I’m actually working on a module to utilize the Softube Console 1 MIDI controller for controlling other modules in the Rack.
Because all the labels under all the knobs and buttons on the hardware cannot be changed, I came up with the idea of an additional screen that can be attached to the Console 1 controller to show the user the targets of all knobs and buttons.
That looks like a fun project. Five years ago, as I was approaching retirement, I was accumulating hardware including Raspberry Pi’s, micro-controller boards and even an NVIDIA Jetson board with parallel GPU programming capabilities, along with a small 9" HDMI LCD display and I was going to concentrate on hardware sequencers and controllers in my old age. Then I discovered VCV Rack.
Hardware is fun! As is software! Combining the two is even “funner”!
By the time I throw VR software and hardware development and theoretical physics GPU string theory VR visualization into the mix, I stay busy all of the time in my retirement. The first project I did after retirement 4 years ago was to to write VR software that interfaced my Oculus Rift with my computer via an Arduino and controlled a robot turret mounted stereoscopic video camera, controlled by head and displayed in VR with interactive avatars. For my string theory visualization last year, I included GP-GPU parallel computing with an HTC Vive Eye Pro VR headset that supported eye-tracking.
Who knows, my interests could swing back to hardware with software at any time.
Perhaps unrelated, I use spacedesk to expand my windows 11 desktop to an android tablet.
Note: On my Windows 11 pc, maximizing Rack2 free standalone - when displaying on an extended desktop / spacedesk (android) - doesn’t work, the primary sceen goes black/blank. press “Shift + Ctrl + WindowsLogokey + B” to reset windows gfx.
