Thread: Change Log

Power Consumption as CSV

Unicorn users can export the power consumption data sheets of their Racks as CSV to do whatever they want to do in Open Office/Excel.

Rack Chooser on the Detailpage

You now can choose from a module detailpage to which of your racks a module should be added.

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I never met Paul but we were Facebook friends. When I heard that he had passed away, it hit me hard.
Today I have uploaded a banner graphic to the Synthesis Technology manufacturer page.
Synthesis Technology was the second company ever created on MG and the E350 is the module with a single digit Id because it was my first oscillator.

I am not sure about fixing the E352 in the list because that would be technical complicated and somewhat misleading but I think about some other way to keep up the memory.

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i dont think this place is being run great. ...
-- singular_sound

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Thread: Bug Report

Anyone else notice this? Is there a solution?
-- AEROCATONE

What device are you using?

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Thread: Bug Report

I have deployed a possible fix for the last module vanishing bug. I hope that solves the problem.

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Thread: Bug Report

Yeah, it looks like that is the problem.
-- pawal

O.k. now I can confirm the problem. It has nothing to do with Plaits, it looks like the last module you click on a search page triggers that not found error. Might be related with the Show Blank Panels checkbox. Will look into it.

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Thread: Bug Report
{"name":"Not Found","message":"Not Found","url":"\/modules\/find\/page:2.json?SearchName=plaits&SearchVendor=&SearchFunction=&SearchSecondaryfunction=&SearchHeight=&SearchTe=&SearchTemethod=max&SearchBuildtype=&SearchLifecycle=&SearchSet=all&SearchMarketplace=&SearchIsmodeled=0&SearchShowothers=0&SearchShowpanel=1&order=newest&direction=asc"}

-- pawal

What are you doing to get this output? Do you query the database manually? This is a json request that points to the wrong pagination page.

/page:2.json

There are not enough results for a page 2 so that is the culprit, it should read find/page:1.json or just find.json

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To hide the cat, enter the following lines

You can just hide the cat in your user settings at https://modulargrid.net/e/users/edit
Search for miau.

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That's a weird request. Are we sure they didn't want their name to be Infinite Digits x Toadstool Tech?
-- ParanormalPatroler

Another sacrifice for the dark lord of copy and paste. Of course you're right and Infinite Digits x Toadstool Tech it is.

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Thought about it and it would be available at https://19grid.net/ but there are no specific plans.

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Thread: Change Log

Manufacturer Index Page

The new manufacturer index page lists all manufacturers per modular universe and answers the question of how many there are. Find it in the main nav.
https://modulargrid.net/e/vendors

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https://modulargrid.net/e/toadstool-tech-ectocore

this seems a little strange... module, timing... etc...
its open source... i know... but...

-- Dub007

On request of the collaborators the manufacturer name was now changed to Infinite Digits x Toadstool Tech Ectocore.

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this site is and likely always will be a hugely frustrating experience to use on mobile (*sighs.. christ alive, i hate that fuckin' cat)
-- Audeon_Visual

You can hide the cat in user settings.
https://modulargrid.net/e/users/edit

Search for miau

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Thread: Bug Report

I got a big problem with how PedalGrid's homepage is set for my desktop resolution. Upon first load, it looks like this:
-- Lovely_Listening_Aster

Thanks for reporting, should be fixed.

It seems like the Mutable Instruments Plaits page has disappeard, although the module is still listed in the Module Finder.
https://modulargrid.net/e/mutable-instruments-plaits

-- pawal

Looks good here?

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Thread: Change Log

Popular Modules Yearly Stats

The Top 25 Popular Modules statistic on the homepage counts how many modules have been added to racks since the beginning of ModularGrid time in 2013. This gives you an approximate indication of how popular a module is.

But times and modules change, so in addition to the all-time favourites list, there is now a filter that limits the list to modules released in the current and last year.
So if you want to know which is the 🔥 hottest 🔥 module of 2024, you can find out now.

There is also a Top 100, find the filter at the bottom.

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Thread: Change Log

Filter option for Blank Panels

There is a new filter option Show Blank Panels in the module search form that let's you hide modules with the function tag Blank Panel assigned.
This is a workaround until we have refactored the entire Alt Panel functionality.

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We will very likely change the alternate faceplate functionality soon.
Until then I have deployed today a filter option to hide Blank panels from search results.

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Thread: Change Log

Bug Fix: the Median Price function now calculates the median and not some fantasy values.

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Thread: Change Log

Mini Updates

Median Price

The Used Price History history on the marketplace includes now the median price. The median price ignores the very low and very high offers and could therefore represent the more realistic price. Unicorn feature.

JSON Rack Import/Export

Unicorn users can export/import their racks as json data

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Mork spamming the hell out of us. How can we group/filter module listings into 'alternate panel designs'
-- intowhite

I think this is just a phase but we might add a "no blank panel" filter?

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Is it still possible for unicorns to get such a xml/json?
-- elemenoh

Yes, just add ".json" to the rack url

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You have found a bug.

Replace .com with .net in the URL and it should work. Will fix soon.
Edit: fixed

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Is there an API that will allow me to return my owned module collection as a list of JSON objects
-- out_of_band

This should work but can change anytime.

https://modulargrid.net/e/modules/find.json?SearchSet=my

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The solution is to redirect (301 redirection, it's important for the developer to know) all incoming traffic directed towards the .com domain to the .net one. In this way every previous link will continue to work and you cak keep the alternative domain in a safe SEO way.

