The Memory System Modules Are Live

The four free software modules that make up the Memory system for the also free VCV Rack virtual modular synthesizer became available earlier today. At their core, the modules enable a musician to record music and access the audio with different virtual tape heads that, per the documentation, “move independently within it.” The quartet of modules popped up in the VCV Rack online library as part of the Stochastic Telegraph brand, which has previously released five other modules, including a linear function generator called Drifter, a trigger utility called Fuse, a programmable sequencer (among other things) called BASICally, a note-taking blackboard called Fermata, and a value logger (TTY). The new modules are Depict, Embellish, Memory, and Ruminate:

These are the modules by Mahlen Morris that I’ve mentioned here twice previously. To support the appearance of the modules in the VCV Rack library, Mahlen has also released a new video in which he does a walk-through of the various parts of the ensemble and some of what they’re capable of:

Tantalizingly, he opens the video by saying that the Memory system consists of four different modules “at the moment” — suggesting more modules may be in the works, in addition to potential upgrades of the existing modules. And, I’m pleased to report, some of the opening example features guitar recordings I made for Mahlen.