This evening - after a period of hesitation as my system ran smoothly thus far - I installed VCV Pro 2.0.6. A couple of things jumped out at me: first, the problem with the audio connection of the standalone version seems to be still there: when launching VCV standalone, my soundcard is adressed, audio drops out and only returns after about 5 seconds or thereabouts. (This problem does not exist with Rack 1.) A second, new phenomenon: my Norton antivirus gave a data protection warning. This did not happen with previous updates. I had to disable data protection to get VCV 2.0.6 Pro to install unhindered. To complete information: I’m on an up to date win 10 system running VCV Pro 2.0.6. (Mostly as a VST with Bitwig 4.1.2.)
3rd party anti-virus software is a scourge and are always more trouble than they are worth. No software can protect against their crazyness. I highly advice all Windows users to only use the built-in Defender, which is more than adequate.
Regarding your audio problem - if it’s when opening a previous patch, and the samplerate of the audio module in that patch is different than the rate defined in your OS/the interface, that could be the issue. Just change the samplerate to the one you’ve chosen in the OS and save the patch. Now try and close and re-open the patch. If you’re still getting that 5 second audio dropout try and disable (better: un-install) Norton and try again. If it’s still there make a support ticket with VCV Support.
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In addition to what Lars wrote, here’s another excellent reason to get rid of it.
I could not agree more. Anti-Virus for private use is pure snake-oil, it opens up more vulnerabilities to your system and the business model of most antivirus-companies is more then shady… Windows Defender is all you ever need.
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Thanks @mosphaere and @LarsBjerregaard . I’ve always wondered about this third party antivirus stuff. On my previous pc I was completely offline so no need for an antivirus. Everything just ran well. Now, I’ve purchased a new laptop and need to be connected, and the antivirus just messes everything up. Google doesn’t help because most sites say “yes you definitely need a 3rd party antivirus, buy this one, it’s the flavour of the week”. So your average technologically challenged person like me is left dumbfounded as to what to do. I will prefer to take advice from people like you guys who (from what I’ve read on this forum) knows their stuff.
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Norton 360 probably interferes because… it analyzes the VCV binary and makes the observation that it utilizes the GPU pretty heavily, thus taking away resources from their crypto mining.
I’ll get me coat.
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