r/vcvrack

Hi,

I'm planning a generative installation based on realtime weather data. It would include running VCV Rack for at least six hours, maybe more, on a MacBook Pro (2021 M1 Pro, 32 GB) while using the same computer to stream the audio to an Icecast server.

I know there is no straightforward answer to "will it work?" since a lot depends on the complexity of the patch, the modules involved, etc. But if anyone here has done something similar, I'd like to hear if you've ran into any problems.

Thanks!

Also, is there anything really "lacking" in VCV as far as these modules go? I'm guessing there's probably decent enough coverage of everything if you dive into combinations at least because there is so many ways they could interact. Would it be more convenient to have a large module do more of it?

Can a machine create soulful music? Inspired by the generative philosophies of Brian Eno, this VCV Rack patch is a self-governing system designed for infinite, evolving soundscapes. Unlike a traditional composition, this "Music for Airports" style patch uses algorithmic logic to ensure the music never repeats exactly the same way twice.

Patch Highlights

• Marbles — generative gate and CV source
• 3× Bogaudio FM-OP — layered FM synthesis operators
• Pentatonic quantizer — melodic coherence from chaos
• Chronoblob2 — tempo-synced tape delay
• Plateau — lush algorithmic reverb
• Bogaudio Slew + LLFO — organic modulation and movement

This patch explores how FM synthesis — often associated with harsh
digital tones — can produce warm, soulful piano-like ambient textures when driven
by a random source and shaped with careful envelope design.

Does one exist? I just want to have a gate/clock signal go in and be sent randomly to just one of 8 outputs. Would expect something like that to be fairly commonplace but I can’t find one in the library.

At the moment I’m doing it with a chain of Bernoulli Gates but it takes up a lot of rack space. Not a huge problem but I like trying to work with small, limited footprints and create as much as possible in a small space.

In a perfect world I’d want something that has 8 inputs corresponding to each of the 8 outputs and a recieved gate would randomly send to any of them *except* the one matching the recieved input, but I feel that one might be a stretch. Can’t even think through the logic of how to make that with long chains of other modules.

I'm on a 6 year old Surface Book 2, so I know it's not a top shelf machine, but I don't feel like I should be getting this many artifacts.