LAB 01 · BEGINNER
Complete voice
Separate timing, sound, tone, shape, and output into a complete subtractive voice.
CLOCK→ENVELOPE+VCO → VCF → VCA
VCV Essentials · Free patch pack
Learn modular
inside the rack.
Start with three interactive browser labs—patch the signal path, hear the result, and connect each function to real hardware. Continue into the downloadable VCV Rack experiments when you are ready.
Before you open a patch
One free plugin. One audio setting.
- 01
Install VCV Rack 2 and add the free VCV Fundamental plugin to your VCV Library.
- 02
Open a lab, select your driver and device in Audio-2, and begin with device volume low.
- 03
Follow red for audio, blue for continuous CV, and orange for gates or clock.
LAB 02 · BEGINNER
Modulation depth
Attenuate an LFO before filter cutoff and hear why utilities make modulation musical.
LFO→ATTENUATOR→FILTER CV
LAB 03 · INTERMEDIATE
Clock relationships
Hear the main pulse against an eight-step accent. Follow timing independently from pitch and audio.
CLOCK→STEPS→ACCENT
LAB 04 · INTERMEDIATE
Generative melody
Narrow random voltage, quantize it, and turn chance into a deliberate musical boundary.
RANDOM→ATTENUATE→QUANTIZE
LAB 05 · ADVANCED
Controlled feedback
Raise delay feedback toward a sustained loop, then use tone and level to keep the accumulating signal under control.
VOICE→DELAY↻FEEDBACK
Practice rule
Change one thing.
Listen before and after. Name the cable’s job. If the result surprises you, trace the signal from output back to source.
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