I can’t give a reason, but it just seems that Rack’s performance on MacBooks in general is not as good as people would like. Here are a few other threads with more information:
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I wanted to use VCV Rack for quite a long time but whenever I loaded it up on my 2015 MacBook Pro it would immediately start to heat up and the fans would get extremely loud. Not only that, I would hear horrible glitches whenever I would move my mouse or adjust a parameter and the whole experience was quite choppy. However if I minimised the Rack window it would run smoothly in the background and the fans would slow down. I’ve decided to give it one last try and spent a few hours on f…
So I wanted to mention this before to see if anyone else has the same issue. Well what happens is the moment I run VCV Rack my computer fan kicks on and the computer gets noticeably louder the entire time Rack is running. The second I close Rack the computer quiets down. Its a fairly fast computer (Windows 10) and I am not having any real problem with glitches or Rack crashing. I am actually worried that Rack is overworking my computer. Anyone have this issue? Any work around/solutions? Tips or …