OH I see there’s a USB midi in, which we can assign to the midi>cv module in vcv rack, and then just patch it all up in there to control stuff. What about the “vst” module it has? Can we use that module to play our vst synths inside the meta, or no? I imagine no on this one cause then you would need to keep a copy of the vst synth on the meta as well.Yes, it definitely can be a sequencer. It has 8 outputs, which can be CV or gate (or audio). For instance you can use the Orcas Heart module as an 8-channel sequencer.questions...
1) is this, can it be used as a sequencer? it has 4 outs so probably? just load a sequencer VCV patch?Yes, true polyphony, whether you are patching the 8 outputs as some combination of gates and 1V/oct CV to run to external VCOs and envelope modules, or if you use internal virtual VCOs/envelopes/VCAs/etc and just run the audio out. Either way (or some hybrid of both ways), you can have multiple voices in parallel.2) If it can be a sequencer (im' sure this is yes), then can it be true polyphony? If it can't do it, can it at least do it via midi out expander?Perhaps at a later revision or expander module.3) What about an art out for polyphonic out so we can fun a polyphonic sequence out thru the art out expander (again I just made this up out of thin air)Yes, the modules played on MetaModule will behave the same as in VCV. So if you make them in tune on VCV, then they'll be in tune on the MetaModule.4) Regarding TUNING (art) in general will the modules that are played be perfectly in tune so long as I set up the correct notes inside vcv rack? I imagine the answer is 'yes, set them to whatever notes you want as the base note and the 1v/oct will take care of you from there." but I don't assume anything anymore in eurorack. I can't recall but is there a quick way in vcv rack to select the base note without manually tuning it? like right click, select base note or something?There's no limit. The patch files are typically just a few kb, and a typical SD Card or USB drive might be 32GB. So, you could fit millions of patches on such a disk.5) I missed it, how many "patches" can we recall/store, and how fast do they load?
They load in just a few hundred milliseconds typically. There's no noticeable lag or delay when you press the play button on a patch.The current beta firmware of the MetaModule limits the number of MIDI polyphonic voices to 4 right now, though we may raise that to 8 or 16 before the release (just pending more testing). There's no inherent reason it can't support 16 voices, it's just that running 16 VCOs + 16 VCFs + 16 EGs is hard to do without hitting the CPU limit on the MetaModule.6) Let's compare this to the Oxi-coral 8 voice multi tambral osc. It uses midi in to control any of the 8 voices, and can stack voice for chords. Can we do anything like that with the 4ms Meta? Meta is 4 voices, correct? But couldn't we technically have however many voices the CPU would allow and just output 4 only becuase there's 4 outs? SO then could we do a midi in, and assign midi channel to a "voice" we put inside VCV rack and basiclly map out our own 8 voices in VCV rack and address them in one meta program via the midi channel? How would polyphony be handled regarding voice allocation?
So yes, you could route MIDI input to CV/gate signals and create your own voices, then route those voices as you wish to the MetaModule outputs.
You can do this just by creating a patch in Rack using the VCV Rack MIDI modules (MIDI->CV, MIDI Maps, etc). How you patch the outputs of those modules will determine how MIDI messages are routed in the MetaModule.
So it sounds like the true limitation is going to be the CPU. So whatever patches work within that are able to be made and whatever control you want you can get assigned to the jacks and that’s as complex as it can get. I like the idea but I truly fear the cpu limits. Maybe more videos showing various patches. Like some massive internal mixer taking in a bunch of routings and aux sends… or a patch with as much modulation as no one would ever need. Just massive cross patching (you know how we do it when we’re not actually making music anymore and we’re just in lab mode “i wonder what would happen if…. 4 hours later… patch so complex no one, even me knows wtf is happening and i still just turn like 4 knobs.) ya know… more examples
And yes more voice the more marketable I think. But it’s not fair to say 16 voices but honestly it can’t load 16 voices. It can handle it but can’t load it. So whatever is true.
Statistics: Posted by SunSpots — Wed May 22, 2024 7:31 pm