VCV Rack - Delay Module - Time, Mix, Feedback
What Will I Learn?
- You will learn how to use Delay in VCV Rack.
- You will learn the function and how to use the Mix control.
- You will learn the function and how to use the Feedback control.
- You will learn the function and how to use the Mix control.
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
- Fundamentals plugin installed
Difficulty
This tutorial is at an Beginner level.
Description
Learn the purpose of Delay
Delay or 'echo' is a workhorse in any studio. Delay allows us to take a sound and repeat it. We have control over the speed of the repeat as well as the number of times it repeats. Delay can be used to add very nice textures and effects to any performance.
The software synth Helm and the audio recording software Audacity both have built in Delay modules. You can see tutorial on both of these here:
- Helm Delay - https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@buckydurddle/helm-software-synth-how-to-use-delay-video-tutorial
- Audacity Delay - https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@buckydurddle/audacity-tutorial-27-how-to-use-the-echo-effect
Rack's Delay module is very easy to use and can provide you with an interesting tool box for creating unique sounds.
How to use the Mix function in Delay.
A good place to start with Delay is Mix. Think of the sound coming out of the Delay unit as a combination of the original sound you put into it and the effected sound which is created by the Delay process. The Mix control balances the amount of original sound (dry) and effected sound (wet) we hear. All the way to the left gives you only the dry sound and all the way to the right gives you onlythe wet sound. Between these two extreme will be a combination of both.
What is the Time function and how is it used.
If we think of Delay as producing echos then Time allows us to adjust the time between repeated sounds. Further to the left can take the sounds down to the milliseconds and to the right provides a delay seconds in duration.
Rotating the control to the right can create such fast repeated sounds that it can result in some very interesting textures.
What is the Feedback function and how is it used.
If Time controls the lenght of time between repeated sounds Feedback controls the time it takes for the repeated sounds to fade away to silence. Turning the control all the way to the left will have the sound fade away instantly and all the way to the right will have the sound repeating on and on with now decrease in volume level
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
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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Another great explanation bucky! Modulation of delay time and feedback is like where I -start- my patches. Don't know if you are familiar with karplus-strong synthesis but you can effectively make the "swooping" pitch bend sound you get out of modifying the time constraint on delay into its own strange warbly brand of synthesis. Good number of modules coming out now that use this as their synthesis engine but you can build a karplus-strong engine out of regular modules (totally emulatable in VCV) ... check it out:
Excellent stuff @drumoperator I will definitely be digging into this one.
So many useful tools to use here, thanks for posting this links!
My pleasure @frankabelle
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