Roots

Patches for generative music collaboration in VCV Rack

Overview

The Roots repository is meant for storing and collaborating on patches that create something new from two different sources of sound/music.

Originally, the idea came from finding a way to blend between two separate recorded musical sets without mixing directly into eachother. However, the patches can be used freely for any use.

How it Works

Inputs

1. Sample A
2. Sample B
3. Duration of segments
4. Chord for generated middle segment
5. Recording Configuration

Output

• One .wav file

How the Repository is Organized

Roots is composed of branches for varying moods

main branch:

• Branch name: main
• Where a default patch lives.
• This default patch is the starting point and intended to be used to create new patches from.

mood branches:

• Branch name: mood-<name-of-mood>
  • Eg: mood-gentle-breeze
• Similar to software feature branches or environment branching, each mood branch is a variation of the main branch.

Usage

This repo will assume users are not familiar with Git and will attempt to document with this in mind.

Requirements

• VCV Rack
• Modules used in the patch
  • By default, free VCV Rack modules will be in use.
  • If paid modules are in use, they should be listed and linked to in the patch's README file.

Setup

UI

1. In GitHub's UI, select the branch you want to use (eg: main or mood-gentle-breeze).
2. Navigate to the patches directory.
3. Select the root-patch file.
4. Select Download raw file.
5. Move the file to your VCV Rack patch directory.
6. Open VCV Rack.
7. Select File > Open.
8. Find and select the patch file.
9. TBD: will add steps to check for and add missing modules.
10. GG! Happy modulating!