VCV Rack - Bogaudio's RefTone
What Will I Learn?
- You will learn how to operate Bogaudio's RefTone.
- You will learn how to adjust the UI of Reftone.
- You will learn how to connect an external VCO to RefTone.
- You will learn the useful applications for RefTone.
Requirements
To complete this tutorial learners will need to have the following:
- The software application VCV Rack installed
- Access to the Internet
- An account created on www.vcvrack.com
- Fundamental plugins installed
- Bogaudio's plugins installed
Difficulty
This tutorial is at an Beginner level.
Description
Learn how to operate Bogaudio's RefTone.
Bogaudio's RefTone is a utility for organizing your tuning. RefTone provides us with various controls to output specific frequencies. In the tutorial I show how to adjust all controls to get a specific pitch for your musical projects.
Learn how to adjust the UI of Reftone.
The UI RefTone gives us a way to choose the note we want, the octave of the note and a fine tune adjustment for the frequency. All this information is displayed in the UI's display. I go into more detail on these adjustments in the video tutorial.
Learn how to connect an external VCO to RefTone.
RefTone can produce a sine wave, but it also allows you to connect an external oscillator. You can do this with the V/OCT output. This can be useful for when you would like a very specific frequency not for tuning but as part of a piece.
Learn the useful applications for RefTone.
As we incorporate acoustic instruments into our modular synthesis we will need a reference pitch that we can tune our instruments with. From time to time we will have pieces of music that will require very specific tonal center which are not A=440hz. RefTone lets us choose exactly the frequency we need for our music. I go over some other uses for this utility in the video tutorial.
VCV Rack is an open source application, which means that it is free for everyone to use. Please consider going to the developers' website and show your support for the project - http://www.vcvrack.com
I hope you enjoy this tutorial. If you have any specific questions for me feel free to leave it in the comments of this post and I will do my best to get back to you with an answer.
Cheers,
@buckydurddle
Video Tutorial
Curriculum
Learn VCV Rack Modular Synthesis Series
VCV Rack - Modular Synthesis, Plugin Manager, Customize UI
VCV Rack - VC Mixer, Patching, & VCO-1 to VC Mixer
VCV Rack - 1st Setup, Multi-Outputs and Audio Interface
VCV Rack - Scope, MIDI, Organizational Tools
VCV Rack - Delay Module - Time, Mix, Feedback
VCV Rack - VCO-1 & VCO-2 and Their Functions
VCV Rack - 8vert and Waveform Inversion
VCV Rack - Autodafe Modules - Keyboard, BPM Clock, LFO
VCV Rack - Autodafe Modules - Reverb & Phaser
VCV Rack - ADSR - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
VCV Rack - VCA , Linear Inputs & Exponential Inputs
VCV Rack - JW Modules' Simple Clock, Quantizer & WavHead
VCV Rack - JW Module Full Scope
Learn Hydrogen Drum Machine Series
Hydrogen - Rhythmic Resolution
Hydrogen - Effective Beat Making
Hydrogen - Song Editor, ADSR, Importing DrumKits from Respositories
Hydrogen - Humanize (Velocity, Timing & Swing)
Hydrogen - New Instruments, Loading Samples & Multiple Sample Sounds
Hydrogen - Beat Counter, BPM & Other Tempo Tools
Learn Helm Series
Helm 1st Oscillator Video Tutorial
Helm 2nd Oscillator Video Tutorial
Learn Audacity Series
If you would like to learn how to use the open source sound recording and editing software Audacity then have a look at these tutorials:
1 How to Create a New Audacity Project
2 How to Open or Import Audio Files in Audacity
5 How to Save an Audacity Project
7 How to Set Input Volume Levels
8 How to Export MP3 and WAV Files
9 How to Select and Delete Sound
ACTIVITY 1 - My First Recording
10 How to use Undo and History in Audacity
12 How to Use the Time Shift Tool
13 How to Use the Change Pitch Effect
ACTIVITY 2 - Make Your Voice Sound Like a Chipmunk
14 How to Use the Fade In & Fade Out Effects
15 How to Download Sound Samples from the Internet
16 How to Use the Amplify Effect
ACTIVITY 3 - Multitrack Recording in Audacity - Beatbox
21 How to Use the Change Tempo Effect
22 How to Use the Equalization Effect
ACTIVITY 4 - How to Mess Up a Piece of Music
25 How to Remove Vocals from a Recording
SETUP - How to Install the LAME Encoder
Logo - http://tytel.org/helm
Logo - https://www.audacityteam.org/
Logo - http://www.hydrogen-music.org/hcms/
Logo - https://www.vcvrack.com
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Bucky
Great video. I've been coming to grips with VCV Rack over the last couple of weeks and getting acquainted with some of the modules has been a real adventure. I really love now that someone made a Ableton Link module I can really let loose with it and let Ableton handle the recording and timing.
Great to hear from you @iamevilradio. Cant wait to hear some of your music. I posted a little tune on my blog today. I did it over my lunch break. Lots of fun :)
Cheers,
bucky
Thanks, I'm currently in the process of slowing uploading my songs to D-Tube and I'll let you know when the one I'm finishing using VCV rack is finished. Since you seem interested, I'll share one of the songs I uploaded earlier this week from a more synth-centric project. Thank you.
https://steemit.com/dsound/@iamevilradio/adrian-rowe-headstrong-ep-nowhere-shores
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