New free VCV Rack modules: chaotic oscillators, HP word generator, drums

It’s time again for that trip-to-the-candy-store feeling with VCV Rack: the Eurorack rush without spending anything at all. Since our last episode, we’ve gotten new 4ms Roland-style drums, some unique stuff from Venom, a trio of chaotic oscillators, and a sequencer inspired by the legendary HP 8006A Word Generator. Hands-on with these open-source creations — let’s go!

Visco is a warped drum machine that lets you squish sound like goo [hands on]

Between samples and synth, sound design and performance—and with a heaping dose of machine learning—Visco is a new way of imagining a beat construction plug-in. But what you’ll probably notice first is that you get to squish around a futuristic blob of goo like it’s space-alien Silly Putty.

Peter Kirn - March 20, 2024

Mindmeld Shapemaster LFO-MSEG for VCV Rack and creating drums

Mindmeld Shapemaster Pro is a must-have add-on for the VCV Rack modular environment. It’s a multi-stage envelope generator, VCA, and complex VCO, and for starters, a video out today will show you how to use it to make drums.

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2023

Brahmaputra to AI: debashis sinha on practice, body, humanness, and his double release

Peter Kirn - March 23, 2023

Elektron’s Syntakt, broken down: a box of goodness with synthesis, effects, sequencing

Peter Kirn - April 21, 2022

Top music gear news from Superbooth 2021 – the CDM monster guide

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

CHAIR made an amazingly realistic snare plug-in – get a CDM discount, then play it on a table

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2021

A bass and drum machine, inside your KORG hardware, with Sinevibes’ Groove plugin

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2020

Free Snare Designer for Ableton Live, Logic, and Kontakt

Peter Kirn - November 2, 2018

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