#45

Some apps automatically unzip a file, so Chrome might be doing that, then when you uncompressed it you would be uncompressing the .mrk file rather than the .zip file. If the file already has the little “mi” icon on it, there’s no need to uncompress it. Also if you long press it, you get the option for “info”, clicking that will give you the full filename, so you can see if it is a .zip or .mrk file.

#46

I was playing around this morning patching elements and clouds on miRack. The JW modules XY pad is great on the iPad. If you haven’t checked it out it’s loads of fun.

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#47

Looks like miRack is now on patchstorage:

https://mifki.com/blog/mirack-on-patchstorage/

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#48

Was just last night wondering how long that’d take. Good news then.

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#49

New updates to miRack, including new modules and the ability for modules to contain manuals.

https://mifki.com/blog/mirack-version-1-06-is-out/

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#50

My favorite reverb! (Valley Plateau)

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#51

Yeah. I think I recall you mentioning it.

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#52

yeah! they put MI Grids up too! (a port)
has anyone gotten braids macro osc to be able to get into vca mode? i cant get it to leave oscillator mode.
its funny, braids is my favorite drum module and if i could get it going, now i can have 10 of them!
but i’m stuck.

#53

Nice. I hadn’t noticed that.

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#54

The grids module is not in the other mutable clone’s folder, it’s more at the bottom of the list. Lotsa new stuff!
My iPad Pro is running a buffer of 128, for example. It’s cool. I ran a bunch bunch of stuff and was at like 12% cpu, so this could get much more complex.

My dream is for MiRack to have samplers. Plzzzzzz.

#55

Ah, this is brilliant - I wish I had read this post before I spent a few hours making a very feeble single voice bleeping patch! Thanks for sharing, everyone - it’s incredible useful to help me get my head around how it all works.

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#56

Oh, cool. I wonder why it’s not in the Mutable clone folder. Thanks.

#57

I’m going to post these two items here (first, a message from the creator of VCV Rack, the code of which miRack is based on, who is talking about his licensing arrangement; the other from the creator of miRack, in response to the circumstances that the VCV Rack creator is describing) because they’re directly related to the development of miRack. I will ask two things:

  1. Maintaining Focus: If we end up in a lengthy discussion about the subject of licensing and ethics in coding, let’s split it into a separate Lines thread.

  2. Being Patient: Given that discussions about these topics have, historically, at times gotten testy, I’ll also ask that people be patient with each other if you experience disagreement.

These are the two pieces:

https://community.vcvrack.com/t/postmortem-on-racks-gpl-relicensing/

https://mifki.com/blog/a-public-statement-on-the-hostile-actions-of-wes-milholen-grayscale-towards-mirack-project/

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#58

Damn. As much as I enjoy miRack, I’m now not very happy to know I supported it financially, the whole mess being a bit complex :frowning:

#59

I know very little about this and am very much on the periphery having never used VCV and only used miRack for a short period of time (thus far). That said, my observations are simply that the accounts from Andrew and Vitaly are contrasting, to say the least, making it impossible to really discern the “truth” (a problematic term, obviously, when such emotive issues as perceived intentions are involved). As with most scenarios, it’s easy to imagine that the truth lies somewhere between the two (somewhat conflicting) reports, but perhaps the truth is less important than the fact that the relationship between the two forks is now probably irreparably damaged.

#60

I am inclined to share Andrew’s point of view.

I also find it disingenuous for Vitaly to accuse Grayscale of “harming the whole VCV Rack community” given the significant contribution to the success of VCV that Wes’s efforts represent.

I also regret purchasing miRack and I really hoped Vitaly had made better effort to collaborate in good faith when I did so. I now realize this hope was misplaced.

But VCV will emerge from this stronger and more capable of defending itself against commercial fragmentation.

The really frustrating thing about this, is that it’s really Apple’s licensing that is causing a problem here. We just want a tablet version of VCV. If Apple had a more open ecosystem, I have zero doubt that Andrew would happily provide such a version. Guess there’s always Windows!

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#61

My recollection is that when miRack first came out, Andrew said some neutral to positive things about it on the official Rack Facebook group, but then all of this apparently unfolded, and the relationship between the two developers soured. (I am inclined, as you are, to see it from Andrew’s point of view.)

Regarding the iOS version, when Andrew spoke at CCRMA (at Stanford) recently, he said it just wasn’t a priority due to the time and expense. Maybe those are related to Apples licensing, and to the more closed nature of the ecosystem. I’m not really sure. I’d like to know more.

I love VCV Rack on my Windows machine, which has a touchscreen. It’s not perfect, but it’s useful.

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#62

I’m bummed that the relationship is so sour now as well. I wouldn’t have bought MiRack if I had known of this stuff. Should I still use the app? Should I throw away my R Kelly records now that I wouldn’t dare play them out? Because now I would feel bad posting any MiRack content for fear of looking like I don’t respect an open source community.

At the end of the day, I feel like if Andrew started a gofundme or patreon etc. to make money to fund the iOS endeavors, that he would make the $$$ he needed pretty quickly. VcvRack is very popular. I really hope it does get ported in some fair way.

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#63

I think the scarce commodity for Andrew is time (not money).

I suspect he’ll get to it eventually, if he’s interested in doing so. I also suspect that the licensing issues and Apple’s desire to take a cut of every transaction may put a significant ding in his interest level, but then again, his interest level certainly seems to be somewhat responsive to where the community’s interests are headed. So who knows?

I just know that we only get to have one Andrew Belt, and that his time is his own.

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#64

I saw a post somewhere recently - possibly on Facebook - where the developer had removed the disputed content. Infuriatingly I can’t find it now, but was wondering if that changed anyone’s opinion at all?

I have to confess, I didn’t know VCV Rack (other than it existed) before MiRack so don’t really feel like I have any kind of grounds to pass comment.