Update on Module Writing

My last post was about writing a new module or, at least, the potential for writing a new module and I wanted to post a quick update.

It was easy! I followed the guide on the Plugin Development page for Windows and it was relatively straightfoward.

I had a couple issues but they were really easy to fix. Here are a couple tips.

When the module is all "done" and you are loading VCV Rack, it should just load automatically into the module folder for you to select. If it doesn't, look in "Documents/Rack/log.txt" that will have the error message related to your new module.

When building on Windows, the guide explains the following:

"Install the x86_64 version of MSYS2 and launch the MinGW 64-bit shell from the Start menu, not the default MSYS shell."


The thing on top, the "best match" is the default value that you should not use. Select the 64-bit entry.


I also found this thread to be helpful


Alright, so, this was a relatively uneventful post but, I wanted to note, that the basic module tutorial is accessible (even in Windows but I'm sure on Mac and Linux it would be so much easier). Although, while the tutorial was easy enough, I feel quite intimidated by the possibility of going beyond the tutorial. Digital Signal Processing would be a good start I suppose but, man, that's like a serious class. 

Oh! Another option might be to download one of the open source modules and see how they work. Try* to see how they work :P

Alright, thanks for reading! Good luck with your adventures and efforts in the next week or so!

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