Thanks for reporting, I will try to reproduce this here. Could you send my the whole logfile to: heapdump@icloud.com please? Thanks in advance, Patrick.
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im getting excited about this
Hi there, Juste noticed that since this morning the Lindenberg modules appears to be grayed out in my rack libraryā¦ Does the beta 3 period just expired? Cheers Vinz
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Hi, Iām experiencing the exact same problem on Linux (Arch) in Bitwig 4.3 Beta 3, with the same way to reproduce it. @heapdump do you need a logfile? Itās the same as the one reported above.
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oops beta expiredā¦is release version coming anytime soon?
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Well sadly, Iām still struggling to fix that bitwig issue 
what prevents me from an official release.
But I will prepare a new beta tomorrow, so that people can go on using their patches.
Thanks for your patience!
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Proper
Did you drop a bug report at Bitwig as well? Seems itās not the only module that has this problem.
I used to see this issue in Bitwig a lot with plugins that had not implemented the font/image loading changes required for the VST - not saying thatās the issue here, just mentioning it in case itās useful.
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Any news on a new beta?
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Itās almost like the devs from back in the day are bowing outā¦
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this is a problem with proprietary software. if this was open source, someone could fork it. now people have patches that canāt be used because of arbitrary limits.
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caveat here - Iām reading between the lines a bit and am responding to the tone I perceived, not necessarily the words in and of themselvesā¦
I agree for the most part, and it is understandably frustrating to put effort into a patch that you like, and then have it become unavailable. But I think it is more constructive to talk about the advantage of open source rather than the problem with proprietary. And the beta lifespan limit is not arbitrary - I suspect it would be difficult to enforce payment for the premium plugin upon release if there is a functioning free beta version out in the wild.
Nothing wrong with encouraging free and open source. But I donāt think we should discourage the choice of proprietary and/or premium for those that decide it is the best way for them.
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respectfully disagree. this case is an example of what exactly is wrong with drm. itās treating the (potential) customer as a criminal.
i would happily pay patrick for his modules, because they are excellent. but now iām locked out for no good reason at all. being generous to beta testers would go a long way.
and vcv rack has such a healthy ecosystem of third-party plugins exactly because of its open source nature. that is something we should cherish and encourage. and yes, i think that the other side of that coin is discouraging proprietary software.
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thankfully vcv 1 still works great 
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Well, I can understand that it must be frustrating when youāre working on a patch and then you canāt open it again because of an expired beta.
But maybe people miss out an important fact: This is just beta-testing; these versions are not meant for productive working and you should not create any serious work depending on a plugin which is in beta state. It could also be that a bug may crashing your patches or a feature will work different in a future version preventing a patch to work like it did in an early beta. And btw. thatās one reason why I time-limit betas: to avoid that old versionās flying around.
But the main reason is, of course, to prevent users from bypassing the commercial version and simply continuing to use the beta. But this is not to be seen as ācriminalā, but rather as human. Letās face it, most people would just keep using the beta.
Nevertheless I donāt want to deny that some users would still buy the plugin out of conviction and to support the developer.
Unfortunately I had not much time for this project, sorry. But I think I will release a working version soon, so stay tuned. A beta will come this week.
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Of course. But you may forget that for some plugins I spend a lot of time researching and testing DSP that it sound good and at that point I decided to save my intellectual property.
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i am well aware that you have put a lot of work into this. your modules both sound and look exquisitely fine. so, clearly you deserve to be rewarded for your work.
but there are two issues here, one practical and one ideological.
i donāt think weāre going to agree on the ideological issue (that software should always be open source and that drm is evil as it punishes the customer). feel free to ignore that, as it is a larger discussion that should take place separately and this thread is not the best place for that. besides, vcv rack clearly allows closed source plugins, so itās your free choice.
the other issue is a practical one: the fact that the betas expire and a new one is not immediately available. i would suggest that if you canāt commit to timely releases (which i can totally understand), you should give beta-testers a more generous license. they also provide a service for you, by testing the plugin and giving you bug reports and other feedback. make the test period say six months, and you will generate a lot of goodwill (which is now being lost because of the interruptions), that should result in sales once you get to the release.
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Donāt all paid modules use drm? I donāt know, never made oneā¦
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Not all I think. Rack has its own DRM method which developers can optionally add to their commercial modules.
Not sure if DRM in the context of this thread just refers to closed source.