I can understand that people who used to work a lot with the modules when they were free are now disappointed and annoyed that they have to buy them all at once.
But the fact that they used to be free doesn’t mean that it’s unfair to charge for them now - it means that the developer used to voluntarily provide work for free that he invested a lot of time in.
The git repo now has over 2300 commits and I could hardly estimate the hours I had worked on it since 2017.
For Sangster, for example, I had spent many hours planning and simulating analog DDB delays etc. - these are not projects you finish in a weekend…
And the only reason why there are no two versions - analogous to Vult - is simply that the effort is too great for me. And even if there were, some people would certainly complain that the very modules they have always used for free are no longer free.
And the fact that there are users who can’t afford the $20 for it doesn’t morally oblige me to offer my work for free, even if that used to be the case.
You don’t have to agree to that, but for me it seems fair
For me personally I have no problems with paying a relatively small amount for high-quality plugins. However, there are plugins for Rack V1 in the library which aren’t available anymore, either because the author disappeared or abandoned them. This can be expected for Rack 3 as well and with the new copy protection in V2 it will get even more complicated to secure the plugins (and Rack Pro) for future use. Happens a lot to me these days that old plugins can’t be activated anymore. Sorry, off-topic
Yes, of course “it is what it is”.
Even I can charge my blank panels for all that matter but, let me rephrase, there are good ways to turn modules into retail ones and there are “not so good ways”. IMAO.
IMAO this was one of the “not so good ways”. Do what you want with that.
IF Lindenberg Research had made a move like Vult’s I would have grumbled like a good old grump, but in the end I would surely have appreciated the possibility of keeping the ‘basic’ modules and would have shelled out the $20 while pretending to complain about the price.
But as it stands, I’m not even complaining (also because living in Europe, it’s a bit less than $20 for me) and I don’t think I’ll be buying the package at all.
Everything is fine and sounds great, but I still have one thing that I don’t like. Right mouse click in VCV rack open the browser. Unfortunately I have noticed that it takes a long time for the browser to open. Then I had a look at what the problem could be. I deleted your modules and my browser was back to normal. So continue searching. Then I noticed that your panels folders are quite large. For example: the WoodPatina2.png is 2.09 MB in size and has a dimension of 5200X3602. And there are several files that are quite large. I don’t know if this is the problem. that the browser opens slowly.
Hopefully someone can help me. Greetings
Yes AFAIK this has always been the case with his modules, but after the first time opening the browser it will open a lot faster the next time, until you close rack and start it again, then the first time opening the browser will take a lot of time again.
ok a small change. What I didn’t mention is that I use stoermelder MB. That makes it a bit easier when you are browsing. In the “stoermelder” browser you have different options to choose from. "recently updated, last used, most used, random and module name. When I select the “recently updated” option, I get the problem that my browser slows down. I don’t have this problem with the other options. Also I have no problems without stoermelder´s MB.
By the way, in Yeager’s “How long does it take” test, it took 1 millisecond to open the patch. So that was bad air about nothing. However, I think a resolution of 5200X3600 is a bit excessive for a wooden panel. Have a nice weekend.
Such a comment nearly makes me speechless. A lot of my older patches rely on the Lindenberg modules and therefore I am very happy, that they are available again. And as anybody else I like free modules, but for me it isn’t a matter of course that everything is free. In the contrary it is a great surprise that so many modules are free and VCV Rack also. Consider the amount of time someone takes to bring this thing to live. Without the efforts of this amazing community such a thing wouldn’t be possible. So for me it is absolutely ok, that some developers charge a little for that effort. There are other great virtual modular systems where you have to pay for every module, like in the hardware world. Take the free modules as a generously given gift and support your favourite developers premium modules, maybe they will develop more amazing modules in the future. Or take only the free ones if they satisfy your needs but please keep those comments for you. They are not good for our community.
I have a motto: buy or buy not, but don’t whine. You can spend years working with just free Rack and the free modules. Every moment wasted whining is a moment your’e not patching.
I used Lindenberg modules a lot pre-2.0, and a lot of work has obviously gone into making the new release substantially better than the free version, with a bunch of new modules. I paid for it. I don’t buy everything that comes down the line.
And I bought Rack Pro (and all the VCV plugins). Ironically by the time I got the VST version, I was so comfortable with the free Standalone that I rarely use the VST in a DAW.
first statement: you don’t own the plugins, you have the right to use it
