Remember also that noise generators can be used for non-audio purposes such as in sample-and-hold. Further sound generation come in the form of Noise, with variously ‘coloured’ noises available. That being said, the manual entry for the Wavetable VCO merely says ‘Coming Soon’, so some of the detail relating to this module remains hard to access (and this is far from the only module where this is the case). It’s worth pointing out that there is some context-sensitive help for the module parameters through VCV Rack, and more detailed referencing of the online manual can be accessed by bringing up the right-click menu in each module (where you will also find extended parameters and management features such as Randomize, Duplicate and Initialize). While not really intended as a recreation of conventional hardware modular, Reaktor is, however, a well-established and very powerful software system.

Add-ons include officially licensed modules from Buchla, Intellijel, Mutable Instruments and others. Impressive software with 50+ included modules including modelled Doepfer. This can be expanded with other modules in various bundle sizes (all developed in-house). Voltage Modular Nucleus come with just over 20 modules to get you started.

As such, modular systems are a great way of understanding how synths work. However, beneath this apparent complexity lies a cool logic – that there are no shortcuts. Of course, all this talk of CV (Control Voltage) Gates and Triggers in fact refers to their virtual equivalent in the VCV modular universe rather than actual analogue signals, but their (virtual) ranges here fall within familiar conventions such as 1V/Octave and 0-10 volts, with patch cables (in five colour options) used to do the routing.Īs anyone who has been brought up in the world of polyphonic virtual instrument plugins and who has subsequently stepped into modular patching will know, sometimes even the simplest sounds need a whole host of modules.

MIDI notes can be generated by your computer keyboard or even a gamepad. Like any DAW they both need configuring for your specific hardware, but this is straightforward.įor more complex routing needs, the Core Library includes eight and 16 output versions of the audio module (and dedicated MIDI CC to CV and MIDI to Gate modules plus a range of their inverted counterparts for turning internally generated CV into MIDI data). Two critical modules here are VCV Audio and VCV MIDI to CV. On first launching VCV Rack, you are presented with a template patch that provides a nice overview of the signal connectivity required to create a MIDI-controlled, multi-oscillator monosynth.

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