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Rack v2 Plan Overview

Major features that will define Rack v2:

  • Add scaffolding for Rack for DAWs, so that the proprietary fork is as minimal as possible, containing only plugin API wrappers.
  • Integration with future VCV Library website at https://library.vcvrack.com/, which will allow individual modules to be added to your VCV account, and possibly individually purchased modules.

Very rough development timeline:

  • 2019 Q2 - Q4: Lots and lots of new Eurorack and VCV plugins.
  • 2019 Q3 - Q4: VCV Library website, minor Rack v2 features.
  • 2019 Q4 - 2020 Q1: Rack v2. Rack for DAWs.

Expected API changes:

  • No stable symbols are planned to be changed. The plan for the Rack v2 API is for at least 90% of plugins to be recompiled for Rack v2 with 0 lines of source changes.
  • All plugins will need to change the "version" property of their plugin.json manifest to begin with "2." instead of "1." to signify that they are built with the Rack v2 SDK. However, all open-source plugins in the VCV Library will be rebuilt by us by automatically changing the old version 1.2.3 to 2.p.1.2.3 or similar. If you wish to make further updates after v2 is released, you will then need to set a “real” version such as 2.2.3.
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