VCV Rack 2 and Daisy instrument
Muse
Twenty-one oscillators moving through a field of chords.
Instrument
A large sound controlled with a few coordinates.
Muse layers twenty-one wavetable oscillators and animates them with twenty-three low-frequency modulators. X, Y, and Z travel through pitch, waveform, and amplitude relationships while pitch, index, animation, phase modulation, and quantisation shape the larger gesture.
Control overview
Three coordinates shape the field.
X moves through chord stacking, Y changes octave and inversion, and Z blends the wavetable. Pitch spans ±4 V and accepts two V/oct inputs. Index selects the wavetable region; Animate introduces detune, stereo movement, and LFO motion.
- QuantizeFree, just-intonation snap, or octave
- X/Y/Z CVIndividual attenuverters; Y and Z normalize to the internal LFOs
- MotionPhase modulation, LFO-speed CV, nearest gate, and reset trigger
- OutputsStereo audio plus two ±5 V LFO outputs
- Muse-XTAdds a consonance threshold with CV and attenuverter
Consonance
Make the harmonic field simpler without making it static.
Muse-XT adds a consonance threshold that filters the X sweep by the least-consonant interval in each chord. At one extreme the full field remains available; at the other, movement is restricted to octave and unison relationships.
- LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
- VCVFour architecture packages built with Rack SDK 2.6.6
- MetaModuleMuse and Muse-XT preview built; hardware testing pending
- DaisyCore Muse controls only; Muse-XT awaits a useful hardware mapping
- NextSmoothing X/Y/Z response under external CV to remove audible stepping
Lineage
A clean, independent implementation.
Muse studies a rare multi-oscillator hardware concept through independently written DSP for VCV Rack, MetaModule, and Daisy. Its clean-history public repository contains only redistributable project code and assets. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the designers or manufacturers of related hardware.