New VCV OSX user here, and a very happy and inspired one!
I’m not a developer but I have come across a very dangerous bug in VCV for OSX. Dangerous for the ears, that is.
It happened in both mscHack PingPong (numerous times in one day) and Blamsoft XFX Reverb (once so far). Both were in a chain that ends with NYSTHI autofader, that has two RJModules Buttons (fade in and out) connected to it.
When I fire the fade in button, I get extremely loud (full scale) distorted digital noise on my output. Resetting the module (pingpong or XFX Reverb) stops the noise again, luckily.
Hopefully this can be tracked down for improvement. If I can be of any more help, please let me know.
As a general thing, to prevent damage from audio spikes, try and put one of the limiters (e.g. the Bogaudio LMTR module) just before the Audio module. But yes, it is possible that some modules in Rack have bad audio spikes. If you’re convinced that it shouldn’t be possible, I would encourage you to submit bug reports to the plugins in question, usually on Github.
Thanks for your reply. Some spikes would be okay with me, since we’re using open source v1 software. But the noise is more than spikes, unfortunately. It’s non stop full scale mayhem.
I will look into creating bug reports through GitHub, thanks for pointing it out to me.
If you own VCV Host FX, I’d highly recommend checking out Ice9 from Cerebus Audio (still available for free via Plugin Boutique). It’ll automatically mute your output whenever the audio crosses a user defined threshold. Put this right before your audio outputs in VCV Rack and you’ll never have to worry about sudden jumps in volume blowing out your ears.
In fact, if any developers are looking for a great module idea, a VCV module that does the same thing of Ice9 (without needing to run Host FX) would be terrific!