Thanks, I am looking if the Cloudflare servers make any noticable sense. Have no user reports about that. For me it does not feel faster so maybe, we just fix it back to .net and 301 everything like you said.
Best, Knut

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Better still, just use proper ISO8601 format everywhere: YYYY-mm-dd

-- igloopoo

Let's start with the marketplace long list!

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For the first time in 10 years we have to increase the price of the Unicorn account.
From June 7, the Unicorn account will cost € 29.90. Til the end of the week you can still have it for the old price.
Many thanks to all users who are considering continuing to support the ModularGrid!

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Thread: Change Log

Hide the Cat

Yes, it is now possible to hide the cat to appear to tell you to Clean up the mess!
Find it in your user settings.

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@modulargrid

Please can you remove the reported offers and the user, to secure your members? I reported this two times via mail, but no reaction.

-- Christoph1972

That is not entirely true, I replied to your mail on 6.5.
The user account is currently suspended until he resolved the issues.
Best, Knut

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Thread: CSV file

yeah seems so - hopefully @modulargrid can sort something
-- greenfly

no CSV, but Unicorn users can get XML and JSON formats by adding .xml or .json to their rack url.

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You can copy/paste from different browsers..

seems to be persisted in the MG database on a user session basis instead of a user basis!?

-- modular01

I am not sure. But I have successfully tested it right now.
I logged in in two different browsers (Chrome and Firefox on a Mac) with the same account. I could copy/paste modules from different racks.
You hover the mouse over one module in the first browser and press c than go to the other browser, hover with the mouse over the rack (important) and press v. No CTRL, no CMD, no ALT, just the keys c and v.
Keyboard Shortcuts must be enabled, Rack Lock must be disabled.
This does not work for you?

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Thread: Change Log

Limited marketplace offer notifications

A new unpopular feature that nobody asked for: I've limited the number of automatic watchers you can set for offers on the marketplace.
On the module detail pages is that button Notify me if someone offers this module for sale. Standard users can sign up for 5 module notifications, while Unicorn users can set up to 2500 watchers.
The reason for this is that the mail server has been blocked several times due to excessive traffic, causing important features such as user messaging and optin registration to stop working.

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alias subdomain for MG?

modulargrid.com is now an alternative domain for modulargrid.net. It uses Cloudflare so it might be even a bit faster.

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Merged a lot of duplicates today and added over 30 missing brands.

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Thread: Change Log

Moved the entire site to a new server

The entire site and the screenshot server moved to a new faster server. It's now cloud everything 16 core/64GB RAM with SSDs and whatnot. All the server software (Linux, PHP, SQL, ...) was updated, we have a web firewall, the screenshot software was rebuild from ground. Still some hiccups here and there but overall it went well.
We lost the www in front of www.modulargrid.net. The site is now just modulargrid.net (as if anyone would ever notice).

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(Sry, the rack doesnt shop up directly, because its a "pedal rack")
-- VONDENFUNKEN

That should work now.

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No expense spared, it's a 16 core machine with 64GB Ram

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If you see this text it means we are on the new server.
I think we are through the rough stuff. Did not see major problems. Please report if something is not working right. (Except all the old bugs, we moved them too).

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On April 10th at around 12.00 CET ModularGrid and a Terabyte of Rack Screenshots will move to a new server. This will take a couple of hours. The website will be in "read mode", which means that rack planning will not work, but the modules should still be searchable. Downtime hopefully will be minimal. See you on the other side!

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Can you log in on different browsers at the same time? Though I guess that will stop you copy/pasting.
-- wishbonebrewery

You can copy/paste from different browsers..

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I just tried again this morning and it's working again. Thanks to whoever fixed it up on the back end!
-- markpar

It's still wonky, we are currently migrating to a new screenhot server ...

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Currently we have a problem with the email server, because the hoster has introduced a new quota/limit for emails. That means you might not get emails or they are delayed. We are on it ...

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I am not against it in general but it is quite an effort especially to port the data to MG. The images on that page don't look very useful either?

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I don't give up. There is a new update where the Search field will not lose the focus when the cursor hovers of the rack above.
This should prevent most accidental deletions of modules. However now you have to click on the rack again to make the shortcuts work.

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Thread: Bug Report

Not sure if this is a bug report or a feature request so apologies in advance.

Email notifications that I receive are following my browser/email client dark modes changing the text colour to white (or thereabouts) but the background remains white making the text close to unreadable.
-- eastwood

I don't know which email client you use but I have now deleted all color settings from the mail template so your client might work better?

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Hey, thanks for the detailed description, lot's to do but I have it on the map..

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There was a duplicate and we unlisted the wrong by accident. I have reverted it.
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/clacktronics-mini-speaker

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This website is about music and the devices that make it. This interest is the common ground that connects us.
Let's not fool ourselves, it's also about escapism, it's also about being able to escape from everyday life.
Terrible things happen in this world. I don't want them on my website. And that's why we have a no-politics policy.
And that's why I deleted a post that passively attacked a user who just wanted to show his music.

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Try the Clean up the mess! function in the edit menu!

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Currently please only offer gear which has a detail page.

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We have that now. Modules can be ordered by positive rail.

-- solitud

What the evil twin said.

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