(this is not a sponsored video) Voltage Modular is free this weekend due to Black Friday. I decided to give it a go. cherryaudio.com/voltage-modular
I've known about Voltage Modular for a bit, but just started really playing with it now. I'm using the "core" set of modules ($50) plus a couple other modules I picked up. Overall, it's pretty cool. I know software modular isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the advantage of Voltage Modular (or the alternative VCV Rack) is that you can experiment with a lot of different modules for next to nothing cost-wise, and use that as a way to determine what hardware you'd use the most.
Here, I'm playing around with a single voice and a couple drum modules. It's a bit difficult to do everything in time with each other using just a mouse. Typically, in a hardware system I'd be able to do 2 gestures at the same time, but a mouse limits that to one. If I was to really "get into" this, I'd probably invest in a good MIDI controller.
Something else which I always like about modular is that it's quite a bit easier to detach from music theory, and piano roles, and just kind of put something together that's fun and sounds good. In this video you'll notice I'm not running through a quantizer of any kind. I'm just going by ear. adjusting the pitches, and sometimes I hit one that's probably out of key to our western ears. Oh well. That's part of the process.
While there are some control quirks, and sometimes I just have the urge to reach out and turn a knob in the software, this still serves as a great playground to try out ideas and better understand where I want my hardware rack to go.
27 ноя 2020
