Voltage Modular Feature Requests

[ChR_is]

- adjustable sample rate. All modules currently run at 48kHz. Perhaps some built-in support (e.g., stock up/down-sampling filters) for internal oversampling as well.
- receive midi clocks + start/stop/continue to drive the transport section in the standalone version.

there are up-/down-sampling filters/oversampling modules in VM already: https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/r-oversamplers

[UrbanCyborg]

Ditto for me on Grant's suggestions.

In addition, it would be a developer nicety to be able to completely suppress display of cabling and plugs, to make it easier to capture decent pictures for display in the store. As it is, I have to capture any module or bundle twice, once with some cabling present so as to get the module into the state I want for display, then a second time with no cabling, then Photoshop edit to merge portions of the two images. In other words, what I want is to capture a picture of the module or bundle in a functional state, but with no cabling showing.

Reid

[Steve W]

I have withdrawn my friendly suggestion.

[ChR_is]

a shortcut for the 2x interface zoom option would be cool. or the focus feature from other CA synths integrated into VM.

[utdgrant]

In other words, what I want is to capture a picture of the module or bundle in a functional state, but with no cabling showing.

I take it that turning cable transparency(*) down to zero doesn't quite solve your problem?

(*) Turning opacity down to zero, or transparency to 100%, for the terminally pedantic amongst us.

[utdgrant]

there are up-/down-sampling filters/oversampling modules in VM already: https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/r-oversamplers

Unfortunately, I don't think these would be capable of performing oversampling on (for example) the CA Ladder Filter. (Aliasing can become quite noticeable on that one when you crank up the Saturation knob).

According to your documentation:

"NOTE: due to the nature of this module only modules that do not rely on past values can be oversampled. In practice this means that you can increase the quality of most distortion/saturation modules, but it won't work on filters unfortunately."

[ChR_is]

there are up-/down-sampling filters/oversampling modules in VM already: https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/r-oversamplers

Unfortunately, I don't think these would be capable of performing oversampling on (for example) the CA Ladder Filter. (Aliasing can become quite noticeable on that one when you crank up the Saturation knob).

According to your documentation:

"NOTE: due to the nature of this module only modules that do not rely on past values can be oversampled. In practice this means that you can increase the quality of most distortion/saturation modules, but it won't work on filters unfortunately."

true, unfortunately. but global oversampling wouldn't solve that issue neither. modules need to adapt to the samplerate then. if you oversample a filter 2x, its frequency response is effectively halfed. the module needs to adapt to that. since there is no way in the VM api to get the current samplerate dynamically, ALL existing modules by all developers would need to be adapted to a variable samplerate to make it work consistently.

besides oversampling introduces its own issues. mainly latency, which doesn't work well with the 1 operation per sample that VM does. it sounds negligible, but it starts making sense when you think about e.g. a 1 sample long trigger signal in the context of VM.

[UrbanCyborg]

Grant, no, turning the cable transparency down doesn't entirely solve the problem, because it only hides the cable, but not the plug.

Reid

[GusGranite]

Grant, no, turning the cable transparency down doesn't entirely solve the problem, because it only hides the cable, but not the plug.

Reid

I am not negating your request (all requests welcomed from my point of view!) but as a workaround could you just select all modules, right click and Disconnect Cables, take your screenshot, then hit undo to reconnect all cables if you want to revert to the working patch? It's possible I am misunderstanding the requirement, however.

[ColinP]

Grant, no, turning the cable transparency down doesn't entirely solve the problem, because it only hides the cable, but not the plug.

Reid

If you use mid gray colored cables then the plugs blend in fairly well. Most people aren't going to notice such details. I suspect anyone who does notice will understand why a cable is plugged in.