between with triggers? The key moment in making this patch, in a lot of ways, was deciding to ditch the reverb. I’m thinking that it’s actually a good sound for this robofunk stuff. I don’t really know whether I’m getting better at using compression but I am using it more and the kick on this is pretty good (at least until it encounters youtube). Enjoy!

earthvomit · January 7, 2020, 4:15am

This is my entry. I made as short a version as possible. But I know I can even squeeze some hours from it. It plays mostly automatically, but I can’t keep my fingers off it and have to help it along a little.Listen at your own risk, this material contains clicks and pops that can make the disabled move and speakers break. https://youtu.be/qm3tSCkaSDs

vcp472.vcv (255.6 KB)

dag2099 · January 7, 2020, 11:19am

Didn’t occur to me to save space with a semi-modular, ingenious.

earthvomit · January 7, 2020, 2:58pm

I almost turned in this patch without Impromptu Semi modular, and yesterday I was thinking I was forgetting some big modules.Didn’t occur to me to use 8face on SAM although I have tried 8face on lot of modules. Ingenious. Lifechanging modules.

dag2099 · January 9, 2020, 1:46pm

Great, now I can’t decide whether I should arbitrarily declare scopes not to count. I guess they have to.

denis.tercier · January 9, 2020, 9:40pm

Hi, this is my contribution: It’s all about frequency and ring modulation.

Here is the patch: FM&rides.vcv (33.5 KB)

I hope you’ll enjoy! Here are some patch notes:

4 operators to AB+C to a 2nd AB+C.
The multiple is here to help making changes of algorythm on the fly and make them more readable.
The second A*B+C receives two sinewaves from EV3 as well (1carrier and one modulator; the modulator passes through a wavefolder before.)
To drive this patch a bit crasy here and there, I combine a dual envelope and a rampage for pitch modulation. They modulate them (LFO frequency, envelope’s attack and decay) eachother.
The 3rd voice of EV3 provides a rumbling and droning bass.
You’ll notice that I didn’t use any quantizer. It wasn’t really necessary since EV3 is self quantized and since I worked on a C based pitch with only ratios on the operators (0.125, 0.250, 0.5, 1, 2…).

Cheers. I’m looking forward diggin in yours! Denis

down_of_hares · January 9, 2020, 10:14pm

Great patch! Very west coast and cleverly crafted

unlessgames · January 9, 2020, 11:08pm

you could count expanders and anything not having both in and out port(s) as half modules

dag2099 · January 10, 2020, 10:11pm

I don’t know why but I decided to do another entry. The scope is included in the module count.

vcp-47 mostly the combinations.vcv (121.1 KB)

What do we have? Sort of shoegazey bloopin’s n’ bleepin’s. I’m really beginning to appreciate the sound of delay without reverb. Very much it’s own thing. It’s tempting to say that this piece flirts with a minimalist aesthetic but really I just couldn’t fit any more stuff into it.

edit: Hey! I’m using that new poly oscillator! Good stuff.

gbarygbarnes · January 10, 2020, 10:16pm

Hi rackers, here’s my entry… patch link is in the video description…

rickglasser · January 11, 2020, 12:17am

@gbarygbarnes I liked it with the exception of the nails on the chalkboard which I think is coming from the Saws set in the 7th octave. Down 1 octave and I’d give it 5 stars.

Cabotage_KSM · January 11, 2020, 12:42am

heavenly

gbarygbarnes · January 11, 2020, 11:50am

Thanks Rick, just played around with this, if you lower it to oct 5 and turn the pitch down to minimum on clouds it become really chilled.