How can you patch Kitchen Sink and Pigeon Plink in VCV Rack for evolving FM sounds, feedback loops, ratio modulation and generative sequences?

Kitchen Sink and Pigeon Plink are especially interesting when you stop treating frequency modulation as a… read more

How does Pigeon Plink's continuous carrier-to-modulator ratio control work, and how can it be used for experimental FM synthesis in VCV Rack?

Pigeon Plink is an FM-oriented oscillator for VCV Rack based on Kitchen Sink. The two modules share much of the same general approach to… read more

What does the Kitchen Sink oscillator in VCV Rack do, and how can you combine linear FM, through-zero FM, exponential FM, feedback and wave folding?

An oscillator is often presented as a relatively simple sound source: choose a waveform… read more

Best Ways to Use Mutable Instruments Clouds in Generative Modular Patches

Clouds becomes especially powerful when integrated into generative systems.

Rather than serving merely as an effect processor, it can become an active… read more

What Does the Blend Control Do in Mutable Instruments Clouds?

Clouds provides several operating modes that affect both audio quality and effect processing.

Depending on the hardware version, firmware version, or software implementation… read more

What Do Position, Size, Texture and Density Do in Mutable Instruments Clouds?

Understanding four primary controls is the key to mastering Clouds:

Position

Size

How Does Mutable Instruments Clouds Work for Granular Synthesis and Generative Music?

Granular synthesis is one of the most powerful techniques available to modular synthesists. Instead of processing audio as a… read more

How Do Morph and Envelope Follower Modes Work in the Spectral Multiband Resonator?

Beyond its resonant filtering capabilities, the Spectral Multiband Resonator contains two advanced functions that are especially valuable for generative music: Morph and Envelope Follower… read more

Can the Spectral Multiband Resonator Transform External Sounds?

Although many musicians initially approach the Spectral Multiband Resonator as a sound source, one of its most powerful capabilities is processing external audio.

Instead of filtering its internal noise… read more

How Does the 4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator Work in Generative Modular Synthesis?

The 4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator is one of the most unusual and inspiring modules available for modular synthesis. It exists as the original 4ms hardware module, as a software version in… read more