Rack V2 - Support for multiple audio devices

[steve]

In the Rack development blog, @Vortico mentioned that support for multiple audio devices is coming in Rack V2

Rack development blog

Coming in Rack v2: There is no more “engine thread”. The engine can only be stepped (i.e. advanced in time) by other threads, such as the audio driver thread managed by VCV Audio or the encoder thread in VCV Recorder. This restructuring has a number of massive benefits. Support for multiple audio drivers. You can use your laptop’s headphone jack, your USB audio interface, Expert Sleepers Eurorack audio interface, etc. all at the same time. No more crashes or deadlocks. Of course, only one audi…

There’s no commenting on the blog so I thought I’d comment here instead to say what an utterly brilliant development this is and thank you! In terms of integrating Rack with hardware and DAW etc it’s a game changer.

[catronomix]

How will this affect patches that don’t use an audio module? What will step the engine in that case?

[Vortico (VCV - Andrew)]

The engine will be frozen in time.