Are you using Rack v1.x? The 0.6.2 plugins are not compatible with 1.x. Developers would need to update their older plugins for compatibility with 1.x and not everyone did.

No, sorry I meant Rack v0.6.2 doesn't download plugins anymore. I have Rack v1 and v0.6.2 in separate folders. It was working a month ago, I guess support for 0.6.2 is over.

Seems like there will be new Befaco modules in the future.
And a bunch of Malekkos and Grayscale Permutation too.





That are the kind of news I like.

Permutation is going to be free, Malekko will cost a few bucks.

DSP-Accelerator card for VCV-Rack.

Hi GASies,

I'm seriously thinking about starting a Kickstarter or Indiegogo Campaign for a DSP-Accelerator card for VCV-Rack.

Product: PCIe card for stationary PCs, (Mac and Windows). The calculations of VCV-Rack will not block the main CPU any longer, it will take place on the PCIe expansion card.
Power: > 500 GFlop, that is roughly the power of about two 8-core Intel i9 9900 CPUs (32 i9 Cores when I count in hyper threading)
Risk for the backers: None. I successfully conducted prior electronic product launches, and I worked with the same hardware before. Also the hardware is mature, manufactured by a global player. It is normally used in medical devices, I change the software to use it in our industry.

I need your help to decide if I can start the campaign. For some reasons I cannot provide a card with less power and less cost. It is either this one or no deal.

Questions:

a) So if you have a new intel i9 9900 8-core PC, this card might triple the power of it. (Your original CPU remains at 0% for VCV-Rack, and has two times its power added for VCV-Rack). Question: Isn't this too much maybe ? Or would this be the amount of power customers desire ?

b) My own hardware cost are huge. Huge power, huge cost ... The PCIe card for your PC with VCV-Rack pre-installed and a VST for connection would cost about 2.000 € / 2.200 $ incl. VAT. Price might drop if we sell more than 20 pieces. Question: Would there be customers who would pay this price ?

Thank you very much for supporting. If I get sufficient backers and potential customers, we can alltogether bring this power horse to live.

Maybe a third question, how can I reach the few producers who are earning so much money with their art, that investing 2k is a low-brainer ? Not all will be reading this VCV-Rack thread. The thing is, the more customers we get, the cheaper I can offer the product to the community and the more happy musicians will benefit from it.

Thanks a lot,
Pumping Alien

Haven't posted here a while but this thing is totally worth it

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