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The Squinky Labs modules for VCV Rack
Below are short descriptions of our modules with links to more detailed manuals.
The release notes describe recent changes to our modules.
Things that make sound
EV3 is three VCOs in a single module. Each of the three VCOs is a clone of Befaco's EvenVCO, with oscillator sync added. Like EvenVCO, it sounds good, uses little CPU, and has very little aliasing distortion.
Chebyshev Waveshaper VCO can make sounds like no other VCO. It contains a VCO, ten polynomial wave-shapers, and one clipper/folder. Among other things, it is a harmonic oscillator.
Saws is an emulation of the legendary Roland Super-Saw from the JP-8000.
Colors is a colored noise generator. It can generate all the common “colors” of noise, including white, pink, red, blue, and violet. And all the colors in between.
Functional VCO-1 is an improved version of the Fundamental VCO-1. Like Fundamental VCO-1, it will never alias, no matter what you throw at it. It is one of the few VCOs that can do sync, FM, and PWM without aliasing. Functional VCO-1 improves on Fundamental by lowering the CPU usage dramatically.
Things that process sound
Shaper. Yet another wave shaper. But unlike most, this one has almost no aliasing distortion. And a few new shapes that sound nice.
Chopper Is a tremolo powered by a clock-synchable LFO. The LFO is highly programmable to give a range of waveforms. A built-in clock multiplier enables easy rhythmic effects.
Growler is a “vocal animator.” It imparts random vocal timbres on anything played through it. The pseudo-random LFOs all have discrete outputs.
Booty Shifter. An emulation of the legendary Moog/Bode frequency shifter. It is great for “warping” sounds run through it.
Formants is a programmable bank of filters that can synthesize various vowel sounds and morph between them easily.
Other things
Gray Code. Think of it as a semi-random clock divider. Or not. Gray codes have the cool property that only one bit changes at a time. Having only one “thing” change at a time can be interesting for music, so we are hoping you will find some good things to do with it.
LFN is a random voltage generator made by running low frequency noise through a graphic equalizer. The equalizer gives a lot of easy control over the shape of the randomness.
Thread Booster reduces pops and clicks in VCV Rack by reprogramming VCV's audio engine.
More resources
Here is a video by Dave Phillips that uses a lot of EV3 VCOs, and some other Squinky Labs modules: A Machine Dream.