Most of the pathes i want to run give the something something >99% warning and i was wondering of there was a fix for this, a cpu expander or some workaround.
only way, thus far, is to clock down from 48khz to 32 or even 24, or try a higher buffer like 256 or 512. in some cases i’ve had to find new more efficient modules and change up the patch a bit.
here’s a cpu load database for all the modules in case you want to try and track down the culprit high cpu use modules in your patches: MetaModule | ModuleFinder
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more than 600 euro to load simple patch only…Increase cpu power or decrease cost!
How much costed your computer that is able to run your patches in vcv?
at that price i don’t like to buy the power of a 30 years old pc. to my taste it should costs less.
In fact it doesn’t seem to me to be that popular.
comparing a mass market product (PC) against a niche (eurorack module) product is never going to come out well… let alone things like power/form factor constraints a eurorack module imposes.
frankly, given (current) hardware constraints, I think the MM is well optimised and well priced, esp. due to the IO - go look at alternative modules, you’ll find they are no cheaper 
… and the support for the module by 4ms/dan is nothing short of exceptional !
ofc, no module is for everyone, if you need more, use a laptop + ES9… perhaps it’ll be a better match for your needs.
@PQLYR , as offthesky alluded to , I tend to find, my best results with MM (and similar modules) is design patches around the hardware constraints.
in many ways, its why I prefer building on the MM rather than on the desktop, so I can keep an eye on cpu usage as I build, rather than built the ultimate patch in VCC, only to find it not working on the MM.
I don’t like dropping the SR, which is really the only way to drop CPU usage.
increasing buffer size, will ‘just’ smooth out spikes, rather than lowering cpu, though for some modules that can be useful - but it comes at the cost of latency…
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That’s just false.
I can easily run 3 copies of Rings (clones), 1 of Clouds (same), a mixer and an LFO or 2, at high sample rate and low latency, and still not max out the CPU.
The only valid comparison is to other Eurorack modules. It would cost way more to buy all those modules than I paid for MM, plus I can switch to a completely different patch in seconds without spending another dime.
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