How to use VCV Rack 2 VST with REAPER

VCV Rack is a powerful virtual Eurorack synthesis studio and they just dropped the huge 2.0 update available now in Free or Pro versions.

Rack 2 Free

Standalone
Open-source
Community support

Rack 2 Pro

VST2, standalone
More plugin formats coming soon
Professional support

One of the best resources for learning VCV Rack is Omri Cohen on YouTube.

Omri has just released a how to video on VCV Rack 2 VST (pro version) and integrating it with REAPER.
You’ll see connecting audio in and out for multiple tracks, MIDI in and out, recording as audio or MIDI, Automating with MIDI or track envelopes, and much more with several musically interesting examples.

While this video is using the VST version, even if you only use the standalone version you will get a lot from the video.

00:00 – Introduction
00:17 – General information
02:09 – Basic sequencing and syncing VCV from Reaper
05:49 – Advanced sequencing VCV from Reaper
07:08 – Polyphonic sequencing
08:54 – Sequencing drums
10:28 – Automating VCV from Reaper
12:23 – Basic Multitrack recording
15:28 – Advanced multitrack recording
18:12 – Sending Midi out from VCV to Reaper
25:33 – Processing audio from Reaper in VCV

If you used VCV Rack a long time ago, you may remember there was another way to integrate with REAPER: the VCV Bridge. This is no longer supported (past version 0.6) and currently the best way to use VCV Rack with a DAW is with the VST version and Pro license.

One final option I’ll add is to use it on a second computer as a standalone instrument with audio and MIDI cables to connect to the DAW computer.

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