Omri Cohen’s VCV Rack Roundup: Free Modules That Actually Bang

The Submit collection lands hard, led by Drift – a synth voice channeling Make Noise O Coast vibes, but with enough tweakability to keep even the most jaded patch-head awake. Cohen demonstrates how you can sequence overtones and timbre, layer in multi-head delay, and swell things up with Surge. It’s a proper playground for those who like their sounds a bit off-kilter.

Impact, on the other hand, is a kick module begging to be abused. Morph waveforms, dial in some Bassimilus-style grit, and throw it through Swip – a filter module that morphs between low, band and high pass with a single sweep. There’s even Squeeze, a sidechain ducking module, so your kick punches through like a drunk at closing time. These aren’t vanilla tools – they’re designed for chaos and groove.

Tenitis drops an arsenal of drum voices that do more than just go boom-tick. There’s the Ghost Kick with three trigger inputs for nuanced accent control, and the Ghost Control expander lets you CV your way to evolving velocity and level madness. Want hi-hats and rides that actually groove? They’re here, and Cohen’s using probability to keep things unpredictable.

Every classic drum element is covered – claps, snares, toms – each with controls that let you push beyond vanilla four-on-the-floor. The dedicated mixer and the ability to run drum modules at audio rates? Pure filth. If you want rigid, gridlocked beats, look elsewhere. If you want to break your patterns and your brain, this is your toolkit.

Cohen spotlights the Signal Function Set, where retro sequencing meets modern mayhem. Muse, a 70s-inspired sequencer, lets you combine gates from counters for patterns that evolve in all the right ways. VEC brings vector-like function generation to the party, so you can slide, shift, and mutate your melodies with a flick of a slider.

It doesn’t stop there: there’s Band for four-channel bandpass filtering, and Gravity – a chaos generator with Pacman and pendulum modes. These aren’t just modules, they’re mischief-makers. Cohen shows just enough to make you want to grab them and start patching, but leaves the wildest patches for you to discover. Sometimes you just have to hear the madness for yourself